MY GS 400 IN DIFFERENT STAGES

[Floegstad]

What ya think of this for a gastank decoration with some others?
Thinking of using the orange,white and blue for the base and just abb stickers as i go.
I had to hammer my gastank to get a real steeringratio and till i get a gastank i actually like i think this might be a good solution.
(not the pokemons)LOL

 

[taggat]

Stickered tanks are cool in my book! Wonder if anyone has ever cleared over them after words?

 

[Floegstad]

I had to re-smash my gastank with a hammer to make the steering work well.
Here`s a pic after the last beating.
And Taggat,i am going to use clear foil or epoxy on top of the stickers,i`ve been wondering about using a Jap newspaper as "wallpaper" and cut their flag in red foil on top of it.
Going to do some experiments in a couple of hours. (Days it will be)
Tune in saturday afternoon/Night and the tryouts is on photo-doc!

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

There is a member here with a bike that the tank is COVERED with stickers and clear coated... don't even expect me to do the seach ATM.... but it looked awesome to me.

 

[skyler]

Thanx Z.
I only had to change bearings and it was bolt on,the stem lenght was the same.

I would like to do the same on my CX, but I can't get past that mis-matched front wheel.

The USD forks do look fantastic though.

 

[Floegstad]

Hey Hoosier i found inspiration at stickerbomb.com or something. Done it to som snowboards,carfenders and stuff.

Jup Skyler. the wheel adaptation sure can be tricky.
I am going with 17" gsx 3 spoked to begin with.(maybe stickerbomb them to or paint them in babyblue...LOL

 

[Floegstad]

Whisky speaks=no garage 2 nite!! :
Game over for 2 day!!!1

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Whisky speaks=no garage 2 nite!! :
Game over for 2 day!!!1

Been there myself before Buddy.

 

[Floegstad]

I`ve just sanded my tank for the second time,but i wont show the result......hehe.
It`s antifreeze,and its needed...lol
Salute!

 

[Floegstad]

Well its time for some action even if i got northern europes largest hangover,and my multitasking is limited to walk and chew chewinggum at the same time...(its multitasking right ???)
The progress to day will be to make a papersheet of the tank to make a layout for the stickerbombing,swap some wheel bearings and when the aspirins kick in i will machine som spacers to tryout my 18" in front!
Well here crawls :'(...........LOL

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Finally remembered the Bike build here that the tank got the sticker treatment. It is Weberkids "Trinda" the tank portion of his build starts about here... http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=39224.msg535062#msg535062

And yes he did clear over the stickers...

turned out nice enough to get nominated for bike of the month

 

[Floegstad]

Nice One that is 8)
Thanx again Hoosier!

 

[Floegstad]

Well i got something done, not much but some.
Ran out of stickers :-[.
But i`ll find a permanent marker and use google translate to write a whole lot of bullshit on Japanese in between but i will wait till i am finishing my disco poodle time in the nightclub,so within the next 10 hrs i will do my interpretation of various jap signs.....LOL
Made some spacers to make the frontwheel fit,but got the wrong bearings in my hangover hurrying.
Well heres a couple of pic`s from this afternoon.

 

[cruisingram]

Nope,it was the bolt that all of a sudden was to long (because of spacer/shim?) was pulled of the bolt when i disassembled it.
And it went 2mm tops to much.
I´ll see if i can take a pic on the morning,if i dont grab me a whisky anf finishes of the rest of the engine with an axe..... :
Kidding!
Cant wait to see what really happened to morrow when its all cleaned up.
If i have to replace the case i am buying another engine instead

Too late now, but I wanted to show you a welded case like I promised earlier.





the case had broken in a u-ish shape. There is a bit of oil below that somehow got on after the case was back together LOL. But it never leaked and worked great.

It was actually welded from the inside BTW.

 

[Floegstad]

That was a nicely welded case.
Doing some wiring friday,so i am exited to see if it holds on to the oil when its hot!

 

[Floegstad]

18" stock front fitted
And so much easier than i thougt
Have to make spacers for the cbr 1000f rotors and shim for the calipers.
Wery pleased with both the looks and the cost

 

[mmaurin]

that profile looks pretty sick!

 

[Floegstad]

Off to work
Getting some pegmounts done for the MX-pegs to day if all goes as planned..(fingers crossed)
Have to do a search for a TUV approved taillight and a superbike bar.
Since i am going to run pegs in its stock location (2" higher) i think the clipons will be a pain to ride.
Time will tell!
Carpe Diem..........

 

[Floegstad]

Would GS 500e(89-) slingshot carbs be of the best replacements for my bike?
Been thinking about gsxr 750`s as well,but these models uses a big variety og both brands and sizes.
Any ideas anyone?
Cheers Jorgen

I overlooked a tip from Big Rich,so i did what he recomended and bought a set of gs 500 (91) slingshots carbs,so i hope they arrive before the hollydays .
Have to machine,make and shop for parts in the next couple of days before this nation stops for x-mas/new year for a small 2 weeks.......
Progress or no progress,THATS the question!

 

[Floegstad]

Got some new bearings,machined the spacers,got the cbr rotors this afternoon,and a bunch of tiny electrics and wire-wire-wire in 6 colors......
Unfortenately i made a ice cold swim to day wich fucked up both my cam and phone :'(.....
(dear santa....bla bla bla,phone and a new canon eos....bla bla. Thanx in advance)