Suzuki GR650 - back to work...

[my-79-750-k]

Re: GR650- calipers painted

Gotta agree, those calipers look great! Small details my man...

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

First of all, thanks guys.


So here is my plan: gonna try to get this

using this for the mounts

inside of this

I know it's gonna take a little bit of work, but I'll have the next two nights to get to it.....

 

[Curbcast]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

not that whole two instrument panel? Just the one gauge? Cool dude. Im thinking on a trail tech perhaps for mine, super stow away ish

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Oops - ya, just the speedo. The original is in good shape, but the rest of the cluster is shaped wierd. So I can't even use it for mounts. And the dual cluster in the pic is from a gs450 - should make it that much easier.

 

[JRK5892]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

nice man! i forget who but someone did a how to on frenching a speedo into headlight

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Started taking the speedo apart and checking for fitment along with cleaning everything up. Basically started out with this:

And ended up with this

Its assembled enough that I won't lose any parts so I can take it back apart when trying to fit into the bucket. The speedo will be getting some paint as well.

 

[Swagger]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Wow, that came out great...nice and clean!

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Found out there is a conflict of space inside the bucket. Who would have thought, right? But here's where im at. Still some stuff to do obviously.

 

[Curbcast]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Looks super. You wanna blend it in a bit or leave as is? As is, Is my opinion.

 

[CresentSon]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

+1 I like the sharp edges where the surfaces meet.

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Thanks guys. It will be lowered a tiny bit more, but other than that it will be left as is. I kinda like the "vintage snorkel" speedo.

 

[kookie31]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

that looks awesome! i'm diggin it as is

 

[Maritime]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Really nice Rich. You may need to just make a small box to mount below to put some of the connections in instead of making them inside the headlight bucket, but I like that a lot.

Cheers,

Mike

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Thanks Mike, but the wiring isn't too much of a problem. At least not yet. There is a little clash with the speedo cable and the headlight bulb socket. Just means I'll have to run 3 seperate wires instead of the socket. The fiberglass bucket from RCC is considerably larger than the stocker.

As for now, the headlight is put onto the back burner until I can figure out the dummy lights. I just don't know what (if anything) is going into the housing.

 

[t71ford]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Cool! This is thinking outside the box, for sure!

 

[tWistedWheelz]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

Looking great rRch, nice work brother!

 

[JustinLonghorn]

Re: GR650- flush speedo? 1-7-11

I dig it, man.

 

[Big R]

Re: GR650- engine reassembly 1-13-11

Thanks gents. I think I have an idea what to do with the dummy lights. But I'll reveal that as it gets closer....


So I started getting the motor back together last night. There's some small stuff to do like make some gaskets, get some o rings for the headcover, etc etc but it's nothing that can't be done later. The only real goof up is I forgot to polish the head while it was off so now I'll do it with a small air buffer - no big deal since I need to buff the cases anyway.

And thought I'd share this as well. Doesn't the side of the motor look like an angry face or something?

 

[jay_kent]

Re: GR650- engine reassembly 1-13-11

Reminded me of this little guy

 

[tWistedWheelz]

Re: GR650- engine reassembly 1-13-11

Oh shit, you guys are fueling a new build for CrescentSon!