So I picked up this GS550L over the weekend. My first bike was a GS450 so I've always had a soft spot for these bikes. The 550 is my first inline four that I'll be working on.
This project will be a distraction from my CB360 cafe build. I'm planning on leaving this bike 95% stock. I do want to replace the seat with something a bit more low profile, and some PO along the line had put some super bike style handlebars on, which I kinda dig the look and feel of.
The bike currently isn't running, the PO had it fired up using starter fluid (yikes), which leads me to believe I just need to give the mikunis a good bath and cleaning and we should have a runner.
It definitely needs some cosmetic cleanup, the front forks are squishy as a sponge, so I'll look into that soon.
The goal is to have her on the road for the end of this rising season, get her mechanically sound and then over the winter start looking into the cosmetics.
Couple pics:
In the back of the truck:
This project will be a distraction from my CB360 cafe build. I'm planning on leaving this bike 95% stock. I do want to replace the seat with something a bit more low profile, and some PO along the line had put some super bike style handlebars on, which I kinda dig the look and feel of.
The bike currently isn't running, the PO had it fired up using starter fluid (yikes), which leads me to believe I just need to give the mikunis a good bath and cleaning and we should have a runner.
It definitely needs some cosmetic cleanup, the front forks are squishy as a sponge, so I'll look into that soon.
The goal is to have her on the road for the end of this rising season, get her mechanically sound and then over the winter start looking into the cosmetics.
Couple pics:
In the back of the truck: