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I found my new forks waiting for me when I came home from work last night. I installed them and found that the calipers wouldn't work. I should have thought of that since the mounting would have to be different on the calipers because of the leading axle forks. No problem though, today I...

Here's a couple of pictures of the bike. I have the LED above the license plate. It is a Hyperlites S16 LED and is extremely bright, even in daylight. It strobes for 5 seconds, then stays fully lit when I apply the brakes. I shot some rattle can paint on the seat pan so that I could ride...

I just received my LED brake light today, so now everything is wired up and mounted in the proper places. I still don't have the Katana forks yet, but for now, I'll ride the bike as is to see if I need to change anything before breaking it down. Here's a shot of the LiFE battery mounted. It...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer *Rewiring Started* I think I got the jetting sorted. I used a set of number drills and kept going up until I thought it was right. I ended up going to a #55 drill, or a Minuki 118 jet size. I also adjusted each pilot screw to about 4.5 turns out and...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer *Rewiring Started* I uploaded a video of the bike starting up for the first time since rewiring and installing shorty exhaust. The bike actually sounds much better than this, The video was shot on my DSLR with the built in mic, so the sound isn't so...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer *Rewiring Started* Thanks guys. Yeah I thought about air flow. There is acually quite a bit of room around the rectifier and it is open on the sides under the tank. The way the tank is shaped, it will actually force air to go over the rectifier when...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer On with the project. I started rewiring the bike last night. Everything is mounted to a 3/16" aluminum plate under the tank. Just enough room for everything including a 4-cell LiFE battery (just to the right of the rectifier. I only got a few wires...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Last night I won an ebay auction for a set '82 GS550 Katana forks and triple tree. These new forks look to be in great shape and they are air adjustable, so they are a decent upgrade from the stock forks. I payed $50.00 shipped for both the forks and the...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer I installed the pipes today and went through the carbs, painted the float bowls and tops of the carbs and installed them. I should have all the controls and most of the electrics delivered in a few days. I can then start in on the rewiring job. It is...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Today I sandblasted and painted the headers/mufflers with some high temp ceramic header paint. They are hanging up in my storage shed drying. Note: sorry for the mess, this is just a storage shed next to my shop

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Yeah, that is next on the list. I need to rewire the whole bike and I'll then be adding the tail light. Not sure what I'm going to go with just yet as I don't want a huge light on the tail messing up the lines. The license plate will definitely be...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Thanks again guys, I appreciate the comments. Although I've built other things in the past, this is my first bike build. I'll both be glad when it is over (so I can ride it) and sad at the same time. I'll probably have to have a bike to build from...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Well, its been going slow for a little while now. All I have done is cut off the back tubing that supported the pillion pegs and mufflers. I DID get the seat back from the upholsterers though. It looks great! I also blasted the seatpan in order to...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Thanks guys, I appreciate it! I'm itching to get this thing done, but I'm short of money at the moment, so it is going a little slow (I need to buy a rectifier, shorter cables/brake hose, pods, etc...). I do have some shorty cans on order so when I...

Re: My Build: '80 GS 550L to Cafe Racer Thanks! What I posted is about 4 days worth of work, at about 3-4 hours a day. Tin work is pretty fast compared to building with fiberglass (for me anyway).