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Experimenting with some candy apple blue, to get the right effect I’m looking for. Gas tank needs some work but the inside is rust free luckily. Have not found the exact combo I’m going to use yet, but have a better idea which direction to go now. I want it to look basically original, but stand out in the sun like my CBX I did some years back. One panel has some pearl over the basecoat but under the candy to see what difference it makes overall.

Got new fork tubes a few weeks ago, to replace the bent originals. Then I got my emulators to modernize the ancient forks New tapered head bearings installed With the added emulator parts, and the 1.5 inch drop spacer, I had to cut my springs to get the right preload. Bike now sets level, instead of the nose high attitude most dirt bikes have. Now it’s time to get serious about the rebuild of the engine.

Thanks guys I am taking much longer than I had ever expected on this particular project. I seem to find myself just staring and thinking more than building as I get older…but it will get finished.

A little work done this week. Still waiting on my new fork tubes to get it back on two wheels.

I think the GS400 had a 18 inch wheel

My left for dead project GS1000…. Now living it’s life outside of Memphis Tennessee area…sold to fund more two stroke projects

Brought frame back from the sandblaster and put some paint on it yesterday. I used a polyuroxy black primer and then clear coated it with about 10% flatner to give it the right factory look. Sandblasted frame Polyuroxy black primer Clear coat with 10% flatner

Took my frame/swingarm to get sandblasted this past Thursday. A shop around the block from where I work, does industrial powder coating…and sandblasting on the side. Will be a few weeks till it comes up on its cue, and then I will take it to work and get the bits painted. Also was able, after about a 6 month search, to find an aluminum lower triple clamp from a 74 TM400… to replace the bent heavy steel original from the TS…

My Ikon shocks showed up earlier than expected and became a nice Christmas present Have a couple weeks off work for shutdown, so I’ll be getting the bike stripped to bare frame soon now.

Swingarm is too narrow for that. The springs would get in the way of the caliper/sprocket, and would not be able to line up with the mounts on the frame as needed. And I don’t really want to cut it up.

Picked up a CalFab swingarm a while back, but once I won the bid…I came to realize it was originally for a Kwak, although it was on a GS1000 at the time. It will work, but I won’t be able to use my time period correct Fox shocks. Hard to say right now if I’ll use it or not…have TS/TM400 supermoto project that has to get done first.

I had one that I gave up on 72 frame and engine, 82 GSX1100 swingarm, 86 GSXR1100 front end and rear wheel…. After picking up the engine a couple times, I figured I would build a RGV250 that weighed about the same as the GT engine itself, and modified could produce better power.