Hayabuser Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 ... they always follow me home! With a friend of mine having recently convinced me to sell him my beloved 80 GS1100E restomod... when I was drunk... and high (I have a prescription)... and maybe comatose (why does my ass hurt?), I was empty nesting in GS-land. That changed quickly when I scooped up this 81 GS1100E for a screaming deal. "Just get it out of my garage" were the magic words, some cash exchanged hands and next thing I knew, I had this winter's project taken care of. Yay me! She needs TLC, the bike had been off the road for three years. The saving grace is it was given the necessary preparation for its slumber... fresh oil, battery removed, carbs drained, fuel tank drained (and sent for paint, and lost by the paintshop... anyone have a spare tank for me? ??? ), etc. Besides the tank, there are some missing parts... indicators, seat grab rail, half a pillion footrest bracket (sawed off... can't explain)... some in need of replacement... cracked tail light lens... but I did get a Rubbermaid full of stuff, just not the stuff I think I need. Time will tell. Bike is cool though. Decent engine (1135cc big bore, Yosh Stage 2 cams, 33mm smoothbore carbs, Supertrapp exhaust... custom underbraced Katana swingarm, push/pull throttle, yadda yadda. Should pull pretty hard I'd imagine, never had an 1135 before. Might feel tame compared to my 1340-powered commuter however... meh, it's going to be a blast! 3 Quote Link to comment
Hayabuser Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) Got her running last week, no brainer to make that happen. New plugs installed, popped in a spare battery, filled the carb bowls up and vroom! Started on the choke first try. Awesome. The new fuel tank arrived today from a friend of a friend... thing is mint inside and even the paint looks pretty good. Such a deal! Placed it in situ for a pic, still needs the sender, petcock, etc installed but that's what "winter" is for. Edited August 25, 2016 by Hayabuser Quote Link to comment
Hayabuser Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Stripped the bodywork off for paint... only trouble is, not sure what colour to go with! I have some ideas but nothing set in stone at this point. To be honest, I have no idea how anything on this bike is going to end up... so many possibilities! It is a winter project though so time is on my side... a buddy of mine recently parted out an RF600, the front end and rear wheel of which would be an easy swap... parts I can get for free, if I wished. Not true hot rod stuff but even the lowly RF had better brakes than the GSX! Brainstorming is half the fun, looking forward to the winter! Quote Link to comment
Jonboy Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nice carbs!!! will work well with big bore and cams. RF stuff is pretty decent without being OTT Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaos Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 yeah that's a cool find. About the paintjob, black with blue striping is my favourite on the ET. 2 Quote Link to comment
Hayabuser Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Bike was originally a dark metallic blue with med blue/light blue stripes, quite attractive but just doesn't have the visual pop I'm looking for. Leaning towards red with red/orange stripes, or a variation thereof. Having said that, darker would fly under the radar better than arrest-me-red... decisions! 1 Quote Link to comment
Roger P. Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Jesus Dave, you lucked into another set of smoothbores I see. Good luck with the build, your other bikes turned out ace. You're on as many Suzuki sites as I am... I did a few weeks at M7 last winter. Your lovely face is still on the instruction sheet for changing out the coalescing filters on the main air line from M5. If you ever come across a pitch black 1980 1000S with an 83 motor, wheels, and 81 1100 tank on your travels out west, it used to be mine!! Too bad I didn't know you had those carbs, I might have swapped them for a set of Bandit BS36's that will become redundant next week. Would have saved me the $1200 for those RS-38s! Quote Link to comment
Hayabuser Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 I will forever live in infamy, at least in the basement of the Gas Turbine Lab.... Nice to see you on OSS, Roger! Quote Link to comment
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