1978 gs750

hey guys, started this project for my little bro awhile back but he ended up liking and keeping an xs650 i ran across. it is a 1978 gs 750 which was a partial trade in for another bike i made. the bike is currently registered till nov 2011 so i want to bust this thing out and back on the road asap!. the bike is further along but i don't have any pics of it's current state. i'll post some up in the next couple days. i want to make this bike kinda look like those ariels/royal enfield bikes with skinny wheels and full fenders but of course in my interpretation. i will be running floorboards, beachbars and a girder front end which i have but am chopping down to make very short. here are a few pics of what i have and also a couple of pics for inspiration.......

Looking forward to seeing more pictures on this one. I am hoping to get my hands on a GS850 in the near future.

i have been alittle busy with my little bro's bike and my shovel but hopefully this week i can bust out the frame. i am excited about this one. always wanted to do vintage looking one!

hey guys just wanted to post some progress pics of this project. feels good to be able to just work on this one the whole day without having to stop for others! i can prolly finish fabbing/welding the main part of the frame tomorrow( gussets ect.) then it would just be tabs and such for accessories. check em out..........

looks good. What is the rear wheel off of?

i believe the rear wheel came from a 81 cb750,the front came off a cb400. as you can see, i am not brand or model specific! whatever the hell fits....ha ha ha

hey guys,just posting up some more progress pics. today i mounted the floor boards and worked on the book rack. i made the book rack from some 1/2 inch roundstock. just measured here, bend there, tack this and weld that. before you know it, i almost got it done, just gotta final weld all the pieces together and then fabricate some tabs on the frame to bolt it onto. check it out.........

nice progress. reminds me of a vintage bicycle.

Yeah, Im watchin..

fuck looks awesome, so did you make the frame?

that honduki is looking good so far.

Something different but not so much it sucks.Im liking it.

Originally Posted by creaturefiend1972

fuck looks awesome, so did you make the frame?

yep, made the frame. hopefully i can have this back on the road in a week or so. i am excited!

hey folks just wanted to post a couple of update pics. i took a girder front end i had laying around and basically cut it in half! i had to make the lower triple tree cause it didn't have one when i bought it. i graphed the gs750 neck stem into a lower tree i had made for another front end some years ago. well, here is the pic of the girder before and what it is now.........

was a sunny day in socal today so i took the lil beast out to see it's first rays of sunlight

Originally Posted by motorlou

This bike looks fucking fantastic. I would love if it was sprung instead of that girder. I do like it though


It evens looks like it could be a little fast

thanks bud, i am trying to copy the old enfields an such that's why i flipped the girder.

hey folks just wanted to post a couple of progress pics. today i bought some tubing and sheetmetal to make the mufflers for this thing. took me a while to figure it out but here is the first one.

This is one cool project...very impressed.
Would like to know the design for the springers if possible..sizes? (think if i used them I would have the straight leg to front...would that alter designl lyout a lot? )
Cant wait to see this pipe in action...get a vid up asap so we can hear it

Voivod, thats a GIRDER, not a springer.