Well here we go, this was my first street bike. A 1980 Suzuki GS550. I would like to say thanks to my good friend Kory for the inspiration. Would also like to thank Big B & Al for their help and opinions.
Here is the bike stripped down, B had just welded the rigid bars in. As you can see we left the swing arm. Wish we would have atleast extended the swing arm for a little more seat room. after seat & fender fab it's off to the paint shop.
Self explanatory
Now we are back at Rats Ass Speed Chop for the final put together. Looked bad ass all black, eh?
And here it was all put together. Had my dear friend Barry Brent do the numbers & stripes. Had about $10 into the seat, about $60 into the home built forward controls. Took about 6 inches out of the center of the front fender, welded it back together & painted it. Added a $25 trailer fender to the rear. An $8 tail light on a home made license plate bracket. Cut the pipes down & did the ol' heat wrap thing. I'm not one for any kind of mag wheel, but these star wheels were pretty cool once they were painted black and put a red pinstripe around them. White walls were painted on. The bars were pretty lame/stock looking. Was into this bike about $1000 including the purchase price of the bike. Sold it for $2500.
The End
Well here we go, this was my first street bike. A 1980 Suzuki GS550. I would like to say thanks to my good friend Kory for the inspiration. Would also like to thank Big B & Al for their help and opinions.
Here is the bike stripped down, B had just welded the rigid bars in. As you can see we left the swing arm. Wish we would have atleast extended the swing arm for a little more seat room. after seat & fender fab it's off to the paint shop.
Self explanatory
Now we are back at Rats Ass Speed Chop for the final put together. Looked bad ass all black, eh?
And here it was all put together. Had my dear friend Barry Brent do the numbers & stripes. Had about $10 into the seat, about $60 into the home built forward controls. Took about 6 inches out of the center of the front fender, welded it back together & painted it. Added a $25 trailer fender to the rear. An $8 tail light on a home made license plate bracket. Cut the pipes down & did the ol' heat wrap thing. I'm not one for any kind of mag wheel, but these star wheels were pretty cool once they were painted black and put a red pinstripe around them. White walls were painted on. The bars were pretty lame/stock looking. Was into this bike about $1000 including the purchase price of the bike. Sold it for $2500.
The End
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