So beautiful! Enjoy!
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My Bling and Black GT1000... Lots of Pics! VIDEO ADDED!
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Hello everyone,
I think I’m done modifying my GT1000 and am pretty proud of how it ended up.
Although I didn’t take pictures of the build process, I wanted to share with you how it looked when all started and how it looks now. After all, I took most of the mod ideas from this forum.
I asked the seller to take a picture of me on the bike they day I bought it.
The bike was pretty far from home, so I had to put 500 miles on my first ride.
First ride picture:
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It looks really different now. After finishing the mods I rode it 100 miles on the back roads. Both handling and the amount of time grinning improved dramatically.
Latest ride picture:
2017-09-22 13.38.50
Fist mod to pop out is the new color.
I was fortunate enough to find a brand new original black tank. Some might ask: Why change it? The reason is that although I think the red is nice, the black tank seems smaller (optical illusion). I also think that the logo location is better in this tank model. And lastly: I just like black for the GT1000.
Second obvious mod is the exhaust.
Another forum member sold me a Marving Slip-on set (Thanks Roadie). I polished it and placed it along with a nice set of Corse Dynamics Velocity Stacks and an ECU reflash.
I think I’m done modifying my GT1000 and am pretty proud of how it ended up.
Although I didn’t take pictures of the build process, I wanted to share with you how it looked when all started and how it looks now. After all, I took most of the mod ideas from this forum.
I asked the seller to take a picture of me on the bike they day I bought it.
The bike was pretty far from home, so I had to put 500 miles on my first ride.
First ride picture:
16861337187_450cac440e_o (1) It looks really different now. After finishing the mods I rode it 100 miles on the back roads. Both handling and the amount of time grinning improved dramatically.
Latest ride picture:
2017-09-22 13.38.50 Fist mod to pop out is the new color.
I was fortunate enough to find a brand new original black tank. Some might ask: Why change it? The reason is that although I think the red is nice, the black tank seems smaller (optical illusion). I also think that the logo location is better in this tank model. And lastly: I just like black for the GT1000.
Second obvious mod is the exhaust.
Another forum member sold me a Marving Slip-on set (Thanks Roadie). I polished it and placed it along with a nice set of Corse Dynamics Velocity Stacks and an ECU reflash.
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couple of months later and I finally got to make my tail chop following your footsteps. I altered the profile of the mud-guard a bit, shaping it so it would cover all of the metal armature and so that the light would sit on it... here are some pix.. aside from painting the mudguard I did it all by hand. Wasn't too complicated. Thanks again for the tip!
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Which top triple clamp you are using?I wanted a more aggressive stance and initially installed a clubman handlebar.
Unfortunately the riding position was not comfortable for me with the clubman and ended up ditching it to replace it with ST3 clip-ons. I also replaced the top triple with one without handlebar holes. Riding position is now very similar to a Sport Tourer
The stock front forks were initially replaced with forks from an S2R monster. But I came to learn in another forum thread that they were not really fully adjustable (really disappointing). So I sourced a nice set of 999 forks and bored both the top triple clamp and the clip-ons.
2017-09-20 08.52.15
Wheels were replaced with a polished set of 5 spoke marchesinis. Front brakes are now 4p gold brembos with spiegler black lines. The fender is an OEM shortened carbon fiber one (painted) from an S4RS.
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