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RTGPZ wrote: 83 gpz 750 with 06 gsxr suspension, to many upgrades to list, but this winter I've been putting together a dual plug per cylinder head and.400 lift web cams and rs 34 mm mikuni carbs.

nice ride....always liked them....

Pics of both please! :woohoo:

I'd love to hear those pipes, who made them ?

JD

bluej58 wrote: I'd love to hear those pipes, who made them ?

JD

Greetings bluej58
Are you asking me?? Ed Spangler aka tennesseez :huh:
If so made by Mac. pipes sound ok, but required a number of modifications to make fit properly .
Still.. ...compared to stock replacement pipes for $2K and others around $1K, :dry: guess they were a deal! paid around $350.00 :woohoo: if I remember correctly they are "4 n 2's" got em from Dennis Kirk....
cheers
Ed

Well done Ed, that truly looks gorgeous....
LUV the black & silver theme (polished & painted fenders).

Old Man Rock wrote: Well done Ed, that truly looks gorgeous....
LUV the black & silver theme (polished & painted fenders).

Thanks OMR!!!!
Fenders were too rusty, so decided what the heck, blasted them, sprayed with thick primer filler, used R & M Base Clear Black MetalFlake on tins, R & M Base Clear Silver Flake on fenders, when bike is in bright sun, flakes which are thick but small... change colors!!, kinda neat.Oh Well, so were Lava Lamps LOL! My Cousin / master machinist did 95% of all the mechanical resto work, the friend of a friend with an auto body shop shot the color on the bike, after we had done all the sandblast, sand and prep, 6 coats color, 4 coats clear.
My BFF is a master jeweler, he polished the hubs , engine covers etc. Awesome job!
That pic above was taken latter part of 2011 when bike was finished, check out this pic from when we started in March 2008!!!!, A drive to Charlotte,N.C. to pick up bike from the barn, 3 years time ,$6K parts and THOUSANDS of hours of labor by several people later.Yeah, I KNOW I will NEVER get my money out of it, Deal is , bike was given to me by the widow of a good friend I served in the USAF with back in early 70's ,We had stayed in touch and visited over the years, he died unexpectedly from a heart attack in 2008, when he passed away, bike was so bad ,his wife, was gonna take it to the DUMP!! I said Hell No, give it to me, she said only if I promised to get it going again in honor of my friend, think I did!@! :woohoo: :huh: Little did I know how difficult it would be as far as projects go!!
Hard to believe its the same bike!! Sad thing is all that money was spent on appearances because engine was running ok at that time, now its smoking on start up, :dry: gonna ride it till it blows! No money left to overhaul engine!!., :blush:
Cheers Ed Spangler aka tennesseez

Knowing how a bike was obtained and the story behind it are as interesting as the bike it self!

RTGPZ wrote: Knowing how a bike was obtained and the story behind it are as interesting as the bike it self!

THANKS!!

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