Suzuki GS1100 G Restoration Project: Steering Stem Mock Up (Day 848)

Welcome to my 1983 GS1100 G Restoration Project. This bike has been in my family since new. It was bought by my Dad new in 1985 in Ontario, Canada. He toured the US with it with my Mum on the back (both have since passed away). I imported it into the UK around 1996 and rode it around London for a couple of years. Then it sat in the garden for 10 yrs (oh the horror!). Now: RESTORATION. Please use contact form page for comments. Click on photos to enlarge. Project started 18th August, 2012.

Sunday, 14 December 2014

Steering Stem Mock Up (Day 848)

After months now (nearly 10) I have retrieved the frame from the loft where it had been resting all summer. During the summer I was inadvertently distracted by the purchase of a GS1150ES (we know them as a GSX1100) and getting my Road Runner bike ready for a tour of Europe.

See: my GS1150ES Restoration Blog ant my GS1100G Road Runner Project Blog

So Dad's bike has very much been neglected. Now it is in my home office and it can no longer be ignored. I am going to set the front up (no wheels) and attach the swing arm and as many items as I can over the winter. I hope to have a rolling chassis by the summer when I will concentrate on getting the engine ready to re-install.

My anticpated completion date is now looking like the summer of 2016.