1980 suzuki gs850gl rat/bobber build

[bringintheoldschoolback]

well i recently got this bike im in love with the old school style could use some tips an some comments. welll see how far 3grand will get me on this bobber

 

[chpdironhd]

chopper

find a nice Santee bolt on hardtail, 18" apes and 2 into 1 shotgun pipes gutted and flatblack everything, all found on ebay for about $500 to $750

 

[bringintheoldschoolback]

so your sayin get 2x 2into 1 shotgun pipes? why not keep the 4into 2 an cut em off? i did however find a 4into 1 megaphone exhaust setup

 

[bringintheoldschoolback]

i looked into the bolt on hardtail great idea thanks just bought it. christmas is gonna be great this year haha
http://www.hammerinhandcycles.com/hardtail.html

 

[Charley Davidson]

Don't know why anybody would want to go from shocks to a hard tail[S

I really like the looks of bikes with shocks plus I'm old, If you really like the hardtail look fab a unishock/softail that has the appearance of a hardtail. I've seen some that I did not know were softails until the 3rd or 4th time I looked at them.

If you are a capable fabricator $3,000 is a very large budget for that bike I would think.[P

 

[bringintheoldschoolback]

3,000 is whats left of the budget however it was only 3500 an i get the hardtail in tomorrow so we will see what i can do too it i definately dig the shocks on the bike already an especially in alabama the roads can get pretty bumpy so we will see what mal adjustments i can come up with however i do need to locate a welder in my area. id like some response to some exhaust idea give some details please thanks

 

[chpdironhd]

3,000 is whats left of the budget however it was only 3500 an i get the hardtail in tomorrow so we will see what i can do too it i definately dig the shocks on the bike already an especially in alabama the roads can get pretty bumpy so we will see what mal adjustments i can come up with however i do need to locate a welder in my area. id like some response to some exhaust idea give some details please thanks

You can find an awsome springer seat I personally like the iron cross stiched into a black seat also there are hidden air bag seats, look old school really comfy,
I saw an exhaust set up, they used a 2x6 1/8 wall tubing on side with all 4 pipes running into it with a upswept end. Loud as h#&&, cool as s@$&,
The H in H hardtails are ok but the Santee streches it out 4" looks more like 6" and slams it low as H#&&. I've built a few bobbers and the latest one is a 70's style 70" sporty hardtail.

Extra note there is a website here where a guy has a suzuki hardtail bobber project for $300
www.manitobax.ca look under bikes and scroll down

Peace out