Suzuki GR650 Townsmoker update #4

So here it is with the new subframe. I like! The bike needs to be finished for Hellsrace next month and Dirtquake 5 some weeks later. 

This week the new wheels will arrive with Maxxis dirt track tyres.
If we're lucky they will fit but I'm afraid the rear fork is to short for the 19" rim and the fat flat track tyre and maybe even the front wheel will be to wide for the stock GR650 front fork... We'll see. I also like this 18" rear and 19" front look very much with the Duro HF308 tyres and it worked great last year at Dirt Quake. 

Other to do stuff. 
-Adjust the seat pan to the new subframe and shape the seat. 
-Chrome plating the exhaust and the rear light plus maybe some other parts. 
-New clutch and  gas cable, fork seal and carter plug. 
And it needs some paint :) but we're getting close!

Suzuki GR650 Townsmoker update #3

So we cut the Subframe.
This thing could be a need little bobber! Stay focused Lenny, let's not do that! :)

In photsoup we made a sketch for the new subframe.

We fabricated a new subframe....
Now it looked like a frankenstein motocross street fighter, mwuhahahahaa!

Suzuki GR650 Townsmoker update #2

Here the gas tank is almost finished, Martin is trying to close the last leaks now so hopefully I can primer it next week, fingers crossed.

Something that was bothering us was the subframe. We agreed the subframe was to low. A new seat would change the look of it a lot but it still would be to low so we decided to adjust the rear frame for the 3rd time, ha! Some pics of how it looked at Dirtquake 4 and how it would look with a new seat.

Suzuki GR650 Townsmoker update #1

It's been a while since I've showed project Townsmoker on Bubble Visor. Follow me on instagram if you can't wait for these updates, ha!
After Dirtquake the GR650 went back to my brother Martin's studio in Eindhoven. We swapped the wheels with my other GR650 so I could use them on the road while working on this project. Here some progress pictures of the gastank and the seatpan that I made from some old alu piece.

GR650 - Gas Tank progress

While I was working on the headlight mount and headlight visor, Martin was working on the gas tank and made some great progress. It's so nice to slowly see this bike transform before our eyes.

GR650 - Yesterday

Progress is a little slow because we're trying decide what we want and how we can do that..!  But we made some progress and had a good time.
The old Yammy tank was rusting on the inside so we cleaned it with vinegar, works great, thanks for the tip BC :)
We decided how wide the new tank should be. We're adding 2.5 cm extra in the back and 9 cm in the front so it narrows in the back now. The fuel cap is off center, on the right side, so we can fill it up to the max when it's standing on it's side stand...!
For the headlight we found out that diameter 15 or 16 cm would be perfect.