{"id":319,"date":"2008-10-13T04:25:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T04:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irsandy.wordpress.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2018-07-01T06:06:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:06:24","slug":"%ef%bd%8d%ef%bd%89%ef%bd%8e%ef%bd%89_%ef%bd%92%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8c%ef%bd%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%95%ef%bd%94%e3%80%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/%ef%bd%8d%ef%bd%89%ef%bd%8e%ef%bd%89_%ef%bd%92%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8c%ef%bd%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%95%ef%bd%94%e3%80%80\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Rollout &#8211; GT750 Project !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Today marked a small milestone in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/gt750\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GT750 Project<\/a> I&#8217;m working on, as I fitted up the freshly painted side covers, tank and tail piece to the frame to check the fit and clearances one last time. Of course I&#8217;m biased, but I like how it looks. To the far left is what a late 1978\/early 1979 GS750 looked like, and to the right you see how the GT750 is shaping up.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Arial; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a  href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/gt750\/photos\/1979_GS750E_brown_590.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/gt750\/photos\/1979_GS750E_brown_590.jpg?resize=219%2C152\" alt=\"GS750\" width=\"219\" height=\"152\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a  href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/gt750\/photos\/side.JPG\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/gt750\/photos\/side.JPG?resize=222%2C167\" alt=\"GT750\" width=\"222\" height=\"167\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Extending the GT750 frame has preserved the correct arc for the rear wheel, and stretching out the tank and changing the seat level actually results in quite a comfortable riding position. As well, the line through the front reflector to the rear tail light is a close match for that of the factory GS750 which is the look I was aiming for. An obvious big difference is the wheels &#8211; the 1977 GS750B and 1978 GS750C both had spoked wheels, but the 1978 GS750EC had the &#8216;snowflake&#8217; pattern mag wheels &#8211; I may still decide to add a set to the project bike, as I do like the look of them.<\/p>\n<p>I have a set of decals for the striping on the tank and rear tail piece coming from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reproductiondecals.com\/default_frameset.html?suz_14b.html%7Emain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reproduction Decals<\/a> in eastern Canada which should be here sometime next week. I admit I find them a bit annoying to deal with as they are a Canadian company but price everything in US dollars so when the Canadian dollar is down, as it is this week, they are effectively making a bit of a windfall on both Canadian as well as US buyers. I will order the new tank badges and side cover badges from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.badgereplicas.com.au\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badge Replica<\/a> in Australia as the price is more reasonable, and the parts appear to be identical to what is offered by Reproduction Decals in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, I&#8217;m just waiting for a few more bits and pieces to arrive before I can get serious with the engine !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marked a small milestone in the GT750 Project I&#8217;m working on, as I fitted up the freshly painted side covers, tank and tail piece to the frame to check the fit and clearances one last time. Of course I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/%ef%bd%8d%ef%bd%89%ef%bd%8e%ef%bd%89_%ef%bd%92%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8c%ef%bd%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%95%ef%bd%94%e3%80%80\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[108,111,242,282],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Yjgi-59","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldjapanesebikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}