jimbrown70@... wrote:
> Thanks for the URLs Walt.

Hopefully they will help.

> My 07? GTO came in a 36" X 24" X 9" carton and had a very nice assembly
> book with it. But I have added a fairing and other items since then.

That is always a problem, they rarely stay in the bare new condition. Up
to you to figure the extras out.

I've a GTR and have a fairing for it. Not hard to get off. I only use
the fairing in the winter, too hot in the summer.

> I am presently snow bound (VERY unusual for more than 2 days in our NW
> USA marine climate) so have started dreaming of summer trips beyond the
> local neighborhood.

My 87 year old mother lives alone on Hood Canal. She said she was snowed
in, but fine. I may be in Georgia now (no snow) but I'm very familiar
with the NW, I mostly grew up there.

> I have a broken cruciform frame for the 2007? GTO. When I ordered a
> replacement the one the US distributor sent me was larger than the old
> one so they had to custom make one in Australia and ship it up. (That is
> the reason I question the 2007 date, thinking it a previous model.) What
> I will ever do with it I have no idea. I don't think we have any frame
> builders in the area to play with it. But as with every thing else, a
> DIYer always hangs on to such "treasures".

I've got to get kingpin assemblies for the one I'm rebuilding which is
pre 2003. I thought of welding my own, but it would take a complex jig
to do it and Greenspeed's price is not that bad. Unfortunately I got
caught by Greenspeed's Christmas vacation so there will be a delay.

Yep, I've lots of pieces around, though only the one frame. I know where
there is another bare frame, but it's in Australia and the guy wants a
huge amount to break it down and ship it. Just keep looking. Here's a
link to a photo of the one I'm working on right after it was run down.
I'm not the guy in the journal there.
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/docs/00/00/20/59/small/wreck.jpg?v=2p

I don't think they have changed the frame since 2003, Except for kingpin
assemblies, hubs and such stuff.

Walt