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Hello all! Glad to find a very knowledgeable group.
I recently acquired an 83 Suzuki gs850gl that I want to turn into my first cafe racer.
This model came with quite a few extras that I do not desire on my final build. ( fuel gauge, gear number indicator)
Would it be wiser to take down the entire harness and rewire just the essentials or leave the existing wiring and just take away what I don't need?

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( fuel gauge, gear number indicator) sounds like pretty cool stuff to me, aren't you going to ride it ?:I that stuff comes in handy.
btw I love the front fender, but the fuel tank is hideous ;)
… Would it be wiser to take down the entire harness and rewire just the essentials or leave the existing wiring and just take away what I don't need?
If you are going to race it, yes :)
If you are going to learn to ride motorcycle on it no :(
Any plans to alter the wheels & suspension to make it more performance oriented and a little less cruiser like ?:I
Here's the rub, the bike was designed to ride like a cruiser, it's low in the rear, jacked up in the front, slightly raked, the rear tire is squat and suspension on both ends is enough to move it out of the showroom. If you alter it to be a more forward riding bias motorcycle and manage to make it go faster, you will find its stock rubber very lacking with good tires difficult to source in cruiser tire sizes, suspension will be prone to plow and wallow in the fast sweepers, and being a hefty traverse I-4 … are you familiar with what frame flex and dragging hard parts in corners feels like ?
This could be a very exciting motorcycle to ride. :rolleyes:
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