Finally started chopping the GZ down a bit

[joebielski]

Well after a couple months of riding the GZ250, I decided to modify the look of the bike a little. The first step was an easy one. I just cut front fender down to a nice, small sporty looking one. My next goal was to cut the rear fender down as I've seen a lot of folks do on this forum. Wehn I removed the fender, I noticed that underneath is a metal support structure that at first I thought only supports the rear seat/passenger. But once I removed that and had the two long tubes sticking out from the rear of the chassis, I noticed that you can actually twist the chassis a bit by moving these tubes with your hands. (I was going to cut these tubes as well but decided against it. So that support structure actually works to keep the entire rear end of the chassis stiff. I ended cutting a bit of it off (the part that attaches to the rear lights) but kept most of it together. I'm wondering if anyone else noticed this and if you removed it, did you use some kind of cross member to keep the rear of the chassis stiff? Finally I finished it off by adding a Sparto tail light and moving the rear turn signals forward on the rear fender. The sparto tail light only has 2 wires coming out of it and I wasn't able to wire it up to have a running light in the rear so I managed to use the old light buld harness and cables and fit it into the Sparto housing to keep the original wiring.

[joebielski]

I'm also looking at some Z-bar type handle bars for this little bike. Hopefully I can find a set that has similar dimensions to the stock handle bars as I like the ergonomics of this bike for me. (I'm 5'6" so it's a perfect fit for me )

[Goose51683]

Joe,

I chopped my rear bars off and have had no issues with the bike staying stiff.

Good on you for making this bike your own!

[northsidegz]

Yeah, finding bars where you don't have to mess with any cable issues would be nice.

That sparto tail light looks pretty sweet!