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    Now for something different...(still GS-related)

    So a few days ago I was scouring our local eBay-equivalent, when I stumbled across an unusual auction.

    Basically useless today, but it fits the vintage setting of our garage...so I bid on it (Click the pictures to enlarge).

    "What is it? Tell us already"

    This is what has arrived a few days later:




    Yes, it's a fiche reader. Big woop, you'll say...but, part of the auction were over 500 parts fiches. So I took a chance, and lo and behold:




    The unit's bulb was dead though, so I examined the internals....


    Wait a minute, that's a standard G5.3 / MR16 bulb, isn't it? I have some LED replacements of those handy....
    And the setup is a simple VAC transformer, no needlessly complicated circuitry.



    Looking good! Now let's have a look (after some cleaning. It was a smoker's shop, yuk):



    Wee! It's fascinating to explore those fiches, they have some additional information on them. For example, some color codes:


    Or, some of you hinted that bolt sizes could be derived from part numbers (over in this linked thread: clicky). Turns out, this is documented as such:


    Yeah, this is not of much use nowadays, but fun. Also, this might come in handy to keep in the garage, so I don't have to print out everything all the time.

    As mentioned, I have in excess of 500 fiches at my disposal. I have only superficially browsed through them, it seems to be mainly Yamaha and Suzuki.
    If any of you guys need some elusive parts number/assembly drawing, let me know, I just might have it somewhere in that stack. I'll hunt for them when I find some spare time.
    Last edited by roeme; 04-16-2018, 04:37 PM.
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    I am proud to be the first here to say, that's really cool. I want it. However I am a collector of useless stuff, lol... How much was it?
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      #3
      Yah, some of the first sheets on the microfische film have intersting general information, such as starting serail numbers for that year/model, paint code information, explanation of abreviations, bolt size info and others. These sheets are not found on tytpical part supplier sites because they dont have specific part number look-up on them.

      An other intersting sheet is that for optional parts, like covers and tool kits.

      THere is a market for those microfisch films. I got some for my bikes, and took them to library and printed a lot of sheets for something like 3 cents a sheet, and had it bound.

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      Last edited by Redman; 04-16-2018, 03:13 PM.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Spyder View Post
        I am proud to be the first here to say, that's really cool. I want it. However I am a collector of useless stuff, lol... How much was it?
        Initially it was $40 delivered, then some twa*t had a go as well, which put it to $70 delivered.

        Originally posted by Redman View Post
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        THere is a market for those microfisch films. I got some for my bikes, and took them to library and printed a lot of sheets for something like 3 cents a sheet, and had it bound.

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        Huh? Meaning you sold printed copies of them, righto?

        Heh. The shop where I had some stuff done for my GS had the fiches still in deep storage. After I went there a few times, a microfiche reader re-appeared on his service desk...so no market there. Then again, I wouldn't know where to get to machinery that could print those (libraries here threw them out a long time ago).
        #1: 1979 GS 550 EC "Red" – Very first Bike / Overhaul thread        New here? ☛ Read the Top 10 Newbie mistakes thread
        #2: 1978 GS 550 EC "Blue" – Can't make it a donor / "Rebuild" thread     Manuals (and much more): See Cliff's homepage here
        #3: 2014 Moto Guzzi V7 II Racer – One needs a runner while wrenching
        #4: 1980 Moto Guzzi V65C – Something to chill

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          #5
          I have a microfiche for my 1983 GS850GD, purchased around 1998-2000 or thereabouts. The local library still had microfilm readers at the time, so I took it in and printed out each panel (there was a button you could press to make a photocopy on paper for a nickel) and put the pages into a binder.

          It's sometimes useful to have the original part number; the new online fiches are sometimes not perfectly accurate and usually don't tell you when part numbers have been superceded.
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            #6
            Originally posted by roeme View Post
            ............
            Huh? Meaning you sold printed copies of them, righto?........
            No, I bought the sheet of microfiche film. And I took it to the library (section that has old newspapers and such on microfische) and printed out most frames. THen had bound (at a print shop) for my own use. And, yah, that was 8 - 10 years ago, dont know the situation now.

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              #7
              That a just too cool!
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                #8
                Not sure how it's useless. My dealer still uses his a lot.

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