what did you wrench on today??

[Redman]

Had to redo all the fairing frame mounts.
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Something not purr-fect...?

[Buffalo Bill]

Nice.
What needed to be done on the fairing mounts?

They all broke lose Sunday during a 60 mile ride on bumpy country roads, seemed like all 3 inside of 15 minutes, the 4th and top bracket held.
My welds were so bad…meh.
Made steel brackets, drilled and tapped the frame for 5mm bolts, plus locktite.
Just finished, took all day.

[Redman]

Not really "wrenching" but text message troubleshooting with Justin Redmanson (some of you have meet him at Brown County).
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>>Later note: Justin informs me that his ride thru the desert was 111 - 117degF.

More text message troubleshooting for Justin's Tiger 1050 resulted in him finding stator ohm check okay phase to phase, but phase to ground shows some continuity. But the volt test phase to phase was good. We had a discussion of how the phase to ground ohm test can be bad, but yet it still produce okay on the volt test (I have my theory.).
Then determined that these are not functional test, just indications of the characteristic of the component. And then determined that should quit with the academic discussion.

Then he found this

Note: The poles on the left are on the top when installed.

[dorkburger]

Further breakdown of the swamp thing. I'm becoming impatient, plus I need the space..

http://Breakdown.... by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

[Downs]

Replaced the oil pan on the GS1000 after stripping the drain bolt last oil change.

Did some minor repair work on the Tuturo auto oiler on the VSTROM after some trail damage in Arkansas over the weekend.

[Guest]

What say you. GS1000S/GK .

[Guest]

Getting prepared for some heavy duty touring with Mumma Bear .

[Guest]

Bit big from behind , but I don't get to see it from this angle often .

[steve murdoch]

Lots of capacity in that luggage.

I am sure that you are aware of it but i would be a bit concerned with the blue head-pipes. After-market system?

[Guest]

Hey Steve . They are after market pipes and they blued 12 years ago when I put them on.
Thanks for pointing it out though .

Cheers Simon .

[dorkburger]

Looks like a fun touring rig.

[gustovh]

Tweaked the carbs on my 850L and did my second wheelie on it yesterday. Smoked the tires on her as well for the first time. WooooHooo.

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[cowboyup3371]

I tested Charmayne's electrics tonight finally (she was busy with school work and not feeling well) and found the stator is definitely dead.

Key off - 12.9VDC (took it off the battery charger 5 minutes prior after it had sat on it for 3 days)
Key on - 12.79VDC
Cranking - 11.5VDC
At Idle - 12.5VDC
At 4000rpm - 12.69VDC

As it wasn't charging I made sure everything was connected properly and then tested the different stator legs:

At 4000rpm all three stator wires were running at .25VAC each; asked if Steve could come by to verify my readings and he confirmed them. So yes, that's right, I'm getting less than a volt on each leg which is telling me the stator is pretty well shot if we go by Posplayer's information.

I'll be ordering a new stator for her in the next couple of days.

[Redman]

What say you. GS1000S/GK .

Very Nice Simon.

Nice mounting of that stuff. And I like that is pretty mch the GK paint pattern on the sidebags and trunk, but with the S color & accent stripe.

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[Redman]

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Anybody else want to do similar?
(I have an extra complete set of GK rack/mount, bags and trunk. Heavy sun fade/cracking.)