what did you wrench on today??

[Guest]

Pulled my back wheel out last night in preparation for the new rear tyre which will be being fitted today and to do the wheel bearings.

This is what's left of the supposedly sealed sprocket carrier bearing, and you can see where a bit of the metal holding the balls in has broken off... can't have expose balls!

Those..cough cough...balls have seen better days

[steve murdoch]

Carb and exhaust clean up started on the '78 GS1000.
Right now it is snowing outside and with no heat in the garage i am happy to be single again.

[trevor]

Carb and exhaust clean up started on the '78 GS1000.
Right now it is snowing outside and with no heat in the garage i am happy to be single again.

Haha...that is simply awesome!!

[handkphil]

Got my new-to-me GS450GA running today!

Doesn't everyone have a GS or two in their living room?

[steve murdoch]

A kindred spirit.
Well done, Phil.

[Guest]

ummmmm.....NO. I've been trying to get a little Kawi 100 in the basement room for year with no luck. I'm pretty sure I would drink far too much beer if I had a bike in the living room.

[Seaking]

Doesn't everyone have a GS or two in their living room?

Its very... feng shui.. Modern decor.. nicely done!

[Guest]

You know what..I'm pretty sure no one has ever started a thread about 'bikes in the house'....it would be awesome for someone to start that up. I can't, but I'm tempted to just make it happen and then move it out before the co-pilot sees it really, someone needs to start this thread!!

[850 Combat]

Doesn't everyone have a GS or two in their living room?

No, but there are Nortons in the back bedroom. My dad rode my Suzuki 80 upstairs when I was a kid, and put it in my bedroom. I always thought it would be fun to have bikes in the room to sit on and watch TV etc. Turns out, I never felt like doing that.

[handkphil]

Warm and toasty work area

You know what..I'm pretty sure no one has ever started a thread about 'bikes in the house'....it would be awesome for someone to start that up. I can't, but I'm tempted to just make it happen and then move it out before the co-pilot sees it really, someone needs to start this thread!!

I'm not sure if I could dig up more than a couple of pictures, but there's usually a bike in my living room (or middle bedroom) every winter. I would die of boredom if there wasn't. I like to tinker with 'em and I like to detail and clean them. What better place to do this than right next to my big recliner, which as you can see in my picture is fully hooked up with internet, and a large monitor. No cold garage to heat up, the 'fridge is nearby, and I can enjoy the sights (and smells ..lol) of riding, year round.

Every fall I pick the bike, wash it and dry it thoroughly, drain the gas, and roll it up a little ramp into the living room. If I need to fire it up during the winter I just wait for a dry day and roll it out onto the front porch, like I did today.

[handkphil]

Year of the Elite

This is from a couple of years ago, when I completely re-did an '87 Elite over the winter. It came out very nice.

[Guest]

Does anyone living with his wife get to put a motorcycle in the living room over the winter?

[Guest]

Those..cough cough...balls have seen better days

Haha yes indeed!

Saturday's job was old rear wheel bearings out, clean everything up, new ones in, and get the new rear tyre fitted. Done!











Did about 250km's yesterday so the new tyre is now nicely scrubbed in and ready for our big ride next weekend.

[Toasty]

Does anyone living with his wife get to put a motorcycle in the living room over the winter?

LOL


The starter on my TSX died at 190K miles, so I got my roommate to help do some open heart surgery. They obviously didn't intend to make it easy to replace . At least it's not a V6/V8 because it would be buried inside the engine even more.

[Roland5color]

First I changed the oil and air filters on both vans to make the wife happy then I drug out the GS. Pulled the carbs and installed the jets that I have been waiting a month for. As I was putting the carbs back on it started to snow. not only am I the only idiot working outside on a motorcycle in freezing weather now I'm doing it in the snow. I get it back together fire her up and take her down the street for a quick pass. Then put her away in the shed.. Seems a little rich down low now so I will turn the idle screws in another quarter turn and I should be done with these carbs finally. Now for the suspension. Nothing like a rolling restoration. Ride, repair, ride, repAir.