what did you wrench on today??

[trevor]

Looks fantastic! I know what you are saying about the rear rack....pita

[Baatfam]

Finally got the paint complete on the 1100E. I painted the tank and front fender about a year ago and just now got it back together after painting the rear cowl and side covers.

That rear rack is a PITA to install. You need 4 hands, tiny little fingers and a blessing from the pope to get it all lined up! Anyone that has installed one knows!

Looking good, Ron!

[rphillips]

Yep, everything looks great... One of the very, very few GS1100E's I've ever seen with a rack.

[johnod]

Looks very nice

[alke46]

Looking good, must be ready to sell.

[storm 64]

Looks great Ron. If you do think you might want to sell it. Give me first dibs, seriously.
I have a 82 but I chopped it into a dragbike when I was a crazy young man...
Now that I'm a crazy older man I'd like another.

[1978GS750E]

Looks great Ron. If you do think you might want to sell it. Give me first dibs, seriously.
I have a 82 but I chopped it into a dragbike when I was a crazy young man...
Now that I'm a crazy older man I'd like another.

Sorry Norm, this one's a keeper! I've sold two recently and I'm down to only 2 old Suzuki's now. Of course, winter is on the way and there has to be one needing rescued out there somewhere!

Now, if you're interested in a '79 GS850 we can talk!

[scratch]

My old fuse box was leaking some serious juice, outputs (from 10.4v to 11.8 measured on the output side, lowest at ignition fuse) and went to rebuild it to discover brittle fuse holders and a pile of solder & grime that shouldn't have been there... could have cobbled it back together but, my parts bin turned up a universal 4 blade box and decided to wire it and test it out... I'll need to clean up the wires and fab a better mount plate (this is just mounted to a fit piece of 3/8" ply cut & wedged into the old bracket to test it out) but, the trial really changed a lot of things for the better... all the lights got brighter etc. Coil volts were borderline before, I'll have the tank off later in the week to check how they are now but, for under $10 and some bench time with the soldering iron, it made a hella difference. (yes, I need a 12v blade fuse... yes, there are still a lot of other connections to clean... )

[Big Block]

Almost finished my Thousand. It's been a fighter the last couple of weeks but that's okay. finish1.jpg

[Big Block]

I just have to restuff the seat and touchup the grounds and I think it's ready to roll in the spring. finish2.jpg

[trevor]

I just have to restuff the seat and touchup the grounds and I think it's ready to roll in the spring. finish2.jpg

She's a beauty!!!!

[Big Block]

Getting to be chilly to ride, more of air cooled weather than the modern bike so doing a valve set on the GS1250EF. 10lbs of stuff in a 5lb bag as it were. I'm just breaking for lunch, I have it torn down and just need to check clearances now. Maybe have to order a shim or two, hopefully not. valve set.jpg