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My name is Seth, I am 25 and I am from a small town in South Eastern Kentucky called Corbin (Home of the original KFC). I bought my first bike last February, a 1978 Suzuki GS550. I fell in love with the whole process of making it my own and ending up finishing it by June of the same year (so I thought). At the end of 2018 I started noticing that the tune of the bike changed and exhaust pipes 2 and 3 were cold. After cleaning carbs, installing new ignition coils, new points and condensers, and new ground wires... 2 & 3 pipes were still cold. Fast forward to now, the only other thing I could think of/find online was to get new piston rings. I've got the new rings on and along with a new piston jug I got on ebay (mine wasn't in the greatest condition after taking it off and looking through it) installed back onto my engine (also putting all new gaskets). Now I am currently putting the cylinder head back together after cleaning and replacing valve seals and cleaning valves. If all goes as planned I'd like to put the head back on this Sunday and start measuring for new shims. My plan is to have everything put back together before June gets here and see if cylinders 2 & 3 run
. I am looking forward to being apart of this forum and hopefully I'll learn a lot! Any help ill be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
-Seth
My name is Seth, I am 25 and I am from a small town in South Eastern Kentucky called Corbin (Home of the original KFC). I bought my first bike last February, a 1978 Suzuki GS550. I fell in love with the whole process of making it my own and ending up finishing it by June of the same year (so I thought). At the end of 2018 I started noticing that the tune of the bike changed and exhaust pipes 2 and 3 were cold. After cleaning carbs, installing new ignition coils, new points and condensers, and new ground wires... 2 & 3 pipes were still cold. Fast forward to now, the only other thing I could think of/find online was to get new piston rings. I've got the new rings on and along with a new piston jug I got on ebay (mine wasn't in the greatest condition after taking it off and looking through it) installed back onto my engine (also putting all new gaskets). Now I am currently putting the cylinder head back together after cleaning and replacing valve seals and cleaning valves. If all goes as planned I'd like to put the head back on this Sunday and start measuring for new shims. My plan is to have everything put back together before June gets here and see if cylinders 2 & 3 run
. I am looking forward to being apart of this forum and hopefully I'll learn a lot! Any help ill be greatly appreciated!Thanks!
-Seth
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