Cost to Coast ... to Coast on 1977 GS750 and GS550

[Burque73]

Mine does that after long rides. Self oiling filter element, lol.

[Charlie G]

Anybody know what oil dripping out of the airbox means??

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Its been doing this this for a few days now and my side cover was coated in yellow residue until I wiped it off

The breather hose from the valve cover attaches to the air box, which is your source for oil. Monitor your consumption real closely to determine how much your loosing. May not be to much. Keep it topped up but not over full. Check in morning and after lunch. Portland is a nice town.

[gustovh]

If you hang around up Portland way till the weekend, come join us at the PNW rally in Vernonia.

V

[sam000lee]

Unfortunately we've moved on! In Olympia until Tuesday when my new chain and sprockets arrive the heading east!

[sam000lee]

Well we have moved on through Yellowstone and are in South Dakota 100 miles west of badlands. The gs550 got a flat yesterday which we topped off with my slime pump (life saver) and managed to find a tube in the next city over. The chain on the 550 is also way beyond its wear limit an is eating the sprocket so we're stuck here for a couple days while we try to find/order a new one. Looks like Amazon is going to be the quickest option even given all the bike shops in rapid city/ sturgis.


Yellowstone and Wyoming were great and so is South Dakota so far. I guess we're here for the eclipse. Will post more pictures later but here's bright and early in Montana

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[sam000lee]

Here's one from the badlands. We're in Chicago right now been a very busy crazy few of days with lots of riding and cold hard nights camping. I'll give a good update in a couple days with pads of pictures when we're back in ma. 1,000 miles to go after six weeks on the road and sleeping outside pretty much everyday - we're pretty beat. Hope to be back in 2 days.



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[Charlie G]

You are one tuff nut! Congratulations! Look forward to the pictures.

[storm 64]

Something tells me you'll remember this trip for a lifetime... 👍

[dorkburger]

Something tells me you'll remember this trip for a lifetime... 

No doubt. I was thinking the same.

[BigD_83]

...and will probably be feeling it for the better part of a year

[Carter Turk]

"Making memories" that's what some older fella said to me at a laundramat in Libby Montana on my way to Michigan.

For sure you'll remember this trip.

[sam000lee]

Well we made it back! A couple of days ago actually but I've been decompressing. About 9,500 miles and six weeks total and both bikes are doing well...for the most part.
I'm getting all my pictures developed and then I'm going to go back and give a more detailed summary/pictures of the trip since my internet access and posting was pretty scarce while we were gone.

[Charlie G]

Look forward to seeing the pictures and reading the stories.

cg

[dorkburger]

Congrats! You've made an excellent trip! I'll be watching as well.

[gssteve]

Well done. Glad to see you gettin out on these old bikes. And home in one piece.

Did the same miles years ago on cb750 around Australia.
But took 2years
Steve