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  • Anonymous

    #1

    WHAT DID YOU DO???

    Just got me out of a LARGEjam! Thanks to the accumulated wealth of information, stored in the archives, and the great virtually on line support, from the gs gurus, my daughter and I completed a Saddlesore 1000 this last Thursday. On June 4, that goal was not looking good, as I had just gotten my bike back from a repair facility that had not done the work, and took 5 weeks to not do it. I was facing 5 days of 12 hour shifts, a day off, then the ride. Thanks to timely information, and burning the midnight oil, I cleaned the carbs, manually synched the carbs using the drill bit method, and put it all back together, with much prayer. At 2130 hours, June 9, all was ready for a test ride. The 100 mile test run showed that all seemed to be good. The end result is the fuel economy increasing from the mid 20's (imperial gallons are 20% larger than US gallons) to 38 mpg on the 1000 mile trip!!

    Again THANK YOU

    John (and daughter Holly)
  • KEITH KRAUSE
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    Past Site Supporter
    • Oct 2002
    • 8862
    • Angeles Forest, So.Calif./Red rocks of Southern Utah.

    #2
    You're welcome! Glad you got it running good!
    And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
    Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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    • daveo

      #3
      Congrats on your SS 1K, did you get certified yet?

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      • Anonymous

        #4
        Thanks for the feedback.

        Many take advise and run.

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        • Anonymous

          #5
          Hey, Dave

          No, I haven't even handed in the paperwork yet

          Just did the deed on Thursday, June10. I will post in the GS stories soon. The bike ran like a dream, and was the oldest bike there!!

          YEA GS

          John

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          • Anonymous

            #6
            Further to the above thanks, here is a visual difference between the #4 cylinder pre-carb work and post 1000 mile trip


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            • KEITH KRAUSE
              Forum Guru
              Charter Member
              GSResource Superstar
              Past Site Supporter
              • Oct 2002
              • 8862
              • Angeles Forest, So.Calif./Red rocks of Southern Utah.

              #7
              Mmmmmmmmm. Love that nice tan color. Mmmmmmmmm.
              And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
              Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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              • Anonymous

                #8
                Amen, Brother Keith!

                John

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