GS1150 ES Makeover Project

[londonboards]

How, those carbies are gunked up !! Is that seafoam that has been sprayed in there?

Not sure what's been through them. My first resto has stood idle for 10 years or so and was no where near as bad as this.

I am using Carb Cleaner spray to get the sludge out, an engine degreaser to clean the oil off, ultrasonic cleaner to get into the little bits and paint stripper to clean off the paint. They are looking pretty good under all that too.

[Nessism]

Great photos!!!

Keep going...

[eil]

Hey now, you Brits better leave our cheap, low-mileage vintage bike market alone! J/K. Such a beautiful bike. I'll be watching this.

Did you import it or buy it from someone who did?

O.M.G......O.M.F.G,

I hate you so intensely right now, you have no idea.

How, those carbies are gunked up !! Is that seafoam that has been sprayed in there?

[dorkburger]

Fully on board for this one The carb slides come with some sort of black anodized coating on them, and the valve cover is a wrinkle finish, and tends to flake. The mirrors are not Cooley units, but are 1150es specific as far as I know. Good luck with the work. Im happy to see an 1150 resto.

[londonboards]

More carb stripping

Getting them apart was OK with a gentle impact driver and the correct bit:









Some pretty interesting **** inside. Tell me Doctor, how long has this bike been deceased?:

[londonboards]

Carb Strip

OK on with my very favourite (spelling is good guys!) job - the carb strip.

These are pretty similar to the 2 sets I have already done on my GS1100Gs. The differences being that they have tin caps on them which to be honest are a bit naff (translate = crap). Secondly, they are painted black and half of the paint is coming off. I think they were probably black from the showroom but these ones have a very amateur black paint job. I am going to run this bike with naked carbs.







Everything about them is black. Even the slides and butterflies:





All the mixture adjustment screws are free (phew) - the mallet is just in case:





Fuel drained from the bowls was very "fruity":

[londonboards]

Lots of money

Nice to see some close up picks, looks good overall

Cheers Paul. Putting it back to showroom would cost a fortune. All that body work, painting and so on would be ?100s and ?100s. Just going to do a quick makeover except I can see myself getting that frame powder coated.

I bought a Brit bike last year 84 GSX1100EFG that was built by a guy named Terry Kieser over there. I got a super deal on it too.

Nice to see some close up picks, looks good overall

[londonboards]

you get everywhere ! cheers nick

You sent my stuff out yet? Actually, don't need it until next week so don't panic. Looking forward to getting going on this one.

Greetings

you get everywhere ! cheers nick

could say the same about you Nick

gsx11

you get everywhere ! cheers nick

[londonboards]

More under the covers

I got the carbs off.

Manual aftermarket cam chain tensioner. I will have to find out how to adjust these. Looks like it's blue anodized to match the bodywork (not):



Carb rubbers are quite hard but I will have a go at using them:



Frame number:



Engine number:



Head looks like it was painted crinkle black but it's now all coming off: