1980 GS1100E Rebuild

[KiwiAlfa156]

Great work. Nice to see another 11 being given the love.

[steve murdoch]

Nice work!
You've got a brand new bike there.

[alke46]

Nice work indeed. Thanks for posting all the good pictures. And also, welcome to the site.

[XLNDRVR]

In case anyone cares, I found these two items and a few scrap pieces of lumber to be useful for building an affordable rolling build stand. I had four ratchet straps. Also made sure to secure the jack to the dolly with a couple of brackets.

Amazon.com: Extreme Max 5001.5044 1000 lbs. Motorcycle Scissors Jack - Wide : Automotive Found this on sale for about $70.
Milwaukee 1000-lb 4-Wheel Wood Dolly in the Hand Trucks & Dollies department at Lowes.com Lowes, $24.

This is sturdy enough for me to actual sit on the bike...well, at least once. Perfect for rolling, spinning, shoving into a corner when not in use.

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[Rich82GS750TZ]

Nice work. Well Done. Been there too. Very exciting when everything goes back together.

[slayer61]

Man, you make it look so easy! Well done OP

[XLNDRVR]

Off the stand, new exhaust.
New V&H sm.jpg

[craz1]

Nicely done. Everything turned out great. Hows the first start

[XLNDRVR]

Nicely done. Everything turned out great. Hows the first start

Thank you.

Well, after some fiddling, I managed to achieve a nice idle, but am experiencing loud pops when applying any throttle. Number 4 cylinder is running (not running) cold. Since the weather has turned cold, I haven’t dug into the issue. The number 4 plug wire is pretty chewed up, so I plan to replace the coils and wires with a newer pair of Honda MP08s that I have. Haven’t checked to see if the chewed up wire is actually causing a lack of spark or not. I’m using all new plugs. Need to sort it out and then balance the carbs.

[craz1]

Its always fun to correct the small problems. I saw you rebuilt the carbs. might want to look at the diaphragm on #4. By the looks of your shop (very well organized and clean) I would expect you to figure it out. Nice work on everything. My last build was a CB550, bike ran good for about 35 miles and started to lose power. Turned out the REG/RECT I put on was only a rectifier and being the Honda has an excited field which was not connected I lost battery pretty quick. Got that corrected and again it started to lose power like running out of gas. Opened the gas cap and it started, found a small piece of felt plugging the vent.

Good luck with your search.

[GS1100GZ]

You do nice work. She looks beautiful. I wish that I had the time and space.

[93Bandit]

Looks great! I like the dolly/cart idea, I think I will copy it.

I'm about an hour east of you in Mundy Twp. Would love to meet up this spring and check out the bike!

Also, what's under the car cover????

[Nessism]

Your bike looks great. Good job!

Be sure to retorque the cylinder head nuts after a few heat cycles. I used Athena gaskets, with a green base gasket, one time, but the head nut torque kept falling off each time I checked. After about the third retorque I noticed the base gasket extruding out between the barrel and the case. Mind you, this was about 10 years ago, so hopefully, the gaskets have been improved since then.

[nvr2old]

Beautiful GS, for sure. May I ask what's hidden under the blue car cover..? Curious motorheads need to know..

[oldGSfan]

This could be a contest! I'll go first - RX7?

Beautiful GS, for sure. May I ask what's hidden under the blue car cover..? Curious motorheads need to know..