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  1. garyS-NJ

    could Mix setting drastically affect vacuum sync?

    and do I need to spring for a color tune to hit the mix or are my settings close enough?? I can't imagine seeing an idle change changing one carb at a time.... and it seems that #3 is was off ... maybe I buy that color tune, my birthday just passed.
  2. garyS-NJ

    could Mix setting drastically affect vacuum sync?

    I have a '79 gs1000 with K&N knock off Oval pods, 4:1 header and open exhaust (3" pipe with two anti reversion cones and a short 2" reducing tail pipe. It's running pretty well (not perfectly crisp off idle but it does idle and it does rev without limit or stumble) and it sounds nice but I'm...
  3. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 service manual including wiring diagram

    Thanks in advance for your interest/help here but I found some recommended settings and reset the fuel to one turn and the air to 2 turns but its still a long way off idling right because #1 and #3 Ex pipes are cold... I verified spark on #1 and can't imagine a timing ignition problem being so...
  4. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 service manual including wiring diagram

    thanks Jordan, But I had found that link on here and it doesn't open for me correctly. I get a bunch of code/txt as shown below excerpt. However, I did manage to find a 1980 factory manual online and resolved my electrical start/spark problem to the main kill switch (I've fixed this a few...
  5. garyS-NJ

    '79 gs1000 service manual including wiring diagram

    I have a '79 gs1000e and it ran this past fall but it was rough/erratic so I pulled the carbs to do intake manifold o rings. I went through the carbs but they were really clean from previous owner.. got it back together today and have no spark. In fact, the starter button doesn't work either...
  6. garyS-NJ

    '97 katana 600 front end and wheels swapped onto my '79 gs1000e chain drive

    thanks Brandon. So nobody else here on GS resources have experience good or bad with swapping a later model front end into their GS?? Brandon's change in rake (and trail) I would think to be a major change in geometry and ride stability but he reports nimble and solid up over 100mph (but still...
  7. garyS-NJ

    '97 katana 600 front end and wheels swapped onto my '79 gs1000e chain drive

    I recently picked up a '97 katana 600 no title and planned to part it out with the black wheels going on my '95 katana 750 then my purple wheels from the '95 kat 750 going on the GS1000 along with the '97 kat 600 front end.. Well I'm thinking about it (along with moving the kat 600 BST 33's...
  8. garyS-NJ

    gs1000g mild cafe build

    katana front end on GS katana front end on GS I'm thinking about putting a '97 katana front end and the katana wheels and front brakes on on '79 GS1000e (chain drive). I have read about concerns with rake and trail changes messing up the geometry making for a wonky handling bike (in fact...
  9. garyS-NJ

    1983 GS1100E Bolt On Fork Replacement

    katana front end and wheels on '79 gs1000 katana front end and wheels on '79 gs1000 I'm looking to swap my '79 gs1000 front end and wheels with that from a '97 katana 600
  10. garyS-NJ

    The Barcalounger gets a rebuild

    katana wheels on a GS katana wheels on a GS did these projects complete?? I'm looking to put '97 Katana 600 front end (and S/A) on my '79 gs1000 and then use the purple wheels off my '95 Katana..
  11. garyS-NJ

    2001 katana front end on 82 GS650?

    katana wheels and front end on '79 gs1000 katana wheels and front end on '79 gs1000 I just picked up a '97 katana with black cast wheels to swap in place of the gaudy purple wheels on my '95 Katana. but then I was thinking maybe put the '97 Kat front end with my purple Katana wheel on my '79...
  12. garyS-NJ

    wheel swaps for 1977 gs750

    Convert shaft drive rear wheel to sprocket Convert shaft drive rear wheel to sprocket The junkyard was a mess but they have a gs550 with mag wheels and dual discs up front but its a shaft drive. Is there a conversion plate to turn a shaft drive wheel into a sprocket for chain drive? I have...
  13. garyS-NJ

    wheel swaps for 1977 gs750

    Sorry I'm doing a last minute run to a far off motorcycle junkyard to get a carb set for another bike and was just thinking of the 1977 gs750 I'm bringing back to life. The front forks and spokes are very rusted as are the rear spokes and the rear tire or disc might be off as the rear caliper...
  14. garyS-NJ

    stainless exhaust studs

    thanks all! I found an engineering guide on Practical machinist which said a stud should be inserted to a depth 2.5 times the diameter. I think that spreads the load and no more strength is obtained until going to a larger diameter stud. with about 20mm inserted, looks like I need the 50mm...
  15. garyS-NJ

    stainless exhaust studs

    looking to replace the rusty exhaust bolts that were in my bike when purchased and so I purchased a same length (40mm) set of m8x1.25X40mm stainless studs which have an allen key drive to install. well I measured the thread depth in the head and seems these 40mm studs (and the 40mm bolts) seem...
  16. garyS-NJ

    '84 gs850 parts swap to a '77 gs750 or '79 gs1000

    Oh, and without a title, the frame and motor not worth anything to me.. If I could get the motor running, is it worth anything to anyone on here? I'm in north jersey.
  17. garyS-NJ

    '84 gs850 parts swap to a '77 gs750 or '79 gs1000

    Thanks grimly! My '79 gs 1000 has mags and dual discs up front... But you say I could swap the whole front with trees onto my '77 gs750? My '77 has rusty rims, rusty forks, and a warped rear rotor. So the '84 has longer lower legs or tubes or both and I should slide them up through the trees...
  18. garyS-NJ

    '84 gs850 parts swap to a '77 gs750 or '79 gs1000

    Thanks UK nut! Any good sources on those stainless spokes here in the States? But then my rims are kinda rusty too.. I was thinking I take then smooth and follow with an etching primer and rustoleum wheel paint. Not sure if this is a shaft bike but if not, I think the mag wheel swap will be...
  19. garyS-NJ

    '84 gs850 parts swap to a '77 gs750 or '79 gs1000

    I have a line on a '84 gs850 parts bike complete, cheap, says it needs carb work and no title... I'm looking at the CV carbs wondering if they might fit on my '77 or '79 (looks like below link says not without a head swap). and also looking at the header *(picture looks like a 4:1) and I'm...
  20. garyS-NJ

    paint rusty frame

    spoke with Rustoleum tech support today and deceided against their rust reformer because that is just for rusted metal (and I would be going over some clean sanded metal as well as existing paint). Their tech support said the rust reformer only sticks to rust.. I would have liked to use Master...
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