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  1. gtem

    Hello from Minnesota

    Without seeing the bike, I'd say it sounds like a lean condition. Pull the plugs and see if they look ashy/white. hard to tell with those black jet-coated exhaust headers, but on chrome ones, a lean running bike will blue the stock dual wall header pipes, tho an aftermarket single wall header...
  2. gtem

    What is the value of a mostly stock running 15,000 mile 79 GS1000E ?

    Wow that looks mighty tempting! Whereabouts in Central Indiana are you located?
  3. gtem

    anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

    I've been sneaking in a few more commutes to work on the Voyager. Ironically enough, despite being an 800lb touring bike, I've found it to be the most enjoyable bike I've ridden for the sort of lower speed suburban commuting to work that I do from my house. The engine and carburetion was...
  4. gtem

    what did you wrench on today??

    I'm back in carb hell, agreed to help a friend get his '80 XS1100 Midnight Special on the road, I had gone through these carbs over the winter, I finally have the bike in hand to install them on and see how it runs. Well, it floods out in like 10 seconds of running, just dumping fuel like...
  5. gtem

    what did you wrench on today??

    Retrosteve are you referring to the custom "GSF1200ST" that Ken's head mechanic put together? '79 GS1000 frame married to Bandit monoshock, front axle, etc and a 1216cc kitted black painted GSXR 1110 motor?
  6. gtem

    what did you wrench on today??

    Been working on the Voyager some, pulled the wheels off to run down to bwringer's place to mount up my new Shinko 777HDs. Then I went to replace the fork and shock oil (rear air shocks are servicable which is pretty neat!). Rear shock oil looked about brand new when I poured out a few drops so...
  7. gtem

    anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

    Maiden voyage on the Voyager yesterday, rode it about 65 miles round trip to grab a beer at a brewery in Lapel Indiana. 45F and breezy heading out, the perfect bike to ride across pretty flat and straight roads in the midwest in this type of weather. The first bike of this sort I've ever...
  8. gtem

    anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

    My "ride" yesterday consisted of firing up my Voyager and riding it up and down my street a few times to run some fresh gas through the carbs. Surprisingly maneuverable at low speed for an 800lb behemoth. Starting it up after it sits for a few weeks requires quite a bit of cranking as the fuel...
  9. gtem

    Please help support this site!

    Re-upped. Looking forward to meeting more people at this year's Indiana rally! I will once again NOT be riding a GS.
  10. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    Well it took a bit longer than I care to admit, what with the distraction of *another* cheap winter project I picked up ('96 Virago 1100), but I've got the Voyager running and riding good after a few go-arounds with the carbs. Boy they are a pain to take off and on that bike! I've got tires...
  11. gtem

    oops! Sorry about that I guess I I just had my mind on acquiring another project bike haha

    oops! Sorry about that I guess I I just had my mind on acquiring another project bike haha
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  12. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    user name is actually quite straightforward and boring: first letter of my first name, then the first three letters of my last name. I'm not quite that romantic I guess tho I did learn a bit of French in school haha
  13. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    Thanks! Actually the Voyager you're thinking of was down in Durham NC (a final year '03 with 14k miles as I recall), and I had passed the deal along to a friend who was much more local to the area. But the seed had been planted apparently. This one was "only" a three hour drive NW to a small...
  14. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    I love that they have their whole archive uploaded online and accessible to all (for now?) without a paywall though a pop up prompts me to log in every time I visit. I'm only 34 so a lot of the vintage bike reviews I read are before my time, but even I get wistful reading the old stuff, reading...
  15. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    Re-read the Cycle world piece, it's not a 16lb disparity but apparently a 150lb difference: "even though it weighs 150 pounds less"
  16. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    A the 5th gear roll on makes sense craz1, apparently 5th gear (top gear) on these ZG1200s is geared very tall for laidback highway cruising (iirc 2500rpm @60mph, to a GL1100's 3700rpm at 60), but would put it at a torque disadvantage against the GW for sure.
  17. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    From what I've seen, you got part of that right part of that wrong: the Voyager XII was notably lighter than the big 1300 six cylinder model that preceded it, and while claimed HP was perhaps down, the new 1200 4cyl pulled harder down low and overall the bike was a fair bit quicker: 12.6 quarter...
  18. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    Something must have been mechanically wrong or maybe he was pulling a pop-up camper behind his?:p The 86+ 4cyl Voyager XIIs are supposedly the "sort of" hot rods among the 80s big tourers, well them and the 1st gen 83-85 Venture 1200s. The older 6 cylinder models I know a lot less about, aside...
  19. gtem

    The Voyager has landed!

    And now for something *completely* different: Just trailered it home last night from Coal City IL. It's a 2000 Kawasaki Voyager XII with just under 22k miles. Got a particularly good deal on it, because when I went to pick up this bike that was advertised as running/riding well, it was...
  20. gtem

    No fuel through carb, where do I start?

    That was my thought as well. I'd get the carbs back on the bench and make sure I saw flow through the pilot circuit (I take carb cleaner or WD40 spray some down into the pilot jet hole then toot some compressed air in while watching down the carb throat for good even flow through all of those...
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