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  1. tkent02

    81 gs550 highway speed?

    Go watch a formula one race on TV, then go make your 550 sound like that. You will love it.
  2. tkent02

    81 gs550 highway speed?

    And to answer the original question, it only goes so fast if you just open the throttle in 6th. Maybe 90 or so depending on your sprocket ratios. If you wind out 4th all the way, then 5th, then hit 6th it will keep building speed, ends up going a whole lot faster. It will likely hit the red...
  3. tkent02

    81 gs550 highway speed?

    Not on a 550. I have pinned the tach hundreds of times, the power just keeps coming, never had any trouble at all. Tiny little pistons going up and down about an inch or so, it needs to spin to do anything at all. Wind it out!
  4. tkent02

    81 gs550 highway speed?

    Mine runs great well above the red line. Lasted a hell of a long time too. Well over 120,000 miles, and it still ran beautifully when I sold it. I'm a huge fan of the 550, have owned several of them and ridden many more, but I don't think I've ever run a 550 below 5,500 RPM, because it's a...
  5. tkent02

    79 GS550E fuel petcock options

    You see this? http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?239970-Converting-a-vacuum-petcock-into-a-manual-petcock&highlight=petcock+off+position
  6. tkent02

    B8es question

    They don't take much.
  7. tkent02

    Riding Game

    Perfect!!!
  8. tkent02

    18" spoked wheels for GS1000?

    Very nice!!!!
  9. tkent02

    1981 GS4509-E upgrades?

    500 cylinders bolt right up for an easy 10% displacement increase.
  10. tkent02

    1980 GS1000G Standars cam chain tensioner - adjustment

    Check to make sure the setscrew isn't set. Some hamfists do this, and it prevents the tensioner from working. It should be backed out 1/2 turn and then the locknut locked. Other than that it either works or it doesn't. Usually they do. And... If a GS isn't making at least a wee bit of noise...
  11. tkent02

    82 gs 750 exhaust on an 82 650?

    No, I asked. The pipe is taken already.
  12. tkent02

    82 gs 750 exhaust on an 82 650?

    The pipes for the 550 are smaller then the ports in the 650 head, but it's easy enough to make little spacers to hold them in place.
  13. tkent02

    How Best to Build out a Side Stand Light Circuit

    Yes, that's the one. I put one made out of old tire rubber on one bike a long time ago, just a strip of rubber and a couple hose clamps. Went into a left turn to test it out and the stand just swings back harmlessly. It has to stick down below the end of the stand itself a half inch or so, to...
  14. tkent02

    How Best to Build out a Side Stand Light Circuit

    That looks so hard compared to adding a block of rubber to the side stand to flip it up if you forget like Honda does.
  15. tkent02

    Will the 1982 GS 750E Tank fit on a 1983?

    Nope .
  16. tkent02

    79 GS750 Carb tuning

    Do the ignition too. They need routine adjustments every year or so, and it probably hasn't been done in 30 years.
  17. tkent02

    79 GS750 Carb tuning

    A lot of that may be ignition related if you are still running points ignition and if you haven't maintained them lately.
  18. tkent02

    clutch plates for my maybe 78 gs550?

    Yes .
  19. tkent02

    79 GS750 Carb tuning

    Closer to 50 if you're not racing it everywhere you go.
  20. tkent02

    82 GS850 parts bike for 79 GS750

    Cylinders and pistons fit.
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