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    #31
    Originally posted by bonanzadave View Post
    While the wife/GF/SO impatiently waits in the house while you're wrenching in the garage you respond to her with "Ill be right in......."

    or when you run out to get milk and bread on the Bike you tell her "Ill be right back....."
    Oh that is not just a newbie thing...it's just a spouse thing

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      #32
      Originally posted by bonanzadave View Post
      While the wife/GF/SO impatiently waits in the house while you're wrenching in the garage you respond to her with "Ill be right in......."

      or when you run out to get milk and bread on the Bike you tell her "Ill be right back....."
      My girlfriend is finally starting to learn to tell me it's dinner time about 5 or 10 minutes before it is really done since I'll say I'll be right up and then I won't show up for awhile. I have this thing about finishing what I am doing whether it is wrenching, working outside with the horse/fence/shed, or on here.
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      Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace

      1981 GS550T - My First
      1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's
      2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike

      Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
      Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
      and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"

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        #33
        Originally posted by cowboyup3371 View Post
        My girlfriend is finally starting to learn to tell me it's dinner time about 5 or 10 minutes before it is really done
        Guess shes not a newbie anymore .
        82 1100 EZ (red)

        "You co-opting words of KV only thickens the scent of your BS. A thief and a putter-on of airs most foul. " JEEPRUSTY

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          #34
          Originally posted by GS1100GK
          "Sure, I'll remember exactly how this goes back together...now, where does this extra piece go?"
          - JC
          Thinking that anything left over wasn't needed anyway?

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            #35
            Thought this would be a good time to bump this thread back up. Lots of new GSR members pouring over the fence now that it's spring so maybe some of them will read this and take appropriate measures to fix their bikes.
            Ed

            To measure is to know.

            Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

            Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

            Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

            KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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              #36
              Good idea Ed!



              ......................................


              Thank you for your indulgence,

              BassCliff

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                #37
                Is it too late to beg for mercy and promise to change my ways?

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                  #38
                  You're okay Jus1087, as long as you learn from it.

                  Btw, why not put your bike model in your signature and your location in your profile so it makes it easier to help out.
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                  Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace

                  1981 GS550T - My First
                  1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's
                  2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike

                  Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
                  Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
                  and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by cowboyup3371 View Post
                    ..., why not put your bike model in your signature and your location in your profile so it makes it easier to help out.
                    That would have to be put on the list as #16.

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                    hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                    #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                    #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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                      #40
                      Not saving your oem parts when you add aftermarket.

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                        #41
                        Read my sig.

                        "You can't make the same mistake twice. The second time you make it, it's no longer a mistake. It's a choice."

                        I know it's been said already but clean your carbs COMPLETELY!

                        The same can be said about fuses. If your fuse blows again and again, find the short before placing another fuse in!
                        Last edited by Guest; 04-23-2011, 09:52 PM.

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                          #42
                          Sig test...

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                            #43
                            That'll never happen to me!

                            Thinkin' you'll never crash, or have a bad day. So you wear the minimum gear.
                            Remember, Real MEN don't need “mommy laws” , (read that term on this site. But what would be a daddy law? )

                            This is for 5th year riders:
                            You're only taking a short test ride, so you don't need no silly insurance and just swap the plates off a bike that is insured. $$$$$$

                            See: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=173548

                            Bill
                            "Only fe' collected the old way, has any value." from His Majesty O'Keefe (1954 film)
                            1982 GS1100G- road bike, body, seat and suspension modded
                            1990 GSX750F-(1127cc '92 GSXR engine) track bike, much re-engineered
                            1987 Honda CBR600F Hurricane; hooligan bike, restored

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                              #44
                              Updated the list by adding more detailed information. Also added 1A.
                              Ed

                              To measure is to know.

                              Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

                              Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

                              Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

                              KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by ikantbreave View Post
                                Whoops, I was doin pretty good til this popped up.
                                I know I am guilty of some of these. Did this one yesterday, only worse. Found a tube in my '79 1000, so obviously there was no valve stem. Pulled the tire off an old '82 650, just to get at the valve stem so I could put it in the other rim.
                                Yamaha fz1 2007

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