82 GS1100E Mr Turbo Rebuild

[oldGSfan]

My wife is from Melbourne. I lived there from 94>96 and then in Sydney in 05>08 designing Qantas InFlight Entertainment system.

I'm definitely tuning into this! Beautiful job on the Katana, I'm a fan obviously

I had to check your location when you mentioned moving to Australia, I see you're back in the US now though.

I've ridden with a guy who had a turbo on his Katana which was located in front of the motor and his exhaust was very short with no muffler at all. I was surprised at how quiet it was! Others in the group with more "rorty" exhausts were most definitely much louder and are all naturally aspirated.

[pete]

Ah cool, my wife is from Melbourne also actually!

[oldGSfan]

I have stripped the bike down and I found no surprises. It is a better starting point than my old Katana or GPz. There is nothing missing, not a single bolt or screw, and only a couple things to fix. I'll need to fabricate a bracket for one side cover, it was cut off for some reason. Ideally find a donor from someone's 'extra' frame (hint hint). Plus I broke the bolt holding the rear brake lever on, it'll have to be drilled out, which won't be fun. You know that feeling when a bolt gets really loose really fast, but it's not a good thing? The only mods are Accel coils and a steering damper which seems in fine condition, and a lengthened left side footrest which is due to the exhaust location. I am not sure why the exhaust is at scrambler level not down-swept like the old Z1R-TC. I like the looks, so it's fine.

I am stoked at this project, it will be a knockout. I would yank the engine now but have to take it to get a title re-issued. I have the original pink slip but the AAA guy said that it's not in the system. Probably a good thing because the non-op status lapsed years ago. Life's good and if I'm quarantined soon I may just work on the bike a bit...

[dorkburger]

Nice... it looks so.... plain with all of the go fast(er) parts removed.

[Grimly]

Lovely looking bits of machinery.
I look forward to seeing and hearing it moving.

[Spyder]

That thing is going to be the coolest bike on the street.

I plan to spend my "quarantine" time out in my garage getting mine back together too.

[oldGSfan]

Thanks, well I will think so.

Minor progress report, not very exciting but a good night. I took the double piston rear brake apart. I used some Brakleen down the holes so my method of using a blow gun didn't splatter schmutz everywhere. I had my son use an old bath towel as catchers mitt, allowing me to use two hands to firmly press the blow gun on the bleed valve on one of them. He's inexperienced with mechanical work and got a fright when it popped, haha. I used double sided foam tape on the fluid transfer hole and put it in a vice to block that air exit, and blew them out with no trouble. The pistons and caliper bores were grungy from old fluid, but not corroded, had just a touch of the lightest rust on the pistons. A bit of work with a fine steel wool pad and they are like new. Am I weird because I find the disassembly and cleaning enjoyable? Maybe I'm OCD, so be it. I'll bead blast them at my friend's place and paint with VHT satin black, and they'll look and work like new.

[93Bandit]

What type of fuel system does this bike use? EFI? Can you get some close up images of the intake/fuel delivery system?

[wyly]

Cool project all the parts are there, kind of like those modeling kits I put together when I was kid.

[Big T]

Post up pictures of your missing frame bits
I have an 81 1100 frame I'll be cutting up for frame reinforcement and such

[oldGSfan]

It was running a Super B like this link - pretty pricey, I have the filter housing too, so I hope I can get some decent $ for it. I also have the original Keihin that came with the Mr. Turbo kit but I'm told a Mikuni HSR42 is an improvement. I found an AC Delco electric fuel pump with custom mount in the parts pile, but as purchased he had a huge hose (with a hardware store petcock) running right to the carb.

What type of fuel system does this bike use? EFI? Can you get some close up images of the intake/fuel delivery system?

[oldGSfan]

Post up pictures of your missing frame bits
I have an 81 1100 frame I'll be cutting up for frame reinforcement and such

Thanks - but the '81 doesn't appear to have that forward mount for the side cover, according to the Partzilla diagram.

The only things I'm missing that I need for frame are the headlight brackets.

Cut off mount on brake side:


Other side intact for reference:

[93Bandit]

It was running a Super B like this link - pretty pricey, I have the filter housing too, so I hope I can get some decent $ for it. I also have the original Keihin that came with the Mr. Turbo kit but I'm told a Mikuni HSR42 is an improvement. I found an AC Delco electric fuel pump with custom mount in the parts pile, but as purchased he had a huge hose (with a hardware store petcock) running right to the carb.

Gotcha, so it was a draw through setup?

[oldGSfan]

Yeah it's a Mr. Turbo kit, more commonly on Z1R-TC dealer specials.

https://www.odd-bike.com/2012/12/kawasaki-z1r-tc-psycho-turbo-z.html

[Rob S.]

Yeah it's a Mr. Turbo kit, more commonly on Z1R-TC dealer specials.

https://www.odd-bike.com/2012/12/kaw...o-turbo-z.html

Great article, great time to be riding. Especially if you owned a big Z! (I did. An actual widowmaker, bought from my cousin's best friend's widow.)