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18 years in hibernation

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7981GS

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Last time this '81 GS1000G was on the road! :eek: :cry:

Time to wake her up! ;)
47,000+ miles showing on the ticker.

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Wish us luck. (Helper cat and myself)

Daniel
 
The cat seems to think there's something fishy about the engine guard.

Good luck with the restoration
 
She's just sizing it up as to when she can rest her head on the seat...

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Daniel
 
Nice! Those saddlebags look real roomy and good road trip stuff. Who made that luggage, was it a part of the Windjammer package? I know they're not Craig Vetter 'Jammer stuff if they're part of that package, so that must be from the guy that bought his company.
 
Those are KG bags. The same people that make the very popular luggage rack and backrest.

Ddaniels has KG bags on his bike, too.

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Steve said:
Those are KG bags. The same people that make the very popular luggage rack and backrest.

Ddaniels has KG bags on his bike, too.

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OK, they would go with my KG trunk on the 1100 then.....:D
 
DanTheMan said:
OK, they would go with my KG trunk on the 1100 then.....:D
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Yep.

I just edited my previous post to show his bike.

I just went back and took longer looks at the two systems. If the white ones are KG bags, they are a slightly different design.
They have all-red tail/turn signal housings and the mount is a bit different.
The chrome rails on the sides look the same, that's what made me think they were KG. :-k

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WTG Steve! :clap:

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Perhaps this place is still in business? (Honda-Suzuki, Cycle Center, Inc.)

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Ugly even after a couple of baths...

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Daniel

I'll take some pic's of the mounts a little later. ;)
 
Gonna havta join the ride on this one Daniel! A GS that's been in hibernation longer than mine 'ey? Good stuff :D

I like your helper too...
 
Did you just say LONGER than your 450? :eek:

Is that even possible??? :confused: :p


Daniel
 
7981GS said:
WTG Steve! :clap:
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:oops: Thanks. I was doing comparison shopping for this type of accessories before many of the members of this forum were born. :eek:


By the way, I don't know if your bags are newer or older than ddaniels' bags, but I noticed last time we were out together (on the 555 ride) that his lights were not all that bright. Dave (ddaniels) took the lenses off, we looked inside.

Well, let's just say that it's nice to have lights built into the bags, but the design left a bit to be desired. Hopefully yours work well. :o

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Steve,
Thanks, I'll definitely have to check out all of the wiring on this beast.
I didn't notice when I got it but, it also has a headlight modulator. ;)

Back too the digging:

This is what came out of one of the carbs. Doesn't look much like gasoline to me...

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And just how lovely it looked inside...

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Bowls.

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Clean out your PMs Daniel?
Do you have a sissy bar-luggage rack laying around for my 1100? Want to make the woman confortable.
 
7981GS said:
Steve,
Thanks, I'll definitely have to check out all of the wiring on this beast.
I didn't notice when I got it but, it also has a headlight modulator. ;)

Back too the digging:

This is what came out of one of the carbs. Doesn't look much like gasoline to me...

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And just how lovely it looked inside...

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Bowls.

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I've seen worse
WAY worse
 
As filthy as those carbs were, I decided to switch some parts from this dirty old set from an 1100E model that had been running.

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Pulled out the 145 main jets and 45 pilot jets as well as the emulsion tubes.
Replaced the O-rings on the needle and seat as well as cleaning parts and orifices.
Installed some used 40 pilot jets and a new set of 117.5 main jets as well as new well plugs.

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Also installed these tubes from another set of 1000 CV carbs after cleaning them up.

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Had to change the choke and throttle linkage from the messed up set of original carbs to make them work on this bike.
When I went to try and start it, the battery was extremely low as I must have left the key on most of the day. :o :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc_QOPj15ac

After charging for another hour or so and about 63% charged.
It is a little bit dark outside. Fire in the hole!!! :D

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Tomorrow I will clean up an old set of mufflers and see what happens then


Daniel
 
7981GS said:
Steve,
Thanks, I'll definitely have to check out all of the wiring on this beast.
I didn't notice when I got it but, it also has a headlight modulator. ;)

Back too the digging:

This is what came out of one of the carbs. Doesn't look much like gasoline to me...

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And just how lovely it looked inside...

DSC06649.jpg


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Bowls.

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Don't bother cleaning them .... just put a little carb cleaner in the gas tank and they will clean themselves .... <sarcasm> :D
 
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