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1981 GS450E Rebuild

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That exhaust looks great! :eek: They're bent perfectly and I see no welds anywhere! :eek::eek::eek:

I want to hear it.
 
i have agree, looking very nice indeed. You've set the bar very high, so expecting big things from you on this build :-D
 
Pete, let me know if you decide to ditch the original mirrors in favour of bar ends. I'm chasing a pair of original long stalk ones for my old girl. :rolleyes:
 
Flaming Chainsaws said:
That exhaust looks great! :eek: They're bent perfectly and I see no welds anywhere! :eek::eek::eek:

I want to hear it.
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Cheers FC! Yep, definitely a quality piece of art there... there are definitely welds there, but cleverly hidden behind the heat shield and that reverse megaphone is on very neatly... very happy with the job!

Don't worry, I wanna hear it too!!! Frustrating but I'm going to have to wait until the 13th (of August!!) to kick her over again as life will be getting in my way between now and then...

Video will be taken...

mike-s said:
i have agree, looking very nice indeed. You've set the bar very high, so expecting big things from you on this build :-D
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Cheers Mike, although I have a feeling my handiwork may let the team down before this is over... I don't know if I can paint as good as Tranzac can bend and weld... but here's hoping it's at least passable up to about 5 feet away so photos don't show how bad it is... hahaha

Ricko19 said:
Pete, let me know if you decide to ditch the original mirrors in favour of bar ends. I'm chasing a pair of original long stalk ones for my old girl. :rolleyes:
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I'm definitely not going bar ends Rick, but not sure if I'll stick with these particular stalk ones or not. I'm not sure if they're original or not and they don't seem to quite match either, but I'll need to look closer in daytime to be sure. If I decide to ditch them, I'll let you know for sure! The glass appears to be good and they need a real good clean...
 
Well, nothing really done tonight as far as an update goes I'm afraid. I had to wheel it back over near the workbench to clear the garage space for the Festiva again, so I only got as far as getting the seat and tank off again ready to run the clutch and throttle cables.

I had a look at my helicoil kits and I only have a M6 and M8 kit, no M10, out of luck there and not sure of anyone who has one.

However, for about $25 I can get a pair of chrome stalk mirrors shipped over from Thailand or Taiwan, obviously they're not going to be the world's greatest quality, but they can't be worse than what I have now and they have the left hand thread for the brake side:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/YAMAHA-X...Accessories&hash=item3366e6516e#ht_4138wt_905

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/YAMAHA-X...Accessories&hash=item1e5646b571#ht_2657wt_952

That would make them about half the price of buying another helicoil kit...

Other than that, I must confess to lots of standing and staring tonight... trying to work out how to mount the voltage monitor up on the gauge housing, trying to work out where I'm going to put the battery, ogling the exhaust... you know how it is :rolleyes:

Next Tuesday I'm only working a few hours in the morning, then I'm off to get my tax done which leaves the avo pretty free. So, if budget allows, I might get to duck into Jaycar and pick up their auto meter which includes the dwell meter function, and maybe even check a couple of places to see if I can get some suitable aluminium offcuts for the fork brace and sump guard/bash plate... which reminds me I need to get some rough measurements for the latter!
 
Looking great Pete. Love that exhaust look. Wheels looking good. Seems like things are coming together.

Paul
 
Redneck said:
Looking great Pete. Love that exhaust look. Wheels looking good. Seems like things are coming together.

Paul
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Cheers Paul! Yep, definitely starting to see it now, just need some more of that time and those $$$... if I had budget and a full two weeks leave I reckon I'd have the vast majority of it done. Can't see that happening unless I win the Lotto though...
 
No worries Pete, I'll check out some of those aftermarket ones myself and see if any of them suit :)
 
Only got down for about 10 minutes tonight as I finally got to watch the MotoGP from yesterday morning (no spoiler), just long enough to unwrap the mudguard which arrived today and see how it will fit:





I think the front will be ok, but I'm expecting to have to trim the back off a little to clear the frame and pipes, but I'll have to get it mocked up a bit better to be sure.

Right now, the main wiring harness and tacho cable are getting in the way, so I'll have to figure a creative way of routing those safely away from the guard. I'll have to do the same for the front brake line also.

Hopefully I can get some more time this week to hook up the clutch and throttle cables and maybe start looking at getting the P clamps on the electrics tray to neaten the mounting up.
 
Good buy on that mud guard, I think it is going to give you exactly what you are looking for. :dancing:
 
Flyboy said:
Good buy on that mud guard, I think it is going to give you exactly what you are looking for. :dancing:
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Yeah I reckon so, and the price is perfect... I didn't think it was possible to buy anything brand new over here for $5.00 any more... postage was three times the price! $20.00 to my post office box for a newey is a bargain in any language :D

Bugger, just realised I forgot to measure what size alu I'll need for the sump guard again...
 
That guard will suit it for sure. Have you noticed how the item prices are getting cheaper and the postage is getting more expensive? Peoples way of getting around ebay fee's.
 
Woodsy said:
That guard will suit it for sure. Have you noticed how the item prices are getting cheaper and the postage is getting more expensive? Peoples way of getting around ebay fee's.
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I don't buy much off eBay, but I have seen some like that for sure. The $15 was packing and posting fee, but it was also coming from SA.
 
Bit more done tonight, so almost in a position so that if I had time tomorrow I could kick her over. That won't actually happen, but I like to be prepared!

Shiny new OEM throttle cable goodness:



Something I had grief with last time was holding the throttle assembly up while I threaded the cable into the slot, so this time I tried a different tact:



I just gently wedged a long flat blade screwdriver between the head and the throttle assembly to hold it up while I threaded the cable. Made it easy as pie!



Horrid pic, but throttle cable sorted:



Clutch cable is next up, so off with the sprocket cover:



Cable hooked up to the clutch mechanism:



Cover back on, and now covered in greasy finger prints:

 
Cable hooked up to the lever:



Then I did the proper clutch adjustment:



And at the end of all that, the clutch lever free play is good and the clutch should in theory be adjusted correctly.

However, I still haven't got the chain on or torqued up the counter shaft sprocket nut yet, so all that was probably pointless as I'll probably have to take it off again... sheeesh... :rolleyes:

And I just realised I forgot again to measure up for the sump guard/bash plate... man I'm glad my head is permanently attached to my neck!
 
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