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1981 GS450E Rebuild

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No pic's, but I finished soldering up the LED's on the voltage monitor tonight (tedious and painful) and gave it a quick test and it works, yay! Next is calibrating time, then I need to work out how I'm going to mount it so I can make an enclosure up and get it on the bike.

Also, I've been having an interesting email conversation with Scott from Dynatek about their DS3-3C setup to see if it's compatible with the 450's. As a result, I need to get stuck into the manuals and see what the timing is like in comparison between the points and electronic ignition. The 400's and 425's use a slight larger bolt to hold the advance governor on the end of the crankshaft, and they don't have the oil pressure switch in with the points either, but I'm not sure whether the timing marks or mounting points are comparable with the 450's signal generator plate or not. Time to get into those manuals and see what they say...
 
Went down for a little bit tonight, keeping it short as I've been feeling a bit dodgy yesterday and today, thinking I've probably got whatever my wife had on Saturday so wanna get rid of that quick smart.

Anyway, hooked up the HEI circuit ready for Saturday. My prototype packaging really sucks as I can't mount the modules side by side because I made a couple of the leads too short.

In addition, I managed to mount the electrics tray about 5mm or so further rearwards than I should've, meaning I can't put the heatsink far enough back and I can only mount it on the front HEI module for the moment. I can fix that easy enough when i replace the hose clamps with the P clamps though.





Then I took a quick video of the voltage monitor in action, still not calibrated but definitely working:

 
They certainly are! There's some green and red plastic to go over the top to highlight when the voltage is good/bad which should dull them down somewhat.
 
You surely are a man of many talents my Aussie friend, some good work going on there, getting closer by the day.
 
Well you know what they say... Jack of all trades, Master of none... haha ;)

I'm lovin' doing all these things I've either never done before or haven't done for years.

I like learning new things and generally like to know how stuff works, so it's all interesting, callenging, and fun! I get quite bored doing the same things day in day out...

The thing that's concerning me the most at the moment is getting that tail piece finished and all the painting done to a good enough quality that it doesn't let the pipe down...
 
I don't mind electrics, painting well we'll see... mechanicals I'm getting more and more used to now :)

I did get down tonight to calibrate the voltage monitor, so now minimum displayed will be 10V, around the middle 14V, and highest about 16.5V, which will allow me to work out which LED's need to have green or red over the top.

Also, I hate census night, that was sooooooooooo tedious to fill out! I figured it would be easier online except you couldn't choose to skip those questions that just get a little too personal... I'm still surprised they don't ask what colour underwear you have on while filling it out...
 
They didnt leave me the paper form, and my internet wasnt working when i went to fill it out. Buggered if i know what happens there?
 
Apparently you'll cease to exist as a person and will vanish from the face of the earth according to the government... :p
 
We filled it out last night, unfortunately i was still on holiday so honesty unfortunately got the better of us and we put down "didn't go to work" instead of motorcycle.
 
That's just no fun at all, although they made it really hard to try to mess with their heads this year... quite boring all in all...

Two sleeps to go... man I can't wait!
 
I met a guy up your way yesterday who races Katanas at the drags, he is doing some work on a friends cranks.
He showed me 3 1570cc Katanas that run in the low 9's and one that does high 8's. Loudest bike i have heard in a while!
He is a bit of a mad scientist by the looks of it, if you need any engine work done down the track he would be a good guy to get in contact with i reckon.
 
Cool! Will definitely keep that in mind...

Don't suppose he's member here is he? If not, did you tell him? ;)
 
I dont know if he is a member, i didnt get much of a chance to get a word in to tell him.
He certainly doesnt need any help with the mechanicals or anything, some of the crazy mods on his bikes are out there(maybe common in the drag world?).
 
Aaah I see, talkative fella or just loud bikes?

I was thinking more along the lines of the drool factor for us... haha
 
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