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78 GS1000 left for dead

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I did a GS1000 that same color and was able to have it mixed in a simple base coat/clear coat system. It matched perfectly. I know Chuck continues to look for this color, unfortunately I used all I had and couldn't give him the left over. But I swear, it can be mixed.
 
Larry, any chance the place you used would have a record of it from when you had it mixed?????
 
They mixed..SO..many colors for me, Chuck, I'm just not sure if they keep records of that or not. It was one of the last three bikes I did for OZ in Australia..and that's been over four years ago now. I just remember they had no problem mixing it and the color was right on the money. The guy who did those for me is a master at mixing, with many years of experience, and was able to compensate for any error in the scan..which may be why others have failed. He just knew what to do to get those colors spot on. He was able to do it as a single base coat, though.
 
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Eating too much...

Eating too much...

This is a long pointless story but...

I don't think I have ever had a bike I have had such bad luck with, as far as cleaning the gas tank/petcock.
The original tank was intensively rust filled...but I thought I would try to see if I could save it for a rat rod look.
I poured vinegar into the tank and let it set for several days, then I took it outside and shook the living !!!! out of it and loosened up what had been sitting. Sat it on my picnic table, and walked away for the rest of the day. I came back about 6 hours later and had about 35 or more holes ate through, and a picnic table covered in rusty vinegar.
Tried the same with this new tank I got, which had a slight amount of surface rust inside from sitting for several years. Poured some muratic acid in and shook it around and got the cleaning process started.
Poured the acid into a container then filled tank with vinegar to the top.
Sat the tank on top of the plastic container holding the acid...but somehow when trying to center the tank on the container....the container top caved in and 2 gallons of acid went on the floor....
Major freakin cleanup job...
Then today after finishing cleaning up the aftermath of the acid tragedy, I sat the vinegar filled tank on my picnic table as I realized it was leaking out of my petcock for some reason. Then seeing I also had about 3 gallons of vinegar that had drained from the tank onto the floor/carpet area.

So after emptying tank and finishing its final cleanup, I re cleaned the petcock... Took an air hose to blow it dry...
and blew holes right out of the obviously acid eaten aluminum....

Learn something new every day...

Things like this really make me wonder why...
....I don't sell all my old crap and just get a couple new bikes....?????
 

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Well that sucks for sure, but I was fearing the story would end up with another bad tank, or damage to the paint....
 
Busa, bad things happen in 3s.
Now that the 3 tank sidetracks have occured it will be clear sailing to the finish line.
 
Too close to slow down now...

Too close to slow down now...

Well the tank survived with no holes and paint still looks the same...it was a very solid tank. :D
Just a lot of crusty old gas and a bit of surface rust....and hopefully I've gotten the bad luck out of my bikes resurrection now...hopefully it's just 3 times :cool:
Although now I have to wait till I dig up another petcock somewhere and get it sent to me, before I can get the bike on its maiden voyage. That will give me time to go through carbs one more time, get seat back and on, go over brakes one more time...

...repaint fender...
....and so on...

should be be ready for first snow.... :(
 
Things like this really make me wonder why...
....I don't sell all my old crap and just get a couple new bikes....????? It's not the destination, its the adventure getting there...
 
Yea....there are just some days I'm really not looking for adventure though...:p
NOS Petcock on its way...here by Friday
Pick up some new fuel line tomorrow
Hope to have my seat by Friday too, need to call to give them some momentum to get it done.
Then probably in the next few weeks I'll ship off my KYB piggyback shocks off to Japan, to get them rechromed and rebuilt with all new seals, oil, and internals.
 
Petcock is off eBay from Honda east Toledo
$87 shipped.... Couldn't find any correct used ones to rebuild....so...

Rear shocks.... I'll try and see what the snowmobile guys up north can do for me. All the shock places I tried to contact would have nothing to do with the shocks, or wanted $200 just to chrome one shaft...and that's with me taking the shock apart and rebuilding it myself afterward.
There is a guy in Japan that does KYB shocks and can get parts factory direct. Rebuild/rechrome them at a very good price...The shocks I have were Japanese home market only shocks, so he knows what they are, while no one here on my side has ever seen them before...:nightmare:

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I think I have a close enough match for the paint, that it will work on a fender now... If I don't forget to bring the fender into work, might have it done by Friday too. And if it's close enough, I'll send the sprayout card out for some reference.
 
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Chuck has promoted the early '77-'79 GS750 petcocks as fitting with only different direction vent tubing on the back.
 
Yes the 77/78 750 petcocks are the same as the 78/79 1000 tanks. I have 750 petcocks on my 1000s and other than the nipple arrangements its the same exact petcock.
 
I can see it's the exact same casting. But it looks like the fuel line will rub on the carb, as it exits directly into the slide (if the 750 tap is the same as the 1000G) . Unless I could find some prebent fuel line with a sharp 90 that I could adapt. Or drill out the the casting on the proper side, put the nipple on that side, and tap and run a set screw plug in original hole... I guess there are options... I used JB weld on my one with holes, and might see if that still works as well.
 
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All I know is all my 1000s hav VM carbs and none of them have any problems using the 750 taps. Mabe you can rotate the back plate if your concerned about close clearance???
 
Not much room for my hose

Not much room for my hose

The back plate isn't a problem, the main line out is.
Not much more than 3/4 inch from outlet to carb body... I tried my other tap after JB weld, and it still drips a bit around the lever... Think I'll try and find a fuel line that has a tight 90 that I can adapt to the new tap. The fuel line I have rubs the carb body, and looks like it would want to kink a bit if the line got soft from the hot engine.
I can make it work, but it has to look right, which is the problem at the moment.
 

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