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78 Gs750EC Project-Restore with Moderization

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These mini speedos with built-in idiot lights don't cost too much:

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I have no idea which band they are! Sorry! I got them from http://www.dimecitycycles.com/

I absolutely love them and they are extremely comfy on my GS1100G. BTW the speedo glows a bright white via LEDs and looks wonderful.
 
Didn't do a lot this weekend. I did however return the Yamaha shims to the Suzuki dealer.... and ordered the shims that i needed from Z1. I also picked up my swing-arm pivot sleeves from the dealer and installed the new swing-arm bearings.
 
Engine is all buttoned up. Got my valve shims from Z1 on Tuesday and installed them and made a new valve cover gaskets. These next 3 pictures are of the engine after being degreased and acid washed, (i paint stripped the two side covers and will probably just paint the letters in black). The side covers I'll be polishing also. I'm really happy with the way everything cleaned up, I was going to paint the engine but it cleaned well enough that I'm going to leave it as is.
 
I still have to paint the starter cover, but not sure if i want to do it black or the trim color that i am using which is a burnt orange metalic
 
If things go well tomorrow, I am planning on installing the engine in the frame sometime over the course of the day(will depend on if i can get the engine mounts painted)
 
Have done a little more in the past few days, engine in the frame, front wheel mounted & swingarm and rear wheel installed.......LOTS more detail stuff to do. I think its going to be slow going.
 
I also started running the wiring harness today.....gotta clean and paint the battery box tomorrow. Also got the coils installed. I keep looking at the wiring, thinking that I'm going to forget something :o
 
JimmyR said:
These mini speedos with built-in idiot lights don't cost too much:

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Linky? I really like these and am thinking about replacing the gauges on my pop up Katana..

Also, those bars look like Ultra Low Renthals. I have one on my pop up. Super duper comfy.....
 
Got the battery box cleaned up and repainted, & re-installed. Mounted the new regulator/rectifier & remounted the soleniod to the right side of the battery box. Ran new ground wires going from the battery to the battery box & to the engine ground.
 
I had some new pictures today to post but for some reason they didn't save to my hard drive......I erased them off the camera before i realized they didn't save:confused:. So,.....got more done today. got the front brake master cylinder cleaned and repainted and installed on the handle bars. I installed the 4 into 1 front pipe, the carbs and a few electrical parts. I put a little gas in the carbs and hit the stater with the choke about 1/2 on and it fired right up. I then filled the carbs and a couple of them spit fuel out the overflow .... removed them and checked the float levels and......they were all way to high, so i readjusted them and pressure tested them and with the carbs upside down and float weight on the needle & seat it held 6psi. Reinstalled carbs and refilled with gas and viola....they didn't leak. Then restarted the engine and and checked the system voltage. Perfect, 14.7vdc. Forgot to tell you guys I used a regulator/rectifier from a CanAm Atv....5 wire. It looks like the ones Ive seen many times posted here...though I'm thinking of trying a r/r from a SeaDoo 951DI engine also 5 wire but different wire connectors and i think it is a little shallower and has more cooling fins.
 
Here is a picture of the SeaDoo voltage regulator/rectifier. I think i might actually go to this as its shaped a little differently and has more fins. I guess I'll have to think about it a little more
 
Been working on the bike all week and have made some progress. I have made a gauge display panel to hold the Trailtech mfd and the various other display lights. I wanted to use my original LED gear position display but it doesnt work anymore(did work when the bike was last on the road). After reading this forum I decided to just do the separate gear position lights. I talked to one of my friends and he is going to try to build a LED display that i'll install later. I also got the the 530 o-ring chain and sprockets installed. I used a 17t front and 46t rear and 114 pin chain.
I got my headlight today. Its an LED assembly from Truck-Lite. High beam only draws 3.6 amps and low draws 1.8 amps. I lit it up and its really awesome!! This is another of items that is part of the modernization.
I also today got into the disassembly and cleaning of the braking system.....man those rubber boots on the front caliper sliding pins are a bear to get reinstalled, but finally got them back in there. Have any of you guys done a steel brake line from front master cyl to splitter to the two wheel caliper hoses???
 
Got a lot done this past week and have a few more pictures to add. First is the start of wiring the MFD and display lights
 
Next I'll flash right the finished display with everything powered up
 
The left side of the engine. I'll do more polishing of the side once its all finished
 
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