82 GS1100E Mr Turbo Rebuild

[Grimly]

Superb. It always surprises me how much the turbo works as a silencer.

 

[steve murdoch]

Fantastic!
The filter housing faux polish was a nice touch.

 

[dorkburger]

Excellent!

 

[Guest]

Absolutely fantastic, so rewarding to get that first start done!

 

[oldGSfan]

Thanks all. The chain is now on, but I need to work on the forks, do the proper triple clamp align/cinch, diagnose the air leak at the upper seal. It all seemed fine going together, not new seals but they held air before I worked on them, dang. Spacers may be in my future, thinking it over. I think if I take to the tuner right away I'll be tempted to ride as soon as it's done, and I want things to be right.

 

[Spyder]

She sounds pretty dam good. Get it all worked out, then take it to the tuner. If you are anything like me, you won't stop riding it long enough to sort out the last couple of little things. CONGRATS ! ! !

 

[oldGSfan]

Dropped it off today and had a chat with the owner, quite the character - he's Wes Cooley's brother in law. He'll put an O2 sensor in the pipe, will do behind/under where it won't show. Should have by the weekend. All the shop guys gathered round to check it out.

Forks are better now after alignment but springs too soft. I will deal with that, I remember people used to put spacers in from PVC or ABS, but replacements aren't too expensive either. Sonic seems to have good rep from what I read on this forum.

 

[Baatfam]

Forks are better now after alignment but springs too soft. I will deal with that, I remember people used to put spacers in from PVC or ABS, but replacements aren't too expensive either. Sonic seems to have good rep from what I read on this forum.

You'll have to put spacers in with the new springs, so you might just want to order them up.
Sonics are good, the owner is a member here.

 

[storm 64]

The bike looks great, sounds great. But you don't look anything like your avatar!

 

[oldGSfan]

Heck, with the new covid beard and longish hair I don't even look like me anymore.

The bike looks great, sounds great. But you don't look anything like your avatar! 

 

[oldGSfan]

Assuming the turbo doesn't grenade itself and/or the motor on the dyno, I'll not be restoring to stock, though I have the parts. So I need to get off my behind and start thinking of hocking the bits I have, which are new takeoffs - carbs, full pipe set, wheels, air box assembly, cams plus lots of other good stuff. But how to arrive at fair price? I think I'll look at sold items in eBay for a starting guide. I will post here first and give the best deal I can. I expect pretty high demand for some of the stuff.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

There’s a new member Matt looking for cams. Not sure if yours are what he needs or not but here’s the thread.
https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?258965-GS1100E-Cam-Mismatch

 

[oldGSfan]

Yeah I saw that but thought he had it sorted. Asked if he's interested anyway.

 

[oldGSfan]

Bike still at the tuners, I'm anxious to get it back but good things take time I guess. In the meantime, for another project (my two free GL1100 Goldwings) I bought a 15L ultrasonic cleaner for $170 from Kaiezen (link). I hope it's not a scam or takes 3 months to get here, but I checked the site out as best I could and seems legit. I figured the bigger the better! It looks just like the ones I see on Amazon and eBay for around $330. Hope my frugal nature doesn't burn me this time like it has so many times in the past

 

[93Bandit]

Bike still at the tuners, I'm anxious to get it back but good things take time I guess. In the meantime, for another project (my two free GL1100 Goldwings) I bought a 15L ultrasonic cleaner for $170 from Kaiezen (link). I hope it's not a scam or takes 3 months to get here, but I checked the site out as best I could and seems legit. I figured the bigger the better! It looks just like the ones I see on Amazon and eBay for around $330. Hope my frugal nature doesn't burn me this time like it has so many times in the past

The website looks legitimate, you'll have to let us know how it goes!

The frugal life costs more than it should sometimes. But I love a good deal!

 

[oldGSfan]

It already shipped and will be here tomorrow, Fedex from a couple of cities over. It may be junk, Amazon reviews are all over the map for what looks like the same unit, but many seem quite satisfied. I found a large Olympus 'endosonic ultrasonic' medical device cleaner on Craigslist for $40 which is a screaming deal, but the guy left the ad up long after he sold it. I see them used for 500 to 1K so I missed out. I'll give update after I get it and try it out.

The website looks legitimate, you'll have to let us know how it goes!

The frugal life costs more than it should sometimes. But I love a good deal!

 

[oldGSfan]

I see a couple on eBay but the sellers can't seem to find the time to wipe the seat down with some cleaner and show the real condition. Pretty pathetic really. Everything I have ever sold has been as good as I can make it look - many times I have second thoughts about selling an item after I detail it fastidiously . I guess time is money but what I find is most people just don't give a rat's.

50 years ago they were called "personal massagers" in catalogs.

Sorry you're having difficulty getting a stock seat. So many custom seats, like yours, began as stock seats. Too bad we can't reverse engineer it (you know what I mean). Can we?

 

[oldGSfan]

Well I got the ultrasonic cleaner and it is plenty big and seems to work, makes a racket and the fluid gets hot and dirty (mmmm) at least. I am trying it out on the S&S Super B carb which has a stuck butterfly and may be a pile of junk, so no real loss to experiment on it. I also have the original HD Keihin that came with the Mr. Turbo kit which many seem to loathe. I'll try that next.

There are as many opinions on what cleaner to use as beer or oil. Simple Green, Pine Sol, Gunk, etc. Because I am 'frugal' I buy the 'LA's Awesome orange cleaner for a buck, so I'm trying that, diluted. They make another cleaner that is yellowish, I think it is stronger, plus some stuff in a blue bottle which is carpet spotter. Honestly all of them decrease really well but may not be good on aluminum. From videos the Mean Green and Simple Green leave a brighter aluminum finish. My S&S is quite darkened with age, and it's not really cutting through that, but a little scotch brite on it brings a nice shine. It would be great to have some substance clean and shine but that seems almost too much to ask for!

I'm being lazy about it right now and mainly evaluating my purchase, as I had to tear apart my Willys dash today and silence the radio's alternator whine, which was like building a ship in a bottle with my amp, radio, and HVAC controls all jammed into a space behind the steering wheel. Anyway, to quote Thomas Dolby... Science!

 

[oldGSfan]

Dang it's been nearly 4 weeks, tuner had to order parts but now he's posting on Instagram that he's into it, so it won't be long, hope it goes OK. He posted some glamour shots on his Instagram, this one I like:

 

[Cipher]

Well I got the ultrasonic cleaner and it is plenty big and seems to work, makes a racket and the fluid gets hot and dirty (mmmm) at least. I am trying it out on the S&S Super B carb which has a stuck butterfly and may be a pile of junk, so no real loss to experiment on it. I also have the original HD Keihin that came with the Mr. Turbo kit which many seem to loathe. I'll try that next.

There are as many opinions on what cleaner to use as beer or oil. Simple Green, Pine Sol, Gunk, etc. Because I am 'frugal' I buy the 'LA's Awesome orange cleaner for a buck, so I'm trying that, diluted. They make another cleaner that is yellowish, I think it is stronger, plus some stuff in a blue bottle which is carpet spotter. Honestly all of them decrease really well but may not be good on aluminum. From videos the Mean Green and Simple Green leave a brighter aluminum finish. My S&S is quite darkened with age, and it's not really cutting through that, but a little scotch brite on it brings a nice shine. It would be great to have some substance clean and shine but that seems almost too much to ask for!

I'm being lazy about it right now and mainly evaluating my purchase, as I had to tear apart my Willys dash today and silence the radio's alternator whine, which was like building a ship in a bottle with my amp, radio, and HVAC controls all jammed into a space behind the steering wheel. Anyway, to quote Thomas Dolby... Science!

Thanks for not typing Willys as possessive with apostophre! It warms my heart to think I may be the last person alive to think its not named for or pronounced like some tool named Willie.
bike looks grand btw. cant use solvent in cleaner?