82 GS850L forced upgrades

[Blue Falcon]

Well.....as much as I want to keep her stock my bike has pretty much told me she wants upgrades. After the 3200 mile trip, started to notice a few things going wrong. Pinhole leaks in the stock exhaust, cutting out around 6-7k, airbox bracket broke off, light show in the dark under my tank. Started to get the cut out and light show under the tank, checked the coils and yep....bad out of tolerance and wires failed insulation resistance check. Had a friends son who has a welder try and spot some of the pinholes in the exhaust... too much rust too many holes...get a new exhaust. As for the airbox, driving down the road and heard something fall off the bike.. the support bracket on top of the airbox ripped out and fell off - don't ask me how, I don't know, so pods it is. I am going to find a way to merge the chrome side pieces with the side covers(like on the 650) to keep the crosswinds out, either that or make a mold and fiberglass new covers with the additional piece. After discussion with another GS owner, I decided to just replace the coils and wires with Dyna's and not do the full Dyna 2000 conversion, I don't race...didn't see a need to go all out on it. Going with the Delkevic COM27B7 4-1 exhaust, APE pods and the Dynojet 3306 kit.

Already installed the coils, noticeable difference, runs smoother no cut out. Once I get the other kits, will have to do a full tune to get her back to a smooth running angry sewing machine. Anyone else do the same upgrades to an 850? My engine guard is welded on at the top, will probably have to cut it off for the Delkevic. How do I forget to keep taking pictures of this stuff..

 

[cowboyup3371]

You can find another airbox on EBay

 

[Blue Falcon]

Ya, but I need a new exhaust anyway, just going to do the full swap. Figure if I needed to jet the carbs just go all out.