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JBROWE
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Looking for some help. I have a 1980 GS 1000G that I have had for 4 years. I love the bike and the ride. I have ridden the bike many miles and even road from Ky to Minnisota and back. I got the bike in a trade and know very little about it. Last year I started to have prob.s with the floats and gas leaking. This spring I found a shop that worked on the older bikes and the owner has a small colection of older bikes. I took it to him and ask him to look into the carbs. First it was the charging system then the tail lights then he changed the oil. After all of that he took a look at the carbs. He found that the last owner made a epoxy repair to the float tower where he got rough and broke it off. After time the gas un did the repair and let the float loose. He found a doner carb for $150 and started to clean and repair. After 3 months I forced him to give me my bike back and when I road it, I only road it down the street and back. I payed him way more than we talked of and I went home. That night I road one hour hard to a ballgame. Then back home. The first three miles it ran ok. Not as good as befor but ok. I stoped for a light and had to slip the clutch just to get through the light. Sounded like it was way to rich. After some in town driving I was able to open her up to 65 70 mph.She ran rough and had a random hesitation at 45 to 50 mph. 30 min later in the next town same thing at the light. On the way home way after dark I was pulling to the house and it died. I found a fuse bad and replaced it. The next ride same thing. strong pick up cold then miss when hot in the mid range. From 55 to 80 it has strong power. I took the stock filter off to look and they had cut a pice of card board and closed off the whole bottom of the filter. I took the filter out and took a test ride and the bike runs a lot better but still has a dead spot in the mid range. I know he did some thing to the jets but not sure what. If I had to do it all over again I would have bought a 4 carb sink and did it my self. The bike has a stock filter but has a 4 to 1 vance hines pipe. every thing else is stock. I dont mind to spend the money to fix it just dont want to through money at something that wont fix the prob. Anyone have an idea of a good starting place to get me back riding?
