• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Before and After

  • Thread starter Thread starter shoeless_000
  • Start date Start date
S

shoeless_000

Guest
Hey here's a few pictures of my 77 GS550 I just got. Here it is day one, barely running and ugly as sin:

http://a694.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/106/l_78b27dc8c7e2719e8260be9787efe2dd.jpg

And here it is with the seat, bars, and guages gone. I also cleaned it up, stripped the tank, rebuilt the carbs and fabricated a custom air intake.

http://a197.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/102/l_92b86c70be83aba0dd4b4c59598fc1c4.jpg

I was also wondering if anyone knew the stock jets sizes on this bike, and with this intake, what jets I should move up to? Here's another look at the intake I made.

http://a106.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/104/l_7b583093321d39600291087b8c3fd1f1.jpg

Again, any help with jets would be greatly appreciated, and iny ideas for the look of the bike are always welcomed. Take care
 
These specs are for an L model, but will probably get you close.

GS550L (77-79) the specs are for the VM's

idle r/min 1100-1200
carb mik vm22ss
id no 47110
bore size 22 (0.87)
float height 24.+/-1.0 (0.95 +/-0.04)
fuel level 4.0+/-1.0 (0.16 +/-0.04)
air screw 2.0 turns back
cut away 1.5
jet needle 5dl35-3 (the -3 3rd notch??)
pilot screw 1.0
pilot jet #15
pilot outlet 0.6
needle jet 0-6
by pass 1.0
main jet #80
 
I appreciate it. Any advice on how high up I should go using the intake in my pictures? I'm keeping the 4-2 exhaust for purely cosmetic ego reasons, so I know I shouldn't go too high, but I'm still unsure. Thanks in advance for any input.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top