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Call me crazy but I'm actually considering this bike.
- Thread starter JTGS850GL
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Picked up a 1998 ST1100 in Black a couple days ago. The bike needs some attention but the price was right. Ended up paying $1700 for it with 72K miles on the clock and running. There are some issues that need to be addressed but nothing unusual. The seat is torn and some road rash on the engine guards but nothing broken. Now doing the basic maintenance items. You know... Change all fluid (can't believe I'm working on a bike with a cooling system), adjust the valves, check the brakes... The front tire is new but needs to be replaced. Stupid PO bought a new tire that was intended for rear use only. Found a new Metzler Z6 front for $76 on sale at Cycle Gear. Will post pics once she's cleaned up and ready to be seen in public. Right now I have the carbs pulled for a good cleaning.
Will post pics once she's cleaned up and ready to be seen in public. Right now I have the carbs pulled for a good cleaning. Man is this thing different from our ole Suzi's. Amazing what 15 years of development did to complicate things. Took almost 2 hours just to remove all the plastic Tupperware just so I could get my hands on the mechanical things. Once nice thing... a 7.4-gallon gas tank and a cruising range of over 300 miles. At that rate, I'll fill the tank every 2 to 3 weeks of daily riding.
Will post pics once she's cleaned up and ready to be seen in public. Right now I have the carbs pulled for a good cleaning. Man is this thing different from our ole Suzi's. Amazing what 15 years of development did to complicate things. Took almost 2 hours just to remove all the plastic Tupperware just so I could get my hands on the mechanical things. Once nice thing... a 7.4-gallon gas tank and a cruising range of over 300 miles. At that rate, I'll fill the tank every 2 to 3 weeks of daily riding.
I envy you, too!
If I can add my 2 cents here, I found that once you remove the carbs, the coolant lines run under them and the rubber pieces that connect the coolant lines can develop leaks which will cause you to pull it apart again. Might be worthwhile to replace those while you're in there.
I found this thing to be a real b**ch to work on. Hope you have better skills than I.
On a positive note though, mine is now 24 years old with 127K showing and the carbs have never been worked on.
Hope I didn't just jinx myself.
I found this thing to be a real b**ch to work on. Hope you have better skills than I.
On a positive note though, mine is now 24 years old with 127K showing and the carbs have never been worked on.
Hope I didn't just jinx myself.
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Thanks for the heads up. Already planned on removing the entire PAIR air injection system and replacing all the vacuum and coolant lines while I was under there. Makes for a much cleaner system with fewer things to fail. Removes about 10 lbs of crap as well.
At first, these bikes seem a little intimidating with all the plastic Tupperware but once you get all the plastics off it's really a piece of cake. Took me all of about 15 minutes to get the carbs off after the 1.5 hours of, first time, plastic removal. Now stripping them and cleaning the carbs may be a whole another story. The linkages are much more complex than ours. Most don't recommend de-ganging the set but to work on them all together. Makes me cringe coming from the GS world's perspective but it seems to work. Just an ole strip, poke and sprits of carb spray. Found a pre-emissions carb set from Canada for cheap so I'll start with those.
One VERY cool thing that the ST guys do is provide "kits" for some of the more common repair tasks. I ordered the valve adjustment kit from ST-Riders and within a week they shipped me a box with everything needed to do the job. That kit included a micrometer, loads of shims in numbered compartments, two sets of inch and metric feeler gauges, several videos of how to do it, a pictorial worksheet that you record all your measurements on and explains the process. It even includes an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the needed shims based on your measurements. The only thing you have to pay for is the shipping to the next person who needs the kit and return your original shims to the kit. The kit fits in one of those standard "if it fits it ships" USPS medium boxes so everyone pays the same amount. They even had a log sheet that you fill out with your name and address and a US map you mark your location on so others can see where the kit has been. Of course, they have a "kit coordinator" to make sure everything goes smoothly.
Tell you what... These bikes are huge compared to my GS850GL but should be a very comfy ride on long trips.
Will always have at least one GS in the stable though.
I think you made a great choice. Julius.
Was that the ST riders forum or the ST owners forum?
It seems like every time I have an issue that needs advice of the forum members, the guys at the ST Owners forum seem to never have the time to be bothered with my problem. At least that's my perception of them. And we all know what they say about perception.
It seems like every time I have an issue that needs advice of the forum members, the guys at the ST Owners forum seem to never have the time to be bothered with my problem. At least that's my perception of them. And we all know what they say about perception.
So far the ST-Riders forum has been very helpful and warming. I borrowed and moved on the "Shim Kit" to the next in line without a hitch. Really a great service. Maybe one that we should consider here. Having some of the more specialized tools being made available to borrow would be a huge benefit. I can think of a few things that would be nice to borrow rather than buy. The added benefits of having detailed documentation of the repair/maintenance process is a huge plus.
That would be nice. How do you think we can get that started? Maybe suggest it in the proper forum and see how it takes off.
I know I could use a leak down testing tool.
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