• 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.

First sign of progress. rebuilt brakes

  • Thread starter Thread starter Peter Buehner
  • Start date Start date
P

Peter Buehner

Guest
Finally got my calipers back from powder coating and got them all reassembled with new parts...the first thing I have put back together since getting this bike. It has all been tear apart, clean, scrub, replace. I think they look pretty :)
it may not seem like much, but I have never worked on a motorcycle. I am learning something new every day and having fun doing it.
I appreciate this site and feel especially lucky to have bought an 80 GS850G considering how much info is on the bikecliff website!!

Photo Jan 17, 8 02 07 PM.jpg
I replaced the seals, cups, boots, all bolts, bleeder...even the bleeder cap! I honed the piston and meticulously scraped the seal groove back to smooth. I think I may be going overboard but unless the bolts clean up to like new...they are getting replaced.
 
Last edited:
Thanks Buque73. I was the kid who would watch my big brother build these intricate multiple stage model rockets as a kid but when I tried, I would throw a fit trying to piece together a simple tube, cone, and three fins....I would swear and stomp on it with frustration. This kind of stuff is way out of my wheelhouse. Trying to teach myself patience and believe that I can actually do it :)

Burque73 said:
Looks great!
Click to expand...
 
Peter Buehner said:
Thanks Buque73. I was the kid who would watch my big brother build these intricate multiple stage model rockets as a kid but when I tried, I would throw a fit trying to piece together a simple tube, cone, and three fins....I would swear and stomp on it with frustration. This kind of stuff is way out of my wheelhouse. Trying to teach myself patience and believe that I can actually do it :)
Click to expand...

I was the kid who would just buy the rocket already assembled, throw an engine in it , and fly. The main difference is when it broke I couldn't fix it.

This site and folks like you are an inspiration to break old learned habits, step out of our comfort zone and do the necessary repairs.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top