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GS 750 es : Let s bring it back to life!

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Today was not a good day,
have been sick like a dog all night long and i think that comes from the fact i was too stupid to paint way too much inside the garage, all day long almost, with (at best) a stupid dust mask, my lungs were in fire and pain was hammering in my head!

(the garage door was open but the fact is that the wind was pushing air inside, all day long too...)

so when i started to get ok, i flew to the closest hardware store and bought a good 3M Mask for solvents and all those nasty things.
Much better of course!

and back to work!
took this baby out of evaporust
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masked it
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and painted it, with caliper paint, of course.
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My front calipers are kinda crappy...
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spent some time removing all electricals on the fork, takings notes/pictures about every switch and wires.
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and finally removed the whole harness
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harness that i plan to inspect tomorrow.
and replace every connectors while i am at it!
going to do that outside, under the shy sun with a nice cool beer... aaaaah thanksgiving break day :P

that s it for today, not as much done as i usually do, but well... progress nonetheless.

PS: special note to suzuki about their stupid design on the pin linking the pedal and the rear break master cylinder assembly, what the hell!?

you know, the one right behind there!
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Yeah,ask my wife about taking out the swinger cause someone forgot to but the brake pivot in before it.Still get grief for that:(
 
update :

have no pictures of the process, i cleaned contacts, check wires, replaced black tapped areas of the harness.

the bullet connectors, overall, are in good shape, i ll buy some quick disconnect spades connectors and replace all of it i think, even if the bullet ones looks good, i hear too much people changing them to not do it myself, i guess :D

by the way, is there any test i could run on the ECU/CDI unit? i mean without having every thing hooked to battery and coils?

thank you.
 
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and an other one for you guys!

what s the best treatment for my rear shock absorber?
i guess i can't open that stock one? how do i know if it s dead or not?
 
Etcheberri said:
and an other one for you guys!

what s the best treatment for my rear shock absorber?
i guess i can't open that stock one? how do i know if it s dead or not?
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About the only way to check the damping is to get the spring off and see if it still has any damping left. Your shock has 4 settings for damping and you should notice a difference between the settings. Even new the stock shock wasn't all that great.
 
You get a sense of it from riding, whether or not it's bouncing all over the place. Also try to take the cables off the adjustments. I did on mine and found they were disintegrated inside. I just ditched them for the weight savings and rode it around like that for a while. I have a R1 shock in there right now, which is a little stiffly sprung. There should also be some specs for the shock in the manual, haven't checked though.
 
I must of lucked out.My stock shock is just right for me.Still damps just fine as old as it is.OK i'm not fast and pushing it.
 
allright!
here s for today, i think i won t do more than that this week end.

cleaned, sanded, painted this
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look at that, aaaaalll pretty!
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took care of the rear,
started with wirebrushing to remove major dirt
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took it out
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some cleaning going on here.
I have to admit, now i start to HATE cleaning dirt+grease :P
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The piece ready for painting
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and it was done.
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then i clean more pieces... bolts and shafts and stuff.
boring, so no pictures!

I am going to use the part bike rear shock absorber, it s in much better external shape, so i guess it s better inside too, like everything on that early retired part bike :)
 
Thank you Jeeprusty! :)

I forgot to mention, i received carbs gaskets and o-rings, but not my stainless screw kit.
so i will not rebuild/bench synch my carbs this week end. :(:(

SOON! :D

By the way, those handmade weldings are really fat, lol! :D

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What?No polishing???!!!Though you where following Old Yellers thread step by step!(jk).Really think this will be nice when done.BTW whats up with the things on the "clip on" risers.Definitely not stock!
 
SVSooke said:
What?No polishing???!!!Though you where following Old Yellers thread step by step!(jk).Really think this will be nice when done.BTW whats up with the things on the "clip on" risers.Definitely not stock!
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:P naaaah, satin black! all the way!

Well those fugly risers were there when i got it, and they wont stay there after.
 
Thank you, 7981GS and Patman.

i sure do hope she will be nice when finished :)
 
Thought I'd take a peek at your thread and seems I have a lot of catching up to do! Nice work, looking very good :D
 
No need to hope, she is going to be stunning, keep up the good work. :clap:
 
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