GS12OOSS Clone

[posplayr]

Sweet build! Subscribed.


I'm anxious to see how you will sort this one out because I will be facing a similar challenge later on with one of my projects. The gauge is from a water cooled bike.

Why not just use the original sensor that was matched to the Gauge?

The worst thing is to retread the existing hole for a different sender.

 

[Guest]

Why not just use the original sensor that was matched to the Gauge?

The worst thing is to retread the existing hole for a different sender.

Would it still work and be accurate although the sensor was originally meant to be in water, but is now in oil?

 

[posplayr]

Would it still work and be accurate although the sensor was originally meant to be in water, but is now in oil?

The sensor is sensitive to temperature, nothing else (of any significance). In fact the only thing I can think of is relativistic effects. I need to get my "particle in a box" theory out for review.

 

[Guest]

The sensor is sensitive to temperature, nothing else (of any significance). In fact the only thing I can think of is relativistic effects. I need to get my "particle in a box" theory out for review.

OK! In that case the solution will be to rethread the hole in the block or use a brass adapter for the sensor.
Thanks Jim!
Normand

 

[Rob S.]

Indeed, a very nice gauge cluster.

Of course if I had a similar speedo, it'd be like an old scratched record of mine: license suspended, license revoked.

 

[Battleship62]

Time for a little Conjugal Riding

Time for a little Conjugal Riding

Picked up the bike last Saturday and happily added another 300 miles on the odometer on Sunday and Monday morning (took the day off). Life is good.

It's not a concour de elegance motorcycle but she's a runner and looker. I still got a small list to complete with the seat the last big ticket item but for now I just want to drive it like a scalded dog and spend some quality time with it.

Here's a few pictures with more to come later.

Here's a plug for the bike shop in Reading, PA I used to do final assembly. The owner is a master of the 70's & 80's jap bikes, both 2- and 4-stroke engines, and has a great attention to detail on every nut, bolt, washer, gasket, and the overall look of the bike. I might also add, he came up with the front cowl detail that capture the look I was going for.







I did put on the side and back decals on an shined up the stainless steel header a tad (it got stained with melting road salt when I trailer to the shop last February).

 

[dorkburger]

Question....What is the hose connected to where the oil cap was for?

 

[posplayr]

Looks like you improved the color mix in the photos. These look much more like the stock gs blue.

 

[Battleship62]

Question....What is the hose connected to where the oil cap was for?

Hopefully I won't fire up too much debate on this but this is an additional crankcase vent.

When I took this bike for a test ride last year after it was first mocked up and in running condition, I notice the vent line on top of the engine didn't have its hose hook on and it had vented some oil all over the top of the engine. When I brought it back to the shop, I also brought with me a new hose and breather filter to install. My mechanic was adamant about having a vent line added on the filler cap added because he thought my rebuilt engine had additional pressure inside from the mods that RapidRay did to it engine rebuild (must be because of those plutonium rods that Ray stuck inside ). Anyhow, I relented and he added a vent line.

Now I have a two vents one from the upper and the the oil fill cap and they each has its own breather filter similar to the attached picture that are tuck under the seat. I don't have a good picture of them but I will show one the next time I get it out for a ride.

 

[Battleship62]

50 Shades of Blue

50 Shades of Blue

Looks like you improved the color mix in the photos. These look much more like the stock gs blue.

The color is still a bit of a sore subject with me. I was so close to getting it right (original Starry Blue) but just didn't make it. Nonetheless, I okay with it now.

I do notice that this blue, depending on the amount of sunlight, the time of day, pollen count, solar flares, etc., seems to have a different shade of blue at any given time. Sometimes as I look at it I think its a perfect shade of blue, then other times, not so much.

 

[dorkburger]

Hopefully I won't fire up too much debate on this but this is an additional crankcase vent.

When I took this bike for a test ride last year after it was first mocked up and in running condition, I notice the vent line on top of the engine didn't have its hose hook on and it had vented some oil all over the top of the engine. When I brought it back to the shop, I also brought with me a new hose and breather filter to install. My mechanic was adamant about having a vent line added on the filler cap added because he thought my rebuilt engine had additional pressure inside from the mods that RapidRay did to it engine rebuild (must be because of those plutonium rods that Ray stuck inside ). Anyhow, I relented and he added a vent line.

Now I have a two vents one from the upper and the the oil fill cap and they each has its own breather filter similar to the attached picture that are tuck under the seat. I don't have a good picture of them but I will show one the next time I get it out for a ride.

Cool. Ive probably been warped from reading too many drag race (auto related) magazines, where the exhaust is used to draw a vacuum on the engine. On mine i ran a line from the valve cover vent to the exhaust exit, where a vacuum is pulled on the engine thru a venturi effect. Vacuum was measureable with a manometer. Probably has no realtime effect, but who knows?

 

[posplayr]

Cool. Ive probably been warped from reading too many drag race (auto related) magazines, where the exhaust is used to draw a vacuum on the engine. On mine i ran a line from the valve cover vent to the exhaust exit, where a vacuum is pulled on the engine thru a venturi effect. Vacuum was measureable with a manometer. Probably has no realtime effect, but who knows?

I was going to run a T for both valve cover and oil filler into a catch can.
Before doing that I put a pressure gauge on my oil filler cap while I was running a catch can off of the valve cover vent ONLY. I saw no pressure build up so, I omitted the filler breather. GS1166

 

[Battleship62]

I'm hoping the last Nor'easter has passed and everything starts turning green again. ]

 

[dorkburger]

Holy smokes, it?s been four years.... still love that bike.

 

[Battleship62]

Holy smokes, it?s been four years.... still love that bike.

Been a while. Went through a divorce, got remarried, moved, change jobs; but, I still have this bike.

 

[dorkburger]

Wishing you happy times ahead. Glad you held onto the GS.

 

[steve murdoch]

Been a while. Went through a divorce, got remarried, moved, change jobs; but, I still have this bike.

You've been busy. haha.
Hope to see some more pics of your beautiful bike out on the road when the weather finally gets better.

 

[charlie27]

great build

what do you need to do to bolt on 93 GSXR front end? Are the forks the same length? Any geometry impact with fork length or triple tree offset/rake?

for the rear wheel fitment - sprockets line up or does countershaft sprocket need to be spaced?

thanks