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Hello, I have a mess of a bike

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almarconi said:
Transfer of title, registration, inspection and tags will cost $200 in my state.
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Different states have different rates. :-k

In oHIo:
Title transfer: 11
Registration: 43.50
Inspection (only necessary if brought in from out of state) FREE
Tags (isn't that what the registration is?)

Total for the above-mentioned items: $54.50.

The only cost above that is for taxes. If you buy from a dealer, you are pretty much stuck paying tax on the full amount.
If you buy from someone in-state and an inspection is not necessary, you can claim it was in "poor" condition and you only paid $100 for it. Tax: $7.
Even if an inspection is necessary, you can say that you have restored it to its present condition. They will never know.

New total: $61

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Octain said:
My 82 wasnt registered for three or four years(cant remember) and all I paid is 78 bux.
I love GA!
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This, again, shows the difference between the states.

In California, your registration costs include the actual license fee and personal property tax, which means that the cost goes down every year. 30 years ago, I had to pay almost $200 to register my new KZ1300. If you put the bike in the garage for restoration, you have to pay the registration for all the years it was off the road before you can get current tags. :eek:

In oHIo, I don't know what the difference is, but I just looked at the renewal paperwork for our bikes. My son's 850 will be $43.50, my Wing will be $49.50. $15 of each of those is for county tax and $3.50 for processing fees. If a bike is in the garage for more than two years, you simply get a new plate, pay for the upcoming year and ride. No need to pay for the time it was off the road. :dancing:
(If it was off the road for less than two years, you still only have to pay for the upcoming year, but you get to keep the same plate.)

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In Maryland
Title - $50
Registration - $10
Tax - 6%(minimum 38.40)
Tags/Plates - $97.00
MD Inspection - $50-70 (Depends on which mechanic you go to)


Minimum is $245.40.

This assumes that you have a clear title and a bike that will pass inspection with no additional repair needed.

If you want historic tags, then no inspection, Tags $51.00

Minumum is $ 149.40

Plus your time to spend the day at the MVA.
 
Steve said:
This, again, shows the difference between the states.

In California, your registration costs include the actual license fee and personal property tax, which means that the cost goes down every year. 30 years ago, I had to pay almost $200 to register my new KZ1300. If you put the bike in the garage for restoration, you have to pay the registration for all the years it was off the road before you can get current tags. :eek:

In oHIo, I don't know what the difference is, but I just looked at the renewal paperwork for our bikes. My son's 850 will be $43.50, my Wing will be $49.50. $15 of each of those is for county tax and $3.50 for processing fees. If a bike is in the garage for more than two years, you simply get a new plate, pay for the upcoming year and ride. No need to pay for the time it was off the road. :dancing:

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Im not sure but Im guessing to renue mine next year(birthday) will prolly be around 25 bux.
No inspection but I did have to have one of Ga's finest come to my home(hide the bong) and run a VIN check to make sure the bike wasnt stolen.
No title in Ga either.
 
We got a spark today. There PO had added all these stupid useless connectors and we found the single fuse on the motorcycle (that was burned out). After cutting up some wires and skipping fuses and connectors we had dash lights, sparks in cylinders 1 and 4. We also had current to the starter motor, which turned over slowly/weakly, we suspect it needs to be cleaned.

We couldn't get spark in 2 and 3, so we traced the wires into the ignition coils all the way under the motorcycle to the timing mechanism and found out the mechanism that sends a message to the coil for 2 and 3 wasn't contacting so the sparks were never told to happen. Anyway, we moved the contact in and now hopefully we will have spark (and without having totally ruined the timing).

A good day for sure.
 
Steve,

I'm sorry I guess i was not clear enough.

NO DON'T RIDE your bike until stopping and rubber has been addressed. I think when i said driving i meant running, IE as in the engine running.

No need messing with the expense of tires and brakes if your engine needs a rebuild. Steve, You stated it better than i did on the Forum.

TO: GS RESOURCE.

I am sorry for not being clear. I would never consider riding or recommend riding without the proper safety (helmet, gloves and jacket) equipment and safe vehicle to do so. With proper rubber, brakes and acceleration addressed.

Steve said:
Sorry, but this REALLY SCARES ME. :eek:

How can you seriously consider driving your bike BEFORE making sure it has good tires and brakes?

Yeah, save them until the last, to make sure the engine works and all that, but PLEASE ... don't ride on bad tires and brakes. :pray:


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Not full of sh**

Not full of sh**

Almarconi, I live in CA Bro

Here's how the bike cost went down in FULL Details:

Bike = 100.00
Lost Title Transfer == FREE (Seller took the cost, because he was nice)
Registration that is ALSO Tags = 87.00
Inspection (only necessary if brought in from out of state) FREE
Buyers Tax = (i lumped with reg)
Carb Rebuild = (Free) Took Apart and back together
Pods+Headlight bracket = $61.81
MISC Liquids = $34.92
Main JETS 122.5 = $12
Tires = GREAT
Brakes = free Rebuild and cleaning
Pads = Great

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TOTAL = 295.73

Now, Maybe to rub it in the seller ALSO gave me a new Chain for the Bike for FREE

Please to dog me out like that again. I have no reason to lie about that, i just wanted to give the dude some encouragement to keep going on his new project.

I understand the reregistration must be a big expense over there, but not here. Damn, my liability insurance is only $15 a month too.

As for the brake and tire post, i am sorry. Was not clear in my post. Please see my prior post below for an apology.
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posplayr said:
Dawsoner are you with Maxhog?

I hope you have your registration fixed by now :rolleyes:
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I mean I'm not with maxhog650, but he and I are fixing this GS together. We split it, $50 each. I think we'll either sell it and split the profit after or one of us will buy the other out. Anyway, as I said we got sparks and dash lights today, a very exciting today. Also we just looked into the carbs a few minutes ago and they are looking CLEAN.

Seems like from here on out we have some timing issues to deal with, a bunch of soldering, reassembly and new tires.
 
dawsoner said:
I mean I'm not with maxhog650, but he and I are fixing this GS together. We split it, $50 each. I think we'll either sell it and split the profit after or one of us will buy the other out. Anyway, as I said we got sparks and dash lights today, a very exciting today. Also we just looked into the carbs a few minutes ago and they are looking CLEAN.

Seems like from here on out we have some timing issues to deal with, a bunch of soldering, reassembly and new tires.
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OK let us know when U run into a snag :rolleyes:
 
So I thought I would do an official update and throw up some questions. As dawson said, were fixing it up together. we tracked around medusas wires and found a "main" fuse blown. As a temporary solution we skipped it. Not the best decision but its temporary. Just out of curiousity how bad of an idea is this. how often do power surges happen on a big that only gets running time from the shed to outside, should i definantly not ride like this.
Anyway, i guess thats not a pressing issue. The good news is after we jumped the fuze the lights jumped to life and the starter started turning and we even got some sparks. The question is, isthere an easy way to adjust the timing or does this take some tools, I wasnt getting spark on 2 and 4 because the contacts weren't...contacting, but now that i moved it in whats the chance its contacting to early.
 
maxhog650 said:
how do you do these more than one at a time?
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Presuming you are asking about posting more than one picture at a time?

If you are using Photobucket, you click on the IMG line and copy it, then paste it in your message. You can do up to four at a time that way.
By the way, that's a limit of four images, total. Smilies count as images, too. :D

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maxhog650 said:
So I thought I would do an official update and throw up some questions. As dawson said, were fixing it up together. we tracked around medusas wires and found a "main" fuse blown. As a temporary solution we skipped it. Not the best decision but its temporary. Just out of curiousity how bad of an idea is this. how often do power surges happen on a big that only gets running time from the shed to outside, should i definantly not ride like this.
Anyway, i guess thats not a pressing issue. The good news is after we jumped the fuze the lights jumped to life and the starter started turning and we even got some sparks. The question is, isthere an easy way to adjust the timing or does this take some tools, I wasnt getting spark on 2 and 4 because the contacts weren't...contacting, but now that i moved it in whats the chance its contacting to early.
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Considering your Medusas loom; I would probably wire in a 15 amp fuse just in case. I think you can use a test light on the coils. You shoudl e on the mark when the light goes off (note test light off not timing light).
 
posplayr said:
Considering your Medusas loom; I would probably wire in a 15 amp fuse just in case. I think you can use a test light on the coils. You shoudl e on the mark when the light goes off (note test light off not timing light).
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The main fuse on my '82 gs750t kept blowing when I was initially trying to get it running. It turned out that it would pop every time I realized that it wasn't starting because the kill switch was off, then turned it on before the engine completely stopped cranking. Just a weird little gremlin that you might want to be aware of. It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that one out.
 
Thanks PCH, I bet i would have run into that when the engine strated moving. Is the main fuse on this bike really only 15? Also, I dont have a fuze box, as it came the bike only had one "main" inline fuse. ? how many should I Have? or is this right?

Does anyone have any input on the reset timing switch, I have a hunch this will be an issue but obviously my hunch is based on...just about nothing
 
maxhog650 said:
Is the main fuse on this bike really only 15? Also, I dont have a fuze box, as it came the bike only had one "main" inline fuse. ? how many should I Have? or is this right?
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Yep, 15 amps is correct. One fuse is also correct. The early bikes, up through about '79, only had one fuse. Some of the '79s might have had a secondary box with another four fuses, most of the '80 and up bikes have a fuse box with 5 fuses. The MAIN fuse is still 15 amps, though.

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