i hate mechanics!

[RedBaron]

I got my Kat setup from a mechanic who rebuilt the carburetors. All but one of the needles were on top of the keepers and just bouncing around up inside the slide.

I don't even believe mechanics when they say they did something.

Ha very true. Lots of people will call themselves mechanics. I had a unit come in with a similar issue the other day after a kawi shop got hold of him. (Im doing the independent thing since the economy tanked)

Guy had his carb cleaned on a KLF300 Bayou at the Kawi dealer. Says it ran "alright" afterwards until his son borrowed it and rolled the unit over. Afterwards it would never restart. Dissassembly showed that previously the carb had been assembled in the way you stated and then jury rigged to run. When the unit flipped over the needle slid up the center of the spring and tilted, sticking it's tip in the slide lift hole. I had to laugh when I saw that. I love fixing other "Mechanic's" mistakes, you gotta wonder if some can even boil water.

Unfortunately theyre's alot of very bad mechanics in this world, I could talk about it all day. There are good ones too though, Ive only met a few though having worked in NC and Florida. There's alot more bad than good.

 

[850 Combat]

A person I know has been a Honda dealer mechanic from time to time. From what he has told me is that the main reason that they won't work on old bikes is that too often the owner gets too much invested in it and can't or won't pay for the work.

Plus, do you really want to pay $50.00 per hour for someone to scrape the old gasket and glue from your valve cover gasket?

 

[bluewool]

Plus, do you really want to pay $50.00 per hour for someone to scrape the old gasket and glue from your valve cover gasket?

around here $50/hr would be a bargain!! I cannot afford to have someone work on my bike, and I couldn't afford the bikes if I didn't work on my car. I'll take the jetta in for some things, so far only the timing belt, which was beyond the scope of my parkade shop area

 

[yotaman423]

Very interesting discussion here. My first bike and love of my life, is my 1980 GS1000G. Started off as a piece of junk, but a good motor. I have had moments where I wanted to burn the thing, all because of a lack of knowledge of what I was doing.

My point is, if you want these bikes to run well, ya gotta put the time into learning how these things work. It takes time and patience and help from the great people on this site. If you are looking just to ride, buy yourself a new bike, and prepare to pay when something goes wrong.

i agree! when i said i hated mechanics it was because i have a lack of knowledge about what i am doing with my bike. the mechanics i talked to gave me what i thought was no help. so this post was out of frustration of my lack of knowledge.

 

[Guest]

firstly i took my Gs1000s to our local suzuki dealer to set me carbs up,the workshop
foreman came out his words were "wot is that never seen one like that before did it come off Noahs Ark".

few months later took it to be put on Dyno at another dealer done couple runs come
out and says who ever set it done great job just about spot on with AFR ,90BHp 68lbs, torque, he says i can get better so he ****zz about with fuel mixture screws and bugger it totaly now got to pay the guy who set it up for to get it right again he isnt happy.

Ooooh bleep f**kin H*ll after how many hrs stripping carbs ,still cant Gs to run over 4500rpm, god knows wot he did to them look like going to too.
find another set of 28mm Gs1000 carb or what other options.
even though I had it bored to a 1085cc it has old type head so wot optoins do i have
34mm cvs or wont they fit,im I am well peeved off.
it was running lovley till he got his hands on it.

 

[duaneage]

Websites like the GSR sprang up because people like these older bikes and needed help working on them. With a decent basic tool set, a repair manual, and a computer you can figure out what ails the bike and fix it yourself for a song. These are simple machines and easy to maintain, the only exception being valve adjustments.

I guess my question would be why take a classic Suzuki to a dealer or high brow repair shop in the first place?

 

[Guest]

Websites like the GSR sprang up because people like these older bikes and needed help working on them. With a decent basic tool set, a repair manual, and a computer you can figure out what ails the bike and fix it yourself for a song. These are simple machines and easy to maintain, the only exception being valve adjustments.

I guess my question would be why take a classic Suzuki to a dealer or high brow repair shop in the first place?

Why did the f*king Dyno operator mess with carb setting if running properly leave it alone
Derrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[bluewool]

These are simple machines and easy to maintain, the only exception being valve adjustments.

My valve adjustments are dead simple :-\\\