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My 78 1000

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HOLY CRAP!! got her vacuumed synched today and took her out for a ride. WOW...those 29's punch. At 6'000 rpm I was gone like greased lightening and at 8'000 rpm that Marving exhaust sounded amazing. The rear shocks are stiff that's for sure but they are planting the front tire to the road, no doubt. You want to talk about fun......TOO MUCH FUN :)
 
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Did I sense a bit of evil in the smile? :evil: Are those the Klamath Falls carbs?

cg
 
I'm not going to be around for Spunky's or I would have for sure Garth and yes Charlie those are the Klamath Fall carbs. I only managed to take the bike out for an hour the other day. Now I'm off on holidays for 10 days, can't wait to get back in town and hit the road with this bad boy. The thing I'm laughing about, specifically after crashing from high speed error this year, is that I'm making my bike go faster! lol... I've got to get some better tires on the bike that's for sure. I threw on a virtually new set of S11's but like I've heard on here they are not that good in the corners. When I get back I'll try and figure out a way to video tape a ride with the Marving exhuast..soooo sweeeettt
 
I got to hear the bike live last night as Rob and I met for coffee. It sounds..I don't know how to discribe...throaty and racy!:D Can't wait to take it for a little spin too. We are hoping to do an up Island ride to Gold River next month. Glenn you will be coming too i hope.:) An over nighter.:p
 
I had coffee the other day with Rob and thought I would post these pics I took of his awesome 1000!
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The crazy man himself..:D
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Nice old school fork brace, and overall a good looking machine.
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I had a spare and he bought it while hanging around my garage fixng the bike from his 1st crash

Looks nice Rob

Now, stay off the west slope of the Cascades with it, or you'll just crash going faster!
 
trevor said:
I got to hear the bike live last night as Rob and I met for coffee. It sounds..I don't know how to describe...throaty and racy!:D Can't wait to take it for a little spin too. We are hoping to do an up Island ride to Gold River next month. Glenn you will be coming too i hope.:) An over nighter.:p
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I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing this bike in action! All of those period correct parts are very appealing!

The Gold River trip sounds like fun! I drove the road from Campbell River and back last Monday and was thinking about how much fun it would be on a bike pretty much the whole time.:cool: I found a great little pub in Gold River too, after all, we do need a reason to go up there... lunch sounds good!;)
 
eddie21 said:
I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing this bike in action! All of those period correct parts are very appealing!

The Gold River trip sounds like fun! I drove the road from Campbell River and back last Monday and was thinking about how much fun it would be on a bike pretty much the whole time.:cool: I found a great little pub in Gold River too, after all, we do need a reason to go up there... lunch sounds good!;)
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Did you say pub ?????
 
Thanks guys, I'm really enjoying changing things up on the bike. I guess the bikes really a GSR group project when you think about it. Still out on holidays and can't wait to tear into her when I get home. Have to laugh, I've been out for 5 days and have managed to get a great H4 headlight, 4 brand new Old stock Velocity stacks and a pretty decent Kerker Muffler, ha,ha,ha. So far it's been a great trip!
 
I finally got around to changing the pilot and main jets again on her. With 120 mains and #20 pilots she was falling on her face just a bit on take off and you could smell a bit of gas when at high RPM and going WOT, also she would backfire just a tad on decel at lower RPMS and the idle was a bit rough. Oh, and another thing that started to happen was the more she warmed up the idle would increase a bit, nothing too crazy, just maybe 500 rpm or so. I've put in 117.5 mains and #25 pilots, checked the intake o-rings which were still perfect and reoiled the pods. I haven't had a chance to take it on the road yet but in the driveway idling it's a big improvement :) Snap! responsiveness. Sure hope tomorrow is dry :D I've been pondering rims left right and centre. I've got those Morris magnesium rims that I'm pondering over but after a few threads on here about mag VS spokes and Trevor sent me a great picture of a 78' with the gold rims I'm really leaning to putting the spokes back on. It really give a look of 'old school'

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That's a tough call on the wheels. I really like the Morris wheels. It would make it a unique machine...

cg
 
Yep like charlie says...tough call. Slight edge to Morris because it's so unique.:)
 
Well it was dry today, cold (4 Celsius) but dry. Went to take her out and found the rear brake seized..arrrrrr...swapped out for another one I had, good thing too the pads were pretty low. Put in a good set of those too, although I really don't know why, the rear brakes do soooo little on these bikes. Put the my gear back on and out I went, about a block. The bike now wasn't shifting..arrrrrr...back home thinking, clutch basket, bent shaft, broken rear set...Turns out the shifter rear set was gummed up, took it off and cleaned it up, she shifts like butter once again. An hour delay and I'm off! HOLY CRAP, huge improvement :) She's virtually perfect with the setting in there now. I haven't even dialed in the mixture screws yet, I'll leave that for a warmer day. Crappy thing is I have to tear the motor down to put in new rings and valve seals. I think I'll wait on that one though until I have the 1000G up and running. Nothing worse than not having a bike to ride. So I'm happy to say success, and I have to give credit where credit is due. Eric recommended the main and pilot jets along time ago and it just took me this long to get them in, he hit is spot on.
 
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