oiled tires and fish tailed on the freeway

[1980GS1000E]

Man, you are one skillful dude. Your motocross skills saved your butt, along with your clear thinking. They go 75 in those lanes. Let me know if I can assist you in any way with getting your bike back up, but you are probably best getting a new one.

 

[850 Combat]

Glad you ok,sorry about the bike....I'm afraid it'll happen to me one day since my drain plug is a little loose,can't tighten it really tight,so every time i change the oil i have to use gasket sealant to have it seal.It's been liket hat for years,i'm wondering what to do with it?Helicoil?Retread?Any of you guys had the same problem?

My nephew bout an oversized tap and plug when he stripped his.

I'm pretty sure that I would have tossed myself and the bike down the road under the same circumstances. I'm glad you had the skills to save your hide.

 

[Ranger]

My nephew bout an oversized tap and plug when he stripped his.

I'm pretty sure that I would have tossed myself and the bike down the road under the same circumstances. I'm glad you had the skills to save your hide.

I have it up and running, I J&B Welded my oil pan shut with a new bolt so I was able to get home the next day. I figured since it's a fresh oil change by the time I'm due I can get another oil pan on ebay since I saw one for $15 or just pump the oil out.

Now I have a leaking fork seal from putting in the truck bed.

 

[Guest]

I had the drain plug come out of my GS1000 on the highway shortly after I got it(5 years ago). I was going through my parts the other day and found the plug! It had managed to wedge itself into the collector.

 

[Ranger]

Man, you are one skillful dude. Your motocross skills saved your butt, along with your clear thinking. They go 75 in those lanes. Let me know if I can assist you in any way with getting your bike back up, but you are probably best getting a new one.

I may need help with just changing out my rear rotar since somehow with the oil it wore a groove in it and one of my fork seals.

 

[1980GS1000E]

Send me a pm

 

[Guest]

You cheated the devil for sure, not too many would've come out as good.
Hope that never happens to me, closet to it was when I had a rear tire blow out at 70mph with passenger on back of Honda CB450. Thought I was going to die for sure.
Stripped a drain plug on a little Honda I had, just tapped it out to a size for a pipe fitting with it's own plug. Worked out well although not original.

 

[BentRod]

if it makes you feel any better I know there are others on this forum who have had the rear tire lock up on the freeway and handled it with less style than you seem to have.
Scary as it is, I don't think anyone has ever given up riding as a result.

 

[duaneage]

I had someone over the house with a 550 and they lost the drain plug 1/2 mile from the house. There was a tell tale oil slick for 3 weeks right to my garage.

 

[WilliamGLX81]

Have a drink and don't worry about the bike for a while. It will still be there later.
Sad to hear it happened, glad it turned out as well as it did. Everybody should learn to ride on dirt. I have a final-drive oil leak onto my tire. Your story will keep me from riding on it at all. Thanks and good luck with the fix-ups. Now's a good time to upgrade

Could the groove and lock-up be from something jamming between the pads and rotor?


And for you sir:

Glad you ok,sorry about the bike....I'm afraid it'll happen to me one day since my drain plug is a little loose,can't tighten it really tight,so every time i change the oil i have to use gasket sealant to have it seal.It's been liket hat for years,i'm wondering what to do with it?Helicoil?Retread?Any of you guys had the same problem?

There are Save-a-Thread kits available from NAPA. I used one on my Volvo's engine's spark plug threads when the #1 cylinder's threads somehow stripped out and I fired a plug out the top of the engine
The thread inserts are solid hardened steel and won't strip out (easily).
The first thing you should do is run an original size thread tap through the hole and see if that helps.

 

[Ranger]

Sad to think this is the last memory I have of my GS!

 

[dueller]

Thought you said that it turned over?

Thought you said that it turned over?

Seized up after getting it all plugged up? No plans on nother bike yet? I know what you mean bout trying to plan on riding a bike to save some green! My caged drive is a Dodge ram. Finally have the truck I wanted (for the most part) and can't afford to drive it! Ugh. Bout my 700EF last summer and the guy claimed that he had it for 3 years and rode it on nice days back and forth to work. I didn't even get it home and found that the charging system was fubar (didn't know bout checkin that the system was chargin DOH!) Now I'm going over the bike and fixing things that needed fixing so that I can actually START to save some gas money. $900 for the bike and about $250 in parts and a carb rebuild and HOPEFULLY be able to start ridin it tomorrow! Just gotta get the carb hoses figured out

Edit: DOH! Just reread your PM about what happened after. That blows....