what did you wrench on today??

[Big T]

Prepped my Ducati tank for removal of the old liner, buffed it with an SOS pad on the outside (it's chrome) and got one of the fuel taps to work and am cleaning the other one with an inproved vat

Started chasing the electrical gremlin on my 79 1000, it keeps running the battery flat

 

[growler]

Polished these guys up. My first time polishing metal - didn't get a mirror finish but I'm not really looking for one.

 

[gustovh]

they look good to me, I now have 2 out of 4 carbs cleaned and assembled on the new to me, 83 1100G.

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[lurch12_2000]

After about 400 miles of riding on the old squared off prior century Dunlop rear tire, I spooned on the new Shinko 712 today. I had to drill out the valve stem hole to take the new tubeless valve stem and ditch the inner tube. Don't worry the rim was marked for tubeless use. Much better!! I had never seen such a squared off tire coming from a PO that never leaned much with the old GS1000G. It was cupping bad too. Should eliminate the high speed weave that came on after maxxing the 85 MPH speedo on the highway. Of course I can only lean on this old beast so far before scraping the side stand on the left and the center stand to the right. Have to get them ground off to get anywhere near the edge of the chicken strip. Next up are the fork seals. I have them but will work on them tomorrow. BTW, another caution for not doing your own work. The PO had the dealer do his stuff, and I found the rear caliper missing a mounting bolt and the rear brake stay arm nut was loose and missing the cotter pin! Spline removed, cleaned, looks perfect and now freshly coated with new Moly60 grease.

 

[Guest]

Had this dropped of to me tonight. He wants a new throttle cable installed carbs and tank cleaned (did this like 3 years ago but he hasn't rode it much) and by the way can you remount the rest of the fairing, I ask if he has the screws or hardware answers uhmm no. Should be fun. Shame its been so neglected its a 86 gsxr750 frame number under 4200.

 

[gustovh]

I got the 82 Virago to start..now to get it to run. Split a cord of wood. Cut out the pieces to a right hand gauntlet. Waged war on moles. A typical day.
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[Joe H]

I put the carbs back on a ninja 900 (1984) for the third time?ARGH , clean, clean and clean! Flushed the tank again, put it all together started it up, still no love!
Ran ok but not great, been though the motor and it still didn't run well. Adjusted the valves, new plugs, checked spark?.Ect, Ect.
SO I got a little upset and seeing it needed tires, chain , fork seals, new brakes, and all the body work was some what beat up. I thought Im selling it to fund some other projects!

2 hours on Craigs list and GONE! Must have set the price to low, but I only had a bit more than half of what I had in it. So best of luck to the new owner, I believe I did most of the dirty work (or at least some) and if he can work out a few more bugs and do some general maintenance he should have a runner, and it was all original and all there.

 

[GSX1000E]

Replaced the timing belt, right side CV shaft, front sway bar bushings, plugs and wires, front rotors and brake pads on the econobox.
She runs GREAT now! Did not get to ride anywhere today though.

 

[posplayr]

Had this dropped of to me tonight. He wants a new throttle cable installed carbs and tank cleaned (did this like 3 years ago but he hasn't rode it much) and by the way can you remount the rest of the fairing, I ask if he has the screws or hardware answers uhmm no. Should be fun. Shame its been so neglected its a 86 gsxr750 frame number under 4200.

Looks like a limited. Unfortunate paint. No dry clutch.

 

[Guest]

Definitely not a limited. Got the carbs & tank done today also got a bunch of ss button head screws to piece the fairing back together found the battery is beyond dead the headlights were about to fall off made some patches out of alum. to hold the lights together. Just a shame to see it in such rough condition.

 

[Guest]

Frankensteined the lights back together

 

[posplayr]

Definitely not a limited.

Not sure why you think that. It is a crappy picture but it doesn't look like stock plastic and those sure look like limited heal guards. Stock slabbies do not have heal guards.

 

[Guest]

I will get a better pic of it today I'm not that knowledgeable on these just didn't think its one because of no dry clutch and I don't think this guy would have one I don't think they were easy to get?

 

[gustovh]

Installed the carbs and airbox on the new 1100G. She started, now to empty the crankcase of all the gas and oil. Fresh oil, run it till it gets good and warm then drain it again and refill. Next the forks and bleeding the brakes.

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[Guest]

Pulled my carbs to find out why the bike was sputtering so bad on #2 (read all about it in the carb section OH OH a slight problem). Got it apart and pulled the fuel bowl off, didn't see anything out of place (could'a fixed itself when I was yanking the carb bank out lol). So anyways, replaced the float and needle, reset the float, reinstalled and everything was fine again in Suzieville.

 

[Guest]

OK here's a better picture I did some research on limiteds the side panels have been cut so to look similar to the lmts the heal guards are not the same,the cutouts are different shapes and they appear to be thinner.almost homemade looking up close.

 

[Guest]

Right side

 

[Guest]

Left side

 

[posplayr]

Ok those heal guards look pretty crude. Faux limited for sure

 

[Guest]

Fixed my fuel tap... had the tank off last weekend to fix a small dent in it (long story, not happy Jan!)... when I was setting it up to spray with the touch up gun I managed to let it slide off the side of the esky I was sitting it on before I had it masked up and set up properly. It didn't cause any more dents or scratch the paint so I thought I dodged a bullet until I tried to switch to reserve on Friday morning... figured it fell on the fuel tap and broke it.

Anyway, turns out all it had done is force the tapered plastic bit inside to wedge itself firmly in place, so a bit of extra force with a very large flat blade screwdriver dislodged it and all is now back to normal...