what did you wrench on today??

[red1100]

Working on two old Buicks at the same time.Since the weather is really good for here at this time of year they are cutting into my riding time. Did wax the tank on the GS and rode it to a local pool tournament where I pickup my weekly gas money.

 

[Redman]

Daughter & SIL (Physical Therapist & RN) wanted to know if the bike was on life support.

Wife (RN) said, that by the looks of the fluid (gasoline), it looks like i confused the catheter bag with the IV bags.



For the details of whats going on:
https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...Bike-about-died-in-rain&p=2497444#post2497444

 

[Jedz123]

Air filter was filthy, no replacement tried some Pods I had on the shelf... NICE!

 

[Redman]

Gas Gage shows below Empty

Gas Gage shows below Empty

Completed the sparkplug cap change out. Got tanks and seat back on, headed out for test ride.

Gas guage indicates less than empty, off the scale, lower that the last mark, over the "E".

Riding along pondering this, thinking that the sender for full should be about 1 to 5 ohms, and for Empty should be about 120 ohms.
So, apparently the sender is more than 120 ohms, like maybe open (infinite, disconnected).
Maybe I didnt get the bullet connectors back together or something.

Pulled seat. Connectors look okay, and not backwards.
Ohm checked. Yep: Open.

Drained the tank. (thinking I will probably be removing the sender from the tank).
Pulled the tank.

Ohm checked right at the terminals on the sender. That seemed okay there.

Played with the ground (blk/wht) connector on the sender and it seemed loose. Pulled it off and saw corrosion. Cleaned it up, crimped it a bit tighter, put it back on, and then the ohm check on harness was okay.

That is what I like about my GS. I am familiar with most of it.
If something happens like this on the BMW: I have no idea what all is involved, or where to start, and know is going to be e-x-x-x-p-e-n-s-i-v-e.

 

[cowboyup3371]

The last couple of rides with Charmayne highlighted a pretty annoying problem with my headset. When we ride, we keep our Cardo Smartpack headsets in DMC (Dynamic Meshwork Communications) which essentially keeps us in constant contact with each other. I also have my music playing through my phone and have been using the GPS for some of our longer rides out of town. Unfortunately, all of that fun drains my headset battery faster than when I'm using strictly bluetooth mode. So I decided to add a power outlet to the front of the Bandit (there's a Powerlet outlet at the rear) so I can connect the headset while riding. I already have a similar set up on the GS that is not attached to the handlebars like this is. Of course, it doesn't have the USB port that this new one has so I'll add a similar one later.

Although I tested it on the bike today, I haven't given it an operational one but that will come soon I hope. It does clear the tank at full lock without any problems


New Power Port by Scott Baker, on Flickr


Bandit Power Port Opened by Scott Baker, on Flickr


Although it already contains its own switch, I chose to connect it to the auxiliary switched fuse block the previous owner had installed under the rear cowling. In the process, I also moved the GPS power connector from the battery where the PO placed it to the same fuse block. During the testing though, I kept losing power to the entire bike intermittently but couldn't see what was causing it since the main fuse was still good. Come to find out, the positive cable (made with a bracket not a ring) had slid off the post and was close enough to the battery to make it look like it was still attached but was far enough away to not provide power if I touched the side of the bike just right.

 

[dorkburger]

Air filter was filthy, no replacement tried some Pods I had on the shelf... NICE!

Meanwhile, back in Jersey......
I've done some reading on OSS, and apparently the loved K&Ns aren't the greatest after all, and that trumpets work better. As a free experiment I put on the old airbox trumpets and went for a ride - no full throttle blasts as it was dark and deer abound, but part throttle cruising, roll ons, low speed, and even idle were smoother. I also noticed that less throttle opening was required at highway speed.
Ram Air makes dual pods with trumpets built in - I may look into these. I certainly dont want to run open carbs. Pods back on tonight.

http://Untitled by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Meanwhile, back in Jersey......
I've done some reading on OSS, and apparently the loved K&Ns aren't the greatest after all, and that trumpets work better. As a free experiment I put on the old airbox trumpets and went for a ride - no full throttle blasts as it was dark and deer abound, but part throttle cruising, roll ons, low speed, and even idle were smoother. I also noticed that less throttle opening was required at highway speed.
Ram Air makes dual pods with trumpets built in - I may look into these. I certainly dont want to run open carbs. Pods back on tonight.

http://Untitled by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

Glenn, Startin' to respect ye olede Suzuki engineers?
They wern't stupid!!! The GS line engineering was kinda crude but the GSXR line that came next was awesome!!! The airbox velocity was highly perfected.

 

[dorkburger]

Nah, no disrespect. I will say that my old 1150e ran great with the stock setup and a K&N in the airbox. That was so long ago that barely remember though, plus that bike was mint. My current bike came with issues and never ran quite as good. Good, but never as smooth as the E. Looks like I could be onto something.

Interesting thought that on this site, I've only ever read that cheap pods suck and to use K&N, Ape or similar, with the rare mention of (can't remember the name) foam pods. The guys at Old Skool Suzuki have nothing but good to say about the Ram Air filters with the trumpets. It's good to get out and read a different group's point of view at times...

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Back in the early 90s I read a long technical article about the development of velocity stacks for V8 engines. Specifically the Can Am racers. Their dyno tests showed any form of filter over the stacks reduced the effect. The airbox on bikes from the 90s is far superior to pods.
One really dumb thing I saw on ebay was this 1997 GSXR750, with it's ram air ducts removed!!!! "Carburetors cleaned and tuned by a professional bike mechanic."
1997 Suzuki GSX-R

 

[Downs]

 

[dorkburger]

Cool time lapse video.

 

[dorkburger]

Back in the early 90s I read a long technical article about the development of velocity stacks for V8 engines. Specifically the Can Am racers. Their dyno tests showed any form of filter over the stacks reduced the effect. The airbox on bikes from the 90s is far superior to pods.
One really dumb thing I saw on ebay was this 1997 GSXR750, with it's ram air ducts removed!!!! "Carburetors cleaned and tuned by a professional bike mechanic."
1997 Suzuki GSX-R

Gotta love those "professionals"...
These are the Ram Air filters. (Not the exact ones, but similar) Apparently they slip over existing trumpets. I may look into it down the road, but right now I have other things I’m hoping to get to on the bike this winter.
http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eB...tegory=177771&pm=1&ds=0&t=1512134796000&ver=0

 

[Boriqua]

Not sexy but just as I pulled into the driveway .. gas started leaking from my hose. Whew .. Glad it didnt happen while I was out. I used cheap hose and clamped the clamps to tight and with heat and time it made a small hole. Going to order a genuine Suzuki hose next week. Been meaning to replace the tach cable so I have en excuse to cover the shipping.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

catburger?

catburger?

Had to redo all the fairing frame mounts.
Took this pic for dorkburger:

 

[dorkburger]

Nice.
What needed to be done on the fairing mounts?

 

[Redman]

Had to redo all the fairing frame mounts.
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Something not purr-fect...?

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Nice.
What needed to be done on the fairing mounts?

They all broke lose Sunday during a 60 mile ride on bumpy country roads, seemed like all 3 inside of 15 minutes, the 4th and top bracket held.
My welds were so bad…meh.
Made steel brackets, drilled and tapped the frame for 5mm bolts, plus locktite.
Just finished, took all day.

 

[Redman]

Not really "wrenching" but text message troubleshooting with Justin Redmanson (some of you have meet him at Brown County).
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>>Later note: Justin informs me that his ride thru the desert was 111 - 117degF.

More text message troubleshooting for Justin's Tiger 1050 resulted in him finding stator ohm check okay phase to phase, but phase to ground shows some continuity. But the volt test phase to phase was good. We had a discussion of how the phase to ground ohm test can be bad, but yet it still produce okay on the volt test (I have my theory.).
Then determined that these are not functional test, just indications of the characteristic of the component. And then determined that should quit with the academic discussion.

Then he found this

Note: The poles on the left are on the top when installed.

 

[dorkburger]

Further breakdown of the swamp thing. I'm becoming impatient, plus I need the space..

http://Breakdown.... by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[Downs]

Replaced the oil pan on the GS1000 after stripping the drain bolt last oil change.

Did some minor repair work on the Tuturo auto oiler on the VSTROM after some trail damage in Arkansas over the weekend.