what did you wrench on today??

[wyly]

it can be a brute, alright. and the BT45s were tight fits on my 650.....for me, the solution is always bead-soap and MORE AIR! I cringe, but it's what works, even with my tiny air-compressor.

..yes it's pretty ugly what I made there..a tire rim, a long bolt through a table, and some scrap junk from my heap. So I've used it 3 times with good result..the POINT of it was , if I try to use the lever-under-wall trick or similar, my entire wall lifts! so I was using wood-clamps to squeeze the tire off and that's even uglier. Burque ? had good results with the fancy MotionPro tool but ..I'm tight about the price+shipping if I can make something..

(I wonder if I couldn't use a spare car tire ON the rim? it'd be a better cushion...I'll try it on the rear)

Even the shop that put my tire on struggled with it despite their commercial compressor and a handful of tire lube, their first question to me was "Are you sure this is a tubeless rim?"

It would be nice to own the proper tools but the investment required for something I do very infrequently is questionable, and I've already got a garage overflowing with tools, space is scarce. When you get yours perfected share the knowledge and post it.

 

[Guest]

Replaced my front brake lines with fresh OEM (yeah, SS are better...next time), complete with new banjo bolts, crush washers and even a new grommet for the MC line. Fluid was like pancake syrup! Nice & clean now & firm at the handle. One whoops while bleeding thou-the hose blew off the RH bleeder while back flushing with syringe & spewed acorss the bottom of the motor (cleaned that off right quick!!). Otherwise it was easy-peasy. Rears come next.

 

[wyly]

Got my electrical issues sorted, final fiddly carb hookup issues sorted (should've hooked up fuel lines before I installed carbs)couldn't think of anything else so it time to see if it would fire up.

Choke, a little squirt from the accelerator pump, start and it fired up on the first try :welcoming:...once warm idled at 1000. I heard feedback from others who said Mikuni's were virtually plug n play right from the box, may need a little tweaking come spring but I'm quite happy with the result so far.

Certainly louder with the new Hindle pipes, throttle response was crisp and smooth, it was very good day. My mechanic friend estimates I should end up with a gain of 15-20hp. Excited for riding weather to arrive.

 

[Hayabuser]

Did an oil/filter change on my wife's 2016 GSX-S750 this afternoon... did one on my VanVan200 last night.

Oils well that ends well!

 

[Redman]

Got my electrical issues sorted, final fiddly carb hookup issues sorted .
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Well,.... tell us.

 

[Redman]

GOt the GK fairing off and into the basement workshop.
(Will post more about the "what for" sometime.)

But I come to realize this is why I like the GK (and GS in general): I was familiar with it and knew what to do, and did it in short order, maybe like 12 minutes, and I was carrying the fairing downstairs.


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Link to posting.

 

[wyly]

I disliked the huge license plate light assembly from day one they didn't have LEDs back in the day, tidied it up and shed some weight at the same time. Now I need to do something about the indicators with the old plate light is gone they really stick out. I'll take off the front indicators they're 2" shorter to see how they mount if the same I know where I can get a pair locally. Or I could shed an extra 1/2 lb with aftermarket LEDs.

 

[dorkburger]

I gave mine a shave and a haircut years ago.
http://IMG_2566 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[wyly]

I gave mine a shave and a haircut years ago.

It's a vast improvement vs oem, I may still shave the bottom of the fender off later. Not sure I can legally tuck my plate up as high as you did. And you did the indicators too!!!

 

[ddaniels]

Got the fizzy put back together after cleaning out the oil pan and pickup screen and replacing seals on the water/oil pump. Fired it up and it still has that rattle valve sound up top. Very frustrated with it and myself right now. Any body wanna buy a cheap project bike?

 

[cowboyup3371]

For the first time since the day before I broke my leg, I spent a few hours tonight trying to put the GS back together. I had removed the carbs back in April to thoroughly clean them and repair the stripped head of one mixture screw in hopes at figuring out why my fuel mileage nose-dived. I had just finished cleaning them when I busted it and though I finished assembling them in June, I never felt comfortable trying to fight the re-install over the summer and then got busy with other projects. After fixing a clamp and mounting the carbs into the airbox side boots, I removed the airbox cover and found that our unwanted garage resident left me a present. Yep, we have a mouse that runs around the garage and though we have seen droppings I have never seen these until today

Sunflower seeds in airbox by Scott Baker, on Flickr

I'm thinking that it found an old bag of sunflower seeds Charmayne left on the workbench last year.

Unfortunately, I couldn't finish mounting the carbs tonight as the intake boots are pretty hard after sitting all year. I picked up some Isopropyl Alcohol with Wintergreen to see if the tips I have seen mentioned here actually work. Now to go find them again just to make sure how to soak them

 

[Steve]

Choke, a little squirt from the accelerator pump, start and it fired up on the first try :welcoming:...

What bike? There is only one GS I know of that has a pump.

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[wyly]

What bike? There is only one GS I know of that has a pump.

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1150, new carbs-Mikuni RS36

 

[hank2]

*** Edit: I apologize for originally posting this in obviously an unsuitable thread. Perhaps not the correct sub forum, either.
Mods., please feel free to move or delete this post.

I got the '81 GS650G 24k mi. last Oct. and had a chance to tend to a few things then and in Nov. Plugs, tires, brake fluid flush, oil pan, air fliter, new rear turnsignals, clutch springs, all fluids, etc. After many delays, I finally got in the garage today to get started on many bigger jobs.

When I got new tires last Oct., I got a peek at the wheel splines at the shop I was at, when the wheels were off. I thought I saw pretty knackered splines. So today, I pulled the rear wheel for the first time and got the old spline drive off. Turns out, the spline cup on there was nearly as good as the new Suzuki spline unit I had on hand. Since I was already there, I installed the new one. I had new cushions but didn't bother installing them. No sign of movement on the old ones, but they were a bit hard. The old wheel splines were at 90-95 % and was silver like the new one. So maybe they had been replaced before? I would guess that '81 shoulda been black? Bad ~'82's would be bronze? Got that done without to many redo's. While I had the shocks nearly off, I installed the new Progressive, supposedly HD, 412's I've had for months. I'll give them a go when I can, but I'm already thinking that my old units are superior quality. No name found on them, but longer and heavier springs. I probably go 250 with full gear. To end the day/evening, I managed to catch my left side brand new OEM type rear turn signal and break off the lens mount.

I have all the parts ( or nearly) for several other jobs. Next will be "new" used front brake rotors, as one or both of mine are warped. Then new Sonic fork springs. Got to do a valve check and likely re-shim. Never did that before. Have new brake pads for front and rear, but old ones are "Ok" yet. Various polishing and replace some missing Suzuki discs and one of the cam cover chrome end caps when the cover is off. Carbs need attention, mostly slight air leak on 3. Have new mount body o rings on hand. Carbs were supposedly cleaned before I bought it, seems to be correct. Take a look at the ignition advance on my one model year mechanical advance with ignitor. Picked up a decent rear aftermarket rack that I know came off a GS650G. Also some very rusty crusty 3 point case savers that came off a GS650, incredibly with all or most hardware. $2. on ebay but will need much attention and heavy paint.

Items I hope to get to eventually when funds permit are a R/R upgrade, probably a SH775 series unit. Perhaps at least have a another stator on hand. Bike charges now like it should. Headlight relays. Somewhat lower bars. Maybe a different muffler on the MAC 4 into one. Cone Eng. makes several types with a 2.5 inch ID inlet, but $$$ and need to have mount welded on.

Going further on this heap than I had wanted, but knew that likely would be the case. No resto, but hopefully good reliable rider. Sorry about the length!​

 

[Guest]

Show off!

 

[Burque73]

Sheesh, Hank. You pretty much summed up an entire project thread in one post!

Too bad about the blinker lens. If thats the wors thing that happens, you're in good shape though.

 

[wyly]

Spent three hours pulling the forks out yesterday, an hour of which was just figuring out how I was going to manage it by myself without a center stand. I screwed big hooks into the rafters and suspended it with tie down straps and a small hydraulic jack under the crankcase, it seems secure although I still go out the garage from time to time to check.
The forks will be going to a suspension expert he'll be removing the anti-dive and air assist, adding emulators and new springs. He's also going to make new brake lines converting it from the splitter system to a twin line system.

 

[dorkburger]

I did the emulators and springs a few years ago. A nice improvement. I gutted the PDF anti dive units to make them non functional.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Winter project 2020

Winter project 2020

Finally started my winter project: take the head off, clean out the carbon build up, port and polish the exhaust ports, lap in the valves, adjust valve clearances.
Put all back together with a new Delkevic 4:1 system.
Just unbolting the EZ stuff today.

 

[dorkburger]

View attachment 60206Spent three hours pulling the forks out yesterday, an hour of which was just figuring out how I was going to manage it by myself without a center stand. I screwed big hooks into the rafters and suspended it with tie down straps and a small hydraulic jack under the crankcase, it seems secure although I still go out the garage from time to time to check.
The forks will be going to a suspension expert he'll be removing the anti-dive and air assist, adding emulators and new springs. He's also going to make new brake lines converting it from the splitter system to a twin line system.

I wonder if your suspension guy can answer a question I had some time ago that was / is unanswered.
The 1150 forks have a piece called an oil lock. From what I read, it's function is to restrict flow thru the holes in the damper rods under heavy braking and route the oil thru the PDF unit. I asked here if simply omitting it would take the PDF out of the picture, but never got a clear answer. Ultimately I left them in and modified the PDF. It works well, but I'm still curious about the answer.