what did you wrench on today??

[Guest]

Finally getting to the '81 550T I bought for my wife. We are just going to get to the known issues first and get it running first. She is doing most of the wrenching with some instruction and minimal help from me. She can wrench, but isn't familiar with bikes. She revamped her own VW powered railbuggy back in the early 90s and isn't afraid to get dirty. So the first thing on the list was to replace the starter. Simple enough task to get your feet wet on, eh? Problem was is a PO has worked on the bike, evidenced by the non stock fasteners(some missing) and black silicone ooozing out of the engine side covers. So off comes the starter cover, not! A PO has put the cam tensioner on backwards, blocking the starter cover. The 550 is too compact to just remove it, so off come the carbs. Which is impossible without moving the air box and the electronics back and away. Thanks to a tip and reciently working on an identicle bike, I knew about loosening up the rear inner fender for more room. Luckily I was going to clean the carbs eventually, so no time like the present. 3 and 4 are soaking as I post. In the mean time my wife is prepairing the starter cover for paint. I had a spare 750 starter and thank God the cover has the long bubble, so it wont touch the lead wire bolt which is closer to the middle of the starter than on the end. we installed the starter, cam tensioner(in the correct orientation) and electronics. Eureka she turns over by the starter button. 1 item down many more to go. I'll post a few picts on the computer later.
I was surprised to find this. No way we can get that out without taken the carbs off.

Ah much better........ bonus that it has the long bubble on the starter cover.

I guess they thought the more the better. I'll cut new gaskets with an x-acto and a paper hole punch.

Bonnie undoing the carb linkage. I'll have her drain the oil and remove the covers tonight.

 

[Guest]

Aaaah gotta love PO's! Gotta start somewhere right Rick? Good stuff!

 

[Zim]

New accelerator pump. Ten minute job...I'm exhausted.

 

[chuck hahn]

Finished up the 73 Yamaha TX 750 engine today. Pics to follow in my project thread in the OTHER PROJECTS section.

 

[Guest]

Aaaah gotta love PO's! Gotta start somewhere right Rick? Good stuff!

Thanks Pete, I've started a build thread called Her 550T in Projects/rebuilds.

 

[Guest]

Good stuff Rick, will take a peek shortly...

And my test ride with the shortened slide springs was a roaring success today! Definitely a much improved throttle response.

The only downside is I went to far on the mixture screws so I've richened them up 3/4 of a turn again tonight, and I felt that WOT wasn't pulling as strong as the lesser throttle openings so I've gone the 6 size up (132.5) mains again.

 

[GSXR7ED]

I wrote on another thread this am (http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?p=1825279#post1825279) regarding my little wrenching today...well, this weekend if you want to be specific. Here are a few photos of my disassembly of the rear fender and instrument cluster.

One thing I found out is a 1980/750L instrument cluster will not work with an 82/750T's.

NOTE: I posted this on: "T-Nation Photo File" as well.


Ed

 

[Guest]

Another small step towards the shed starting today... got the rails for the fence up finally as it actually wasn't raining when I got home from work for a change.

I have timber for the gate frame and I think we have more hinges, so that can go up and then all we need to do is move the paling's from the old fence and I can rip it down and start levelling for the shed floor.

 

[chuck hahn]

Hit a drainage grate bump as I pulled into work and all electrical power was gone. Wiggled wires and it lead to the ignition switch. The red wire came unsoldered and fell off.. had to use the red and grey to hotwire it to get home after work.

This was on the 77 750.


Today I resoldered the wire on and changed out the glass fuse holder for the modern blade style as well. All good to go now.

 

[Toasty]

Last night I spent some time cleaning up the where I cut off brackets. I managed to find the old pneumatic cutoff wheel and it's definitely quicker then the dremel . I need to get another set of cheap files, the ones I have are getting a bit dull.

 

[chucksuki]

hey chuck, I'd like to do that fuse box mod. can you clue me in to what you got and how it wired up? I read you need a different fuse box than what is regularly available.

 

[8ball]

I rebuilt some cheap Chinese shocks:

 

[Guest]

No pic but I got the gate framework nailed together and I'm offically on leave now so hopefully tomorrow I can get the bike washed and polished and get the gate hung ready for the paling's.

 

[gustovh]

My 450 Rebel is now ready for the road. Final checks run today. Next up my 850L.
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[chuck hahn]

The 77 750 has the inline fuse between the positive battery post and the wiring harness. All i had to do was cut the plastic glass fuse holder out of the line and soldered in the blade style fuse holder. I used the ATC ( smaller size than the ATM ) fuse holder....but same blade style fuses.



I did not replace then square hard mounted fuse panel..part 10 in the fiche is what i swapped out..it had melted a bit and the glass fuse wouldnt come out...so i switched it.


http://www.bikebandit.com/1977-suzuki-gs750b/o/m6100#sch265392

 

[Whitedog]

A bit more work on the XL project. New cables all around, new clutch and springs. New oil seals in the clutch cover and installed new counter shaft sprocket.

 

[chucksuki]

Ah, I see. Yeah, I'd like to do the fuse box switch but I'm gonna have to do some more searching on it. I read it can be difficult to find the kind of fusebox I need, and I'm not sure which one I need or why it's different. Anyway, to keep from hacking the thread, I installed my new red braided ss lines and new master cylinder, bled brakes, installed mini-gauges and new throttle cables. rerouted wires and will be back at her tomorrow to get all the lights wired back up. Hopefully start on the swing arm conversion and put my new Hagon shocks i got from Dave Quinn....good guy to do business with.

 

[Guest]

Gave the 450 a big wash and polish today, got most but not all of the baked on cow poo off despite a high concentrate of truck wash and a reasonably firm bit of elbow grease...

Then I managed to finish up the gate framework and hang it, so all I need now is paling's and the new fence is complete and the shed can start.

Then, seeing as we fly out tomorrow morning to Melbourne until mid next week, I figured it was a prime time to rip the armour out of the jacket and give it a wash and rip the liner and cheek pads out of the helmet and give them a wash as well. Should be dry ready for use when I get back.

I also gave both pairs of bike boots a generous helping of Dr Martin's Wonder Balsam after all this recent rain riding.

 

[5150/gs]

New swingarm bearings and rear axle bearings,new front brakes all on the Blaster.This weekend gonna be 50 sunday so saturday the gs will be brought out of her winter sleep.busy busy.
n Also continuing repairs and upgrades in the home.Kitchen floor is done n looks sweet,bathroom next,living room and hallway have been painted,bathroom kitchen and master bed soon to come,maybe next week.

 

[Sandy]

I managed to start getting the spare head for the bike ready to reassemble. I got a good deal from the local engine rebuilder. He took my grudgy spare head hot tanked it, acid dipped it, blasted it, check it for being straight (it was), ground the seats and lapped the valves all for $90.00. I just put a coat of paint on it today, tomorrow in the oven while the wife is away. Then time for reassembly and then try to schedule some time to swap it out along with a new set of rings. With the amount I ride now it should be good for another 30+ years. The valve seals dried out after 34 years and it was smoking but compression was fine and really would have been happy to do the rope or air trick and not take it apart but it's got a plug insert from before I got bike 20 years ago and it's starting to fail so it's probably best to fix that too.