what did you wrench on today??

[AKC75]

ah, my favourite kinda project..! Handsome bike there,AKC75!

Thanks brotha! She's about to undergo a slight makeover. New powder coat coming soon.

What a different feel these bars make too. Really diggin it.

 

[dorkburger]

AKC, thats a classy looking paint job on your bike.

 

[Sandy]

The last few days the weather was warm so I was able to get the rest of the painting and clear coating done. Today managed to finished off a few details like pull the stands and paint them, one of the things I always seem to forget. Then the finishing touch was the GS750EF decal on the left fairing, to be clear coated at a later date. Voila! Done. ...more or less. Now if the weather would just smarten up I could go wear the nubs off my new tires.

 

[sinkankan]

Three solid days of rain, which was the tail end of a cyclone. So the man shed got a little love, and I got the photos and paintings hung up. Nothing a few tunes and the sound of the rain on a tin roof.
The blue painting is one I picked up in Bali last year, I've just got to find the 10 or so license plates I have, they're not lost, I just can't find them.

 

[odin1]

Beautiful job on the GS Sandy. :clap: You make it look easy. I have difficulty putting a gas cap back together.

 

[Sandy]

Beautiful job on the GS Sandy. :clap: You make it look easy. I have difficulty putting a gas cap back together.

Thanks for that. I was lucky to start with a pretty nice original motorcycle so that made the job not that difficult. Just time consuming having to remove 30 years and 75,000kms of wear and tear as well as a bit of road rash.. At one point though it looked like this. My wife said. "How could turn a good motorcycle into such a pile of parts." Today's project was not quite so interesting. Put batteries back in the RV, test all the appliances including the furnace that was out for the winter while I replaced a couple of lock out switches that were acting up during our last trip in the fall.

 

[bonanzadave]

Spring in MN. Two days ago I had to white knuckle it home from work through a blizzard. 3-4 inches of snow/slush made for some interesting hydroplaning.

Today - new chain, oil change, valve cover gasket and a wash.

 

[AKC75]

AKC, thats a classy looking paint job on your bike.

Thanks DB!

But alas it's about to change. The tank has a pretty big ding on the top right. And the rear fender was at one point welded do to a split. And the guy did not do a good job grinding it down.

So I have another tank and fender that is getting powder coated hopefully this week. It should look pretty awesome though.

I'll decide if the side covers go well enough or not once they're on before I paint those. But more than likely will get changed as well.

 

[78550GS]

Ordered a few parts for the 850 today, put plugs in it and worked on the wiring mess yesterday while I was grilling.

I will be removing my 1100 kat carbs from the sauce today to spray and blow off for their rebuild.

 

[growler]

Over the weekend I fixed my sticky throttle. Thought I needed a new cable, but all I needed to do was clean up the throttle tube, lube the cable, and clean/relube where the cable goes through the handlebar switch. Nice and snappy now!

Also replaced my fuel line, breather hose (airbox to breather cover), made an auxiliary gas tank so I can resync my carbs post valve adjustment, and hung some pegboard. Hope to have the bike on the road next weekend.

 

[Crankthat]

Been a busy day for me. Painted lowers on my forks.
Painted my fork clamps aka triple trees.
Made a work bench out of a steel shipping crate and scraped pieces of a very large hydraulic fluid tank used on a hydraulic elevator.
Painted the top of that with truck bed liner.
Screwed in some particle plywood behind where it will be sitting in my shop.
Hung a florescent light above where it will be sitting.
Finished disassembled a set of carbs in preparation of a good chem bath.
Then I just sat in the sun for a bit enjoying the day.

Need to sleep now as work will come to soon tonight.
Wish I had a stout to sip!

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[odin1]

Been a busy day for me. Painted lowers on my forks.
Painted my fork clamps aka triple trees.
Made a work bench out of a steel shipping crate and scraped pieces of a very large hydraulic fluid tank used on a hydraulic elevator.
Painted the top of that with truck bed liner.
Screwed in some particle plywood behind where it will be sitting in my shop.
Hung a florescent light above where it will be sitting.
Finished disassembled a set of carbs in preparation of a good chem bath.
Then I just sat in the sun for a bit enjoying the day.

Need to sleep now as work will come to soon tonight.
Wish I had a stout to sip!

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Man you were busy. I had to play around with a gas cap that the locksmith failed to put back together properly. At least the lock works.

 

[Gorminrider]

ho-ly! I can see why a mistake might be made! I've hade mine apart but I'm sure it was entirely different than this!

 

[Steve]

Had an EASY night in the shop tonight. Got home from a meeting about 8:30, changed the ignitor on Mrs. Steve's bike, it was hitting on all four before 8:45. :-\\\

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[dorkburger]

Prep work......
Picked up the replacement parts to replace the bad/missing ones. Laid them out to confirm they were correct. I ordered all 5 clutch shims so I had all bases covered- 2 are on back order, so hopefully one of the 3 I have will work. Checked thru some dirty feeler gauge sets to make sure I have the right size- check. Just waiting on the APE clutch hub nut.

 

[glib]

Shot the clear on my GS1100E. Not exactly wrenching but moving toward the same goal. That is Ford's Ruby Red but added a pinch of reflective flake to add a bit of pop without overpowering the already beautiful color. Iphone cameras can't capture the true color but the video is better than a still.

 

[cowboyup3371]

Finally had time to install the rear tire today after working a normal day (8am to 430pm) yesterday and then a midnight to 8am shift this morning. Took the bike out for a little bit afterwards

 

[madmikeracing]

Worked im my small machine shop trying to get my new to me that is mini cnc mill going, made a suboplate and t nuts and clamps for it, then started my new (to me) 1984 1150 warmed it up and changed the oil, found out the chain was on a bit backwards with the master clip on the other side and the master link clip wasnt even on it? Anyhow started taking it apart to fix the sprocket seal ,bought a new (rather old looking packaged seal from suzuki and the oring that goes behind it also) now have to figure out if the cases have to be split or come apart to change this front spriocket seal? Then being a older fellow also tried to get the lawn tractor going. I had been mowing the lawn with push mower and had dragged the tractor behind the shed uncovered for 5 winters,,whew she didnt look too good at least inside the carb what a mess. The gasoline had all leaked into the crankase so did a oil change and have to sandblast the carb bowkl clean it was that gnarly, grossest carb innerds ive ever seen in my life ha ha ,Then fed my chipmunks and worked on the drag bike a bit, thought of starting it up but the neighbours hate that, drove wife around to drs and had a barbie homemade burgers, watched tv till 9. then computer till 10.30 on gs site reading all sorts of interesting things and crashing in a minute thats it, Mike

 

[gunnerkc]

Today I put new drive plates in my clutch. I also installed new springs while I had it apart.
My plates were evenly worn. However the springs were severely compressed beyond their elastic limit..

This photo shows the difference between the new clutch springs and the old ones.

 

[Guest]

To my eye, the new and old springs are different parts. The diameter of the wire from the new springs looks larger than the diameter of the old springs. I suggest using calipers to measure. Also, the pitch of the new springs does appear to be a bit longer than the pitche of the old springes. The the main difference is that there is simply more wire in the new springs, roughly an extra turn's worth.