what did you wrench on today??

[Buffalo Bill]

I think those shapes aid the swirl affect and combustion efficiency.

 

[Oldman99]

I think those shapes aid the swirl affect and combustion efficiency.

From the studies I've found, basic polishing helps to prevent detonation and lower carbon buildup. Polishing the intake runner has shown to decrease hp unless its direct injection because the fuel can bead back up into a liquid along the way.

 

[Guest]

First quick wash and polish for months today... hard to squeeze that in when she's ridden nearly every day of the week!

Still scrubs up ok for a daily rider nearly 5 years since the rebuild was finished...

 

[Guest]

I degreed the camshafts on my 78 Gs1000. I used slotted sprockets and set them at 106. while I was in there, I checked my valves too. the intake cam was way out and I was pleased how well the bike ran after! Jerry

 

[Guest]

Ploughed through spares mountain,
prepped gs1100 engine for cosmetic overhaul - repaired assorted bad threads , pulled stator+ clutch + sump
refurbed 1100E headlight
spent more than I want to confess to on eBay/Amazon/partzilla

 

[cowboyup3371]

Finished screwing down the decking to Paul's ramp tonight and now I can work on the railing. I never realized the balusters that are on my existing deck were so expensive (5 for $33) so I may not make it look the same. There is also one section, the middle ramp, that is a bit hairy for him but once I get the railing and a hand rail in place he should be good; plus I need to trim the boards back anyway.

The lower ramp and platform; I still need to put down a sheet of steel plate for Paul to use as a transition from the concrete to ramp



The middle ramp; we had to set the angle and rise as it is so I could move around the bush, electrical box (out of view), cable tv junction box, and A/C unit; wish I had a better area to work with but he'll be fine



Upper ramp



Ramp near the back door; the steel plate here is the same one he'll use at the bottom but I'll get a second one since the 24" width is just right but could be bigger



At least he'll have better mobility on his own and we won't have to carry his chair outside then him every morning for the bus.

 

[Guest]

The work looks good.

 

[cowboyup3371]

Thank you Tom

 

[BurntKittyForge]

...The lower ramp and platform; I still need to put down a sheet of steel plate for Paul to use as a transition from the concrete to ramp...

Was thinking you could set your circular saw OR table saw to 45 deg. angle and cut a temporary ramp(?)
Looks like you've done a lot of good work!
I enjoy that sort of stuff for experience (working on relatives/my own place)


I replaced my busted passenger foot peg on my GSX1100G w/ one I got for $5 (plus 7 shipping)...Looks GREAT! compared to the busted one.
Didn't notice how bad the old one was until put the new one on...
It has a cool simple "Ball-Detent" design w/ spring and ball that fell out ...took me a second to figure putting it back correct.
It was fun like a puzzle though! (I have a lot of experience with mechanical stuff)

Looks so nice I'm going to go ahead and try to polish then cold gun-blue the gas tank and clear coat it...(The semi-rust colored/ gray bare metal is finally looking ugly to me somewhat)...

Been working on a leather seat cover, I took the leather out of dye to dry finally. (Two boxes of Rit, steel bucket over BBQ grill , left soaking since think needed more dye...) Going to *try* and drill holes and pop-rivet it on since it'll be thicker once I put it in hot wax soon.

OH, yeah, this:

My much beloved Klipsch 4:1 computer speakers, which I purchased something like 15 years ago, crapped out the other day. Did a quick google search and found tons of info on the common failure points and how to fix them. Ordered up a few resistors for $5 and looking forward to putting the fix in place. Fingers crossed..

LOL we were "simultaneously" doing speaker projects, haven't gotten mine working (yet).
Last year I found out flat-screen TV's can ALSO be repaired easily (usually), similarly too. (There's youtube tutorials/info on diagnosing /parts needed and everything!)
I had a huge one in back of truck until I slothed so long it got too much rain and went back into garbage...

 

[GSCafe]

Got a new front tire on the GS. Now I have Dunlop D404 front and rear. Cleaned up and greased the front bits before remounting. Ride is much improved over the old tire.

 

[Guest]

Finally fabbed up a rear saddlebag support to keep bags from rubbing against rear shock.

 

[cowboyup3371]

Charmayne's new stator is on while I replaced my grips and worked on the wiring for a dual 12v power outlet.

 

[BurntKittyForge]

I finally installed the battery I received last week (Hadn't because I wanted to test it and both my multimeters no workey)

Got it from "Battery Sharks" , arrived early/ Charged (Seemed fully) but clearly marked "Made In Vietnam"
...(Sigma-tek brand):grumpy: Atleast it's honestly marked.


I got my leather seat cover about 90% finishe (today)...
CAN'T BELIEVE how good it turned out! (I just need couple more 3/16th pop-rivets, used over half inventing how to use an 1/8th" bit , etc. getting them to fasten OK).

All the way to the end (after dark) I didn't think it'd come out good, but stayed persistent (like I tell my daughter), gave it my best effort...At the end I knew I had the rider seat needed to shrink (middle)AND expand (sides) AT THE SAME TIME, "No way" "stupid project idea" thinking...as LAST resort I hit it with an iron (Couldn't make it worse thinking) (have around just for this type stuff) and BAM!
It formed exactly to the stock vinyl ...shrank in middle and expanded on sides as I worked the high heat!

I have phone pics of almost each step. I'll try to make a post soon hopefully/ probably on this one.
(It's skilled work IMO, as well as a "last resort" deal though)
I spent hours here and there. Looks great. even caught the wife eyeing it. I got a couple mishap spots, but it's my first ever leather cover/ learning experience...

Can't wait to make the tank better, add a 1/4 fairing and some new turn-signals and better mirrors...

Oh, also I made a cook stove for my wife today (another long story) on way back late from getting lunch for work, I spot an AWESOME stainless grill set on side of road w/ propane etc. and heaved it in truck...Happy and URGH!!!! same time!

 

[ddaniels]

At some point, some previous owner of my GSX1100G drilled out six of the 12 rivets at the back of the each muffler which made the exhaust note very raspy. Didn't like it, so I bought some little metal caps at Home Depot and "glued" them into the holes with high temp black silicon, just to see what would happen. Sounds much better now and even runs smoother. Nice! We'll see how long the silicon holds. Doesn't look too bad either. I also cleaned up that area with oven cleaner. Came out nice and shined up the rivets.

By the way, nice work on the ramp Scott. Lookin' good!

 

[Burque73]

I'm a happy camper now. Came home from work to find these waiting for me. Time to get busy!

 

[Guest]

I checked the timing on my bike, it was dead on! It's hard to beat the Dyna-s setup

 

[BurntKittyForge]

I checked the timing on my bike, it was dead on! It's hard to beat the Dyna-s setup

Had to Google "Dyna S" interesting!
Didn't know if it was a Harley upgrade modded or what. But one ebay link listed all suzuki models it fits.

Dunno what I need to upgrade the ignition on my GSX1100 (YET) ...I'd like to relocate the coils when I replace the spark plug cables...Just reminded me to study up. Thanks.

All I wrenched on was seeing how I can polish my gas tank up after the build "Patina" of year of burning the paint off my gas tank, coating with "Must for Rust Krudcutter" (Phosphoric acid), and various coatings of used oil, used Driveshaft lube, bearing grease, and best of all...hamburger/meat grease layer. ...
It looked cool for while , but now just doesn't match.
(was going for a mix of ugly and tough with polished up essentials and shiny accessories)
But now with my new black leather seat cover (last weekend, awesome IMO) and the clear gloss on tail plastic, it just looks incomplete, to me. Maybe like asking for trouble too.

So I'll probably polish it up and apply "Birchwood Casey Gun-Blue" ($8.50 walmart, yesterday) and give it bunch of clearcoat layers , Tommorrow.
In between trying to remove a broke header bolt once and for all. (Didn't ride all week because my temporary fix failed and that header pipe glowed for a second , I cut engine off until I get it sealed up/fixed properly.
Hopefully I can get a post on my leather seat soon (w/ pics, pics take me a while).

 

[alke46]

Polishing fork legs. This stuff gets addicting seeing it look like new again.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

In between trying to remove a broke header bolt once and for all. (Didn't ride all week because my temporary fix failed and that header pipe glowed for a second , I cut engine off until I get it sealed up/fixed properly.
Hopefully I can get a post on my leather seat soon (w/ pics, pics take me a while).

Maybe start looking for a replacement head? I think even a Katana 750 (pre-97) will work. Depends on what kinda cam and rocker arms your bike has.

 

[cowboyup3371]

After the first attempt at installing a voltmeter failed a couple of days ago, I received some assistance and finally got it working today.

The box is made out of two pieces of 26-gauge weldable steel with insulation foam on the inside of the bottom piece to cushion it and plexiglass on the upper to provide some weather protection. The box has a large hole cut on the side with a grommet and the boot from a master cylinder protecting it. I ran a wire from the switched side of the fuse block running into the headlight bucket where it meets the power wire of the voltmeter.

There's about a .5v difference with this voltmeter so the 11.8 you see here at rest is actually about 12.3 or 12.4 on a calibrated tester



It's connected to the handlebars via a ram mount and double socket arm