what did you wrench on today??

[Jedz123]

How about we call it a hoon machine.. because thats all i think when i see this haha. Are you doing a build thread id like to see the bike more indepth

No build thread. Every time I kick one off it ends up me just posting to myself or someone scrutinizing, spending more time on the thread then in the shop.... Soooo I end up just dropping something in this thread to prove I still turn a wrench occasionally. Hoon machine. Nice.

Could you swap a 17 off a 850 or 1000 or 11?

I have a 17" from a 650 with a brand new AVON, Reason I went so small was to gear the bike down. Ride height is pretty low but I need to actually get out and rid the thing to see if it rides to my liking. Hooray for shaft drive.

Imo with that look i ld do dual stubby little reverse cone mufflers that are upswept and outward like right after the foot pegs

I have a plan to make the exhuast. Maybe I'll get some more work done soon. Trying to get this thing set for spring but after the snow dump I think Spring is at least another month away.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

No build thread. Every time I kick one off it ends up me just posting to myself or someone scrutinizing, spending more time on the thread then in the shop.... Soooo I end up just dropping something in this thread to prove I still turn a wrench occasionally. Hoon machine. Nice.

I have a 17" from a 650 with a brand new AVON, Reason I went so small was to gear the bike down. Ride height is pretty low but I need to actually get out and rid the thing to see if it rides to my liking. Hooray for shaft drive.

I have a plan to make the exhuast. Maybe I'll get some more work done soon. Trying to get this thing set for spring but after the snow dump I think Spring is at least another month away.

Its tee shirt weather down in florida haha

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Lets see my day job, i wrenched on 95 s10 (motor swap)
12 equinox (high pressure fuel pump recall)
17 camaro (trans oil cooler line recall)
13 equinox (cel p0171 fuel trim lean)
I was going to pull the header off the gs and polish it but im a lazy sack of potatoes

 

[cowboyup3371]

Finished sandblasting the new swingarm tonight and will remove bearings tomorrow for drop off at the powder coater on Monday

 

[limeex2]

Finished rebuilding the front calipers for the Sprint and finished the tinting on the ZRX signals and tail light. Install the calipers next week, and that one is ready to roll. Oh, TheBrandonBeezy, Its t-shirt weather in Mn too. Its over 50 degrees.....

 

[GSXR7ED]

Carb Rebuild To Steve - Feb 2017

Carb Rebuild To Steve - Feb 2017

Removed carbs and sending to Steve for rebuild. Thanks Steve!!!





Ed

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Raining here today, so toying around with stripping more of the CB900f.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

I HATE DOING THIS.. I HATE IT WITH ALL OF MY LIFE!!
But i love the result! Hahahahahahaha

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Looking good.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Raining here today, so toying around with stripping more of the CB900f.

Whats a cb900f look like

 

[GS1150Pilot]

This is what a nice version of the breed looks like.

 

[dorkburger]

I found the recent cleanup of my exhaust to be tedious and not fun work....

I did a few odds and ends - when I took a ride last week the bike went into a headshake after I hit a bump with one hand on the bars. After last summers fork rebuild and subsequent leaky seal which was repaired ( my error during assembly- one seal was installed upside down) I wasnt sure if the oil level in the forks was correct. I drained both today and refilled to be sure they were equal. I also found one of those dumb PDF pods in between settings. I also gave them a tiny shot of air. On tonights ride it seemed much better.

I recently bought new rubber grommets (correct Suzuki parts) that hold on the fairing mid panels. I put them on hoping that losing the makeshift ones I had would ease installation.... nope. Between the PO, and 2 incidents during my ownership, I think all of the fairing bracketry is bent making lining up the 4 mid panel tabs a painful test of patience. After doing some tweaking and adjusting, I got them on. Its annoying enough to make me want to just abandon them..... Until I see them on the bike. My younger son (11) actually hung out with me in the garage tonight.. he wanted to take apart / break things, so I gave him an electric motor from my scrap pile to open up. We did that, I showed and named the components (GS stator 101?)then he beat it up with a hammer. Then he took some soft copper tubing that I gave him and he hammered it into a "knife". Him being with me helped keep my frustration levels about the brackets in check.

He also told me that he wants to clean up and make the Rusty Old Scooter nice. Funny that... He has minimal regard for the GS, but he loves the scooter.
I may do an other projects thread if we do it.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

You should! What kinda scooter is it ?

 

[Burque73]

I found the recent cleanup of my exhaust to be tedious and not fun work....

I did a few odds and ends - when I took a ride last week the bike went into a headshake after I hit a bump with one hand on the bars. After last summers fork rebuild and subsequent leaky seal which was repaired ( my error during assembly- one seal was installed upside down) I wasnt sure if the oil level in the forks was correct. I drained both today and refilled to be sure they were equal. I also found one of those dumb PDF pods in between settings. I also gave them a tiny shot of air. On tonights ride it seemed much better.

I recently bought new rubber grommets (correct Suzuki parts) that hold on the fairing mid panels. I put them on hoping that losing the makeshift ones I had would ease installation.... nope. Between the PO, and 2 incidents during my ownership, I think all of the fairing bracketry is bent making lining up the 4 mid panel tabs a painful test of patience. After doing some tweaking and adjusting, I got them on. Its annoying enough to make me want to just abandon them..... Until I see them on the bike. My younger son (11) actually hung out with me in the garage tonight.. he wanted to take apart / break things, so I gave him an electric motor from my scrap pile to open up. We did that, I showed and named the components (GS stator 101?)then he beat it up with a hammer. Then he took some soft copper tubing that I gave him and he hammered it into a "knife". Him being with me helped keep my frustration levels about the brackets in check.

He also told me that he wants to clean up and make the Rusty Old Scooter nice. Funny that... He has minimal regard for the GS, but he loves the scooter.
I may do an other projects thread if we do it.

Time spent like that with your boy is a priceless investment in not only his future, but yours after he moves out.

My oldest stepson, 28 yrs old now, just came to visit last week. He's a fireman in Southern CA. and has four kids himself. Anyway, while he was on his 48 hour shift his wife called him with a plumbing emergency. His only answer was "call a plumber I can't leave". They tried to gouge her with tearing the wall out and replacing the shower valve which would have cost buku bucks. Upon my boy's advice she got water from the sink for baths until he got home. It turned out to be a three dollar part from Home Depot and the problem was solved. His landlord was so pleased they took a couple hundred bucks off the rent.

Now, the rest of the story; while he was here he said that working with me as a teenager gave him the confidence to try things and if he didn't know how to fix something, find out how and do it. He also shared that he recently installed a floor for his father in law, which gave him major respect in the family, and thanked me once again for the experience of working together.

Please forgive the long winded reply Glen, but father son, or daughter for that matter, time is to be cherished!

 

[GS1150Pilot]

I miss my father (and mother) massively. He was a Porsche mechanic and raced British cars (Morris Minors, Mini Coopers, Bugeye Sprites and, for a time, an MGA), rode Triumphs, and got me into motors. He died three years ago, but even in 2012, he helped me set up my Miata for autocross, and as we worked (mostly me doing things, and him pointing out better ways to proceed) he talked as always about all the times I had spent with him in the garage. I can't imagine what my life would have been like without all of that magic.

He did say often, though, that he wished I hadn't taken to motorcycles so hard and fast. I was an addict as soon as I had my first bike (a YZ80A). My brother also got the bike bug, but gave it up when he remarried a much younger (and very attractive-read, persuasive in good ways) woman who hates motorcycles. This is why I now own his CB900f.

 

[bobgroger]

Whats a cb900f look like

Sorry, I couldn't help it
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=what+does+a+CB900F+look+like

 

[dorkburger]

Thanks guys, I think I should make the scooter project a go this summer....

 

[gordinho80]

Yes you should!!

 

[dorkburger]

You should! What kinda scooter is it ?

This... 1965 Raleigh Roma. Seems to be quite rare, and parts availability is nil, but thankfully it runs good, and is mostly complete.
http://[URL=http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/dorkburger/media/IMG_2619_zps346fd491.jpg.html][/URL]

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Restomod thread, Glen!