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what did you wrench on today??

Just watched the video on Youtube; looks like a pretty cool bike! You need to figure out how to strap the camera to your body (or the bike) and take us all for a ride on it!
 
MI GS850G guy said:
Just watched the video on Youtube; looks like a pretty cool bike! You need to figure out how to strap the camera to your body (or the bike) and take us all for a ride on it!
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I'll take you for a ride! But I'll need a plate to take it on the road...maybe around the property!
 
Checked the valves on the 82 barn find. Ordered up 5 new shims. Went and picked up some cheap Supertech 10W40 for a flush when I finally get the thing running and some Rotella for the GS1000.
 
IMG_20180816_120004245.jpg Removed Fuse box, epoxied melted slot, polished fuse holders cleaned and replaced connectors... Spent 2 days cleaning and replacing connectors along with installing a used SH775 R/R... Found some broken wires in the aft end turn signals... 38 year old motorcycles have lots of wires....
 
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Yesterday morning before leaving for work (still currently at work), I installed a 804 front tire on the VSTROM in prep for riding in Arkansas in a few weeks. I also stuck a 804/805 combo set of spares into trashbags tied them off and put them in the rafters for future use.
 
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Justin that things sick! Once my GS450's done I'll bring it up! What is the exhaust from or did you make it?
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Thanks Sam! You coming up to Vermont anytime soon??? GMR???
That is a custom exhuast But not a big fan of it... Going to be making a custom 2 to 2 setup. Gets a tag on Thursday... I'll be running it then.
 
Put a 7inch Tucklite (DOT complaint)in the Gs1000 this morning after work. Hope it doesnt ruin the classic look too much. Yhe 7 inch incandescent light that was on the was pretty awful in the dark.


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Low beam


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High beam


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Not really "wrenching" but text message troubleshooting with Justin Redmanson (some of you have meet him at Brown County).

He rode ('08 Triumph Tiger 1050) to Jacksonville FL, Iron Butt style.
Then from there to SanDiego (Coast To Coast in under 50hours).
Spends 10 days days there, has some canyon rides.
THen goes up the Pacific coast some, then to Colorado for a couple days.
THen rides to home (another IronButt), stopps at gas station about a mile from home ... and bike will not start... low voltage.

So, stator ohm check time ...
Phase to phase okay, but phase to ground - 0.3 and 0.5ohm and such. He did check and his is suppose to be open-infinite like ours.

Apparently that heat in the desert (107) and other S.W. places (upper 90s), for days at a time, did in the stator.
So, I guess, newer bike is not a quarentee against having problems.


>>Later note: Justin informs me that his ride thru the desert was 111 - 117degF.
 
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Redman said:
Two Wheel Texan.....
You know of Focus Frenzy....? He (Leon) used to be quite active here on GSR.
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Yes sir I've gotten a few GS parts from him over the years. His current 2 wheeled squeeze is a BMW 310GS but as far as I know he still has a bunch of bikes from a Kawa ZRX, to a GS still.
 
Redman said:
Not really "wrenching" but text message troubleshooting with Justin Redmanson (some of you have meet him at Brown County).

He rode ('08 Triumph Tiger 1050) to Jacksonville FL, Iron Butt style.
Then from there to SanDiego (Coast To Coast in under 50hours).
Spends 10 days days there, has some canyon rides.
THen goes up the Pacific coast some, then to Colorado for a couple days.
THen rides to home (another IronButt), stopps at gas station about a mile from home ... and bike will not start... low voltage.

So, stator ohm check time ...
Phase to phase okay, but phase to ground - 0.3 and 0.5ohm and such. He did check and his is suppose to be open-infinite like ours.

Apparently that heat in the desert (107) and other S.W. places (upper 90s), for days at a time, did in the stator.
So, I guess, newer bike is not a quarentee against having problems.
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I've been lurking on the tiger 1050 forum for a few days and I also noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of the same old electrical problems we all experience with our GSes. The Triumph stators are supposed to be cooled with oil but the tops of the stator do not retain the cooling long enough and tend to burn. They also have R/R troubles like our GSes. Maybe just not as frequently as they are no where near the age of our old steeds.
 
alke46 said:
I've been lurking on the tiger 1050 forum for a few days and I also noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of the same old electrical problems we all experience with our GSes. The Triumph stators are supposed to be cooled with oil but the tops of the stator do not retain the cooling long enough and tend to burn. They also have R/R troubles like our GSes. Maybe just not as frequently as they are no where near the age of our old steeds.
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The R/R failure frequency on 2006 to 2009 Triumph Daytona 675's was actually so high that the factory issued a recall! The original shunt R/R was replaced with a Mosfet (but still shunt type).

On those models the R/R was mounted directly behind the engine, and about 2 inches away from the exhaust mid-pipe (which went up behind the engine and under the seat to the silencer below the tail). On later models the R/R was moved to the front of the bike inside the fairing.

My son has a 2007 Daytona 675 and I was riding the bike when the R/R failed and the engine cut out after the battery had drained, so I had first-hand experience of the failure!

So even a quarter of a century after our bikes saw the light of day, R/R failures are still commonplace on "modern" machines!

R-R mounting position on 2007 Triumph Daytona 675.jpg
 
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Almost done converting an old Ford camper from an in tank fuel pump to an inline pump. One of Ford's stupidest designs by far. Just got a new fuel pump in the mail for a 2003 Honda twin. I'm getting tired of fuel pumps in general. And at my age, I'm quickly learning to say no.
 
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mounted some new Pirelli Diablo Rosso 3 tires and changed my oil getting ready to head to Mosport for the festival of speed. my buddy Drew and I heading out Saturday morning can't wait. there will be vintage races as well as a concours show
 
I was riding ex wife's street triple and an awful smell and presto regulator fried. it happened twice in 8000km
 
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