So you're the one!!!
So you're the one!!!
Bill
So you're the one!!!
Hey Chuck, gettin' enough answers to your simple question? :-k
Bill
-
Required reading for all forum users!!!
Welcome!
Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.A note to new registrants...
All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.A Special Note about Email accounts!
DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.A note to old forum members...
I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.
Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...
-
Returning Visitors
If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.
If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.
what did you wrench on today??
- Thread starter chuck hahn
- Start date
8
81GS750
Guest
I haven't had much time since starting my new job, but the plan today is: Mow the front lawn, colortune and sync the carbs on the GS, maybe move the CB750 around and play with it some more.
8
81GS750
Guest
Oh, I better make some time for the wife too!!!
7
7981GS
Guest
The Suzuki Barn is basically a storage facility.
My garage is about 80 feet away from it.
The idea is to make enough room to get back into the garage.
My next project is to pour a concrete pad extension next to the driveway and
build a shed to wheel the 5-7 V-8 engines on stands into that are also occupying the garage space.
Then, I will regain the space to actually work on bikes in a climate controlled/ not cramped space again.
I also had a carpeted garage in the past, great for crawling around looking for those dropped parts!
Daniel
Chicken Coop Gone, Shop Coming
Chicken Coop Gone, Shop Coming
While trying to recharge the Jeep's battery, I got some work done on the shed
Before (horses ate all the grass after this picture):
After:
And I did some bike work too by removing the old fuse blocks.:
Chicken Coop Gone, Shop Coming
While trying to recharge the Jeep's battery, I got some work done on the shed
Before (horses ate all the grass after this picture):
After:
And I did some bike work too by removing the old fuse blocks.:
G
GS ace
Guest
Fuel Tank
Fuel Tank
Along with a botched Kreem job by a previous owner, some rust was discovered in the fuel tank of my GT750. I'm now in the middle of a POR 15 process. What a PITA.
Fuel Tank
Along with a botched Kreem job by a previous owner, some rust was discovered in the fuel tank of my GT750. I'm now in the middle of a POR 15 process. What a PITA.
Steve
GS Whisperer
Couldn't talk the landlord into the garage idea, eh? :-kWhile trying to recharge the Jeep's battery, I got some work done on the shed:
Bummer.
.
ddaniels
Forum Sage
Tried putting in some different cams last night to see if that would alleviate the ticking noise I've been having. Right when I was tightening down the last cam cover on the intake cam, the chain slipped. Dang. Now I have to take the covers back off and reposition. Guess I should have heeded the little warning in the Chilton's manual.
7
7981GS
Guest
Got the front door installed, built a loft and a few quick shelves...
It is starting to even LOOK like a Suzuki Barn...
Daniel
It is starting to even LOOK like a Suzuki Barn...
Daniel
ddaniels
Forum Sage
Third time's a charm I guess. Bit of a pain, it was. Now on to valve adjustment.
7
7981GS
Guest
Some of the new residents moved in today...
(2 GS1000G's, an 850G and a 1000E along with boxes filled with rotors, wiring harnesses and master cylinders, etc.)
Motorcycle "Art"...
Daniel
(2 GS1000G's, an 850G and a 1000E along with boxes filled with rotors, wiring harnesses and master cylinders, etc.)
Motorcycle "Art"...
Daniel
G
Guest
Guest
Today, well I worked on the '79 GS1000E, added water to the battery, installed the battery box, snorkel, airbox, new to me luggage rack, stock grips, repaired the leaky petcock, (I rode the bike yesterday! then washed and painted some of the frame, and other small parts), installed numerous small parts I've been stockpiling over the course of months, picked up my newly painted fuel tank (I do have a spare), side covers, plastic seat underpan liner, and tail piece. Tomorrow I hope to get those installed. Quite frankly,
I tired of working on it, so I guess I'll save recovering the seat, installing the new (new to me that is) stock exhaust, guages, and repaint the headlight bucket, mounts, disk brakes calipers, and the remainder of the frame for some other time. I'd rather be riding, so I might take out the
GS1100E if weather permits, that is once I change the plugs.
I tired of working on it, so I guess I'll save recovering the seat, installing the new (new to me that is) stock exhaust, guages, and repaint the headlight bucket, mounts, disk brakes calipers, and the remainder of the frame for some other time. I'd rather be riding, so I might take out the
GS1100E if weather permits, that is once I change the plugs.
M
Mop Bucket
Guest
Day two of trying to figure out a wiring issue. The tach and hi beam lights are 1/8 on when the dimmer switch is on low beam. They are both off completely when hi beam is on. Why why why! Also, I drained to oil out of a spare final drive so it will be easier to get the suspension bolt out. The bolt is needed to replace the stripped bolt currently being used my final drive.
G
Guest
Guest
Lapped my valves (first time I've done this) successfully.
Then I managed to bust one of my new valve stem seals while installing them... need to get another one now
And I'm so close to getting the valves installed!
Then I managed to bust one of my new valve stem seals while installing them... need to get another one now
And I'm so close to getting the valves installed!
M
mike-s
Guest
Only a minor bit of wrenching yesterday, got my gsx250e's new carbs their (hopefully) final cleanout & re-assembly. Took the carb boots off & confirmed the o-ring between them and the head was shot & had been replaced by silicone by previous owner (never noticed this until AFTER reading the gs hintpage thingo) and my bodge silicone job had failed totally.
As i don't have an o-ring available i opted to scrub both mating surfaces clean as a whistle & remove any detritus with a steel brush and then use 2mm gasket paper cut to fit & coated both sides with hylomar as the replacement gasket material. I had long since replaced the cheese-head bolts with HT steel hex-head bolts, didn't need to pick that up from the how-to guide.
Next up is refitment and see if we can bring this old girl back to life without the carb-based hell we were going through previously. If not then i might be looking for a cliff to roll her off.
As i don't have an o-ring available i opted to scrub both mating surfaces clean as a whistle & remove any detritus with a steel brush and then use 2mm gasket paper cut to fit & coated both sides with hylomar as the replacement gasket material. I had long since replaced the cheese-head bolts with HT steel hex-head bolts, didn't need to pick that up from the how-to guide.
Next up is refitment and see if we can bring this old girl back to life without the carb-based hell we were going through previously. If not then i might be looking for a cliff to roll her off.
7
7981GS
Guest
Made some more progress today. It was a heatwave! It almost hit 40 degrees!!!
So, I heated up the paint gun and (after getting the ice out of the air line) shot the exterior with some tinted oil-base primer...
Starting to look more like a MC shop...
Daniel
So, I heated up the paint gun and (after getting the ice out of the air line) shot the exterior with some tinted oil-base primer...
Starting to look more like a MC shop...
Daniel
F
Flyboy
Guest
Nice one, that cave is really looking nice, and looking at all those air boxes on the rack, I take it you are a pod man.
And I am soooo eyeing out one of those seats.........
And I am soooo eyeing out one of those seats.........
7
7981GS
Guest
Nice one, that cave is really looking nice, and looking at all those air boxes on the rack, I take it you are a pod man.
And I am soooo eyeing out one of those seats.........
Why not? More power and easier to tune.
Daniel
