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  1. Steveb64

    Clutch slip

    I was going to recommend APE - but you've been there! Another good outfit is Pingel Enterprises - http://www.pingelonline.com/ - they have a lot of goodies for the GS's!
  2. Steveb64

    Dumped a bike...

    It's not that unusual for bikes to end up in the tops of trees, waaay below the road... Cars too. It's on one of the main routes out of Wellington (capital city of NZ), feeding into a large rural area that has a large network of rural roads in good condition, and not much traffic!:-D...
  3. Steveb64

    Dumped a bike...

    Often works for cages too! I've been in more situations where getting on the gas has helped me more than hitting the brakes. Ahem. Yes. I was going kinda fast. But so was everyone else... 8-[ (Club had a very high percentage of road racers, so rides tended to get quite spirited on the twisty...
  4. Steveb64

    Dumped a bike...

    Not having ridden in the US, I can't comment on how good your 'suggested speed' signs are - but if they're anything like ours, then here's my method: Look at sign, convert MPH to KPH - (20mph=35kph, 30mph=50kph, 40mph=65kph, 50mph=80kph, 60mph=95kph, 70mph=110kph - approximately...), then call...
  5. Steveb64

    Chain or wheel bearing

    If it's the chain, an easier way to check (other than removing the chain), is to get the back of the bike in the air (on a stand, or whatever), and spin the wheel around by hand. When it gets to a sticky spot, check the chain tension! If it's tight, rotate the wheel a bit further, and see if the...
  6. Steveb64

    breaking tire off of bead

    Read this thread... http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=115607 The sidestand trick works well (I've used it a few times), but so should the G-clamp one.
  7. Steveb64

    Lost Key and thanks to this excellent site for a solution!

    Had something similar happen to me once. Was preparing for a big (2000km or so) multi day ride over Easter, had parked bike (old CB750/4), stuck gloves inside helmet and gone shopping for some new gear. Came back to bike, pulled gloves out, put helmet on, went to put key in ignition before I put...
  8. Steveb64

    60 mph spill

    To use a kiwi term - Bugger! I can sympathise - had my GSX looking like that after losing the back end on a corner and low-siding it, then sliding 50 metres up the road on my arse... Not a scratch on me, until I was digging some dirt out of the drain on the roadside (to try and absorb some of...
  9. Steveb64

    Air Horn Stablizer

    :-D Oh yeah! Nothing like seeing some cager - totally oblivious to what's going on, suddenly leap in their seat, then just about dislocate their neck spinning around to see what's about to take them out! :-D\\:D/
  10. Steveb64

    Mounting tires safely

    Alternative bead breaker... Alternative bead breaker... One I've used at times over the years - the sidestand of another bike! Put wheel on ground (on old blanket/rug/newspaper to protect bits), lean other bike over, slide wheel under sidestand, lean bike back, so sidestand foot just clears...
  11. Steveb64

    Air Horn Stablizer

    Yeah - I've heard of those (the Nautilus) - they look quite large tho? I've got a set of Fiamm (Italian made) twin trumpets mounted up on my Ducati - nice and small, but 110 - 120 dB output! Doesn't sound like a truck - more large car-ish - but BOY do they get cages to move out of the way! Loud...
  12. Steveb64

    By the Hand Through Carburetor Land . . .

    Brilliant! Well done that man. Top marks for perseverance! I'm a bit like yourself - put the old GSX1100 into storage waaay back in '94 - drained carbs, fuel tank, changed oil, pulled plugs and inserted oil, then cranked over a couple of times and put plugs back in. And then it sat for 13+...
  13. Steveb64

    yoshimura cams/ cam chain length

    Is that one of the Steve Roberts ones? ... I've got a single shock McIntosh - waiting for a new workshop before I start the rebuild.... The cams are a little weird! Are they Stage 2 Yoshi's? If so, there shouldn't be any idler gear! Mine never had any (with Stage 2 cams), and did 10's of 1000's...
  14. Steveb64

    Easily measure fork oil

    Yes! It is! The problems with just measuring a volume of oil and dumping it in are : 1. No guarantee that ALL the old oil is out. Any left in will affect the handling. 2. There are often manufacturing differences between the lower fork legs (you know - bozo at factory has had a heavy weekend...
  15. Steveb64

    Low speed wobble

    I'd have to agree with trippivot and Ernie - had a similar problem with one of my GSX's - tracked fine at speed, but when slowing down (esp if hands OFF the bars), the bars would get into a really nasty shake at low (< 30 mph) speeds. The thought was that the frame was tweaked or similar, and as...
  16. Steveb64

    Stupid Fork Oil Question

    I use Bel-Ray fork oil in my GSX - and other RWU forks - but my Ducati (900SL) uses ATF in its USD forks. Factory and other sources recommended! Works good too - even better after I'd replaced the original factory gunk with some nice fresh BP ATF II oil. Go figure.
  17. Steveb64

    Steering head bearing and races.

    I've done a number of steering head bearings in a similar fashion - but just using a regular old stick welder. Wipe the grease off the inside of the bearing cone, then weld a bead around the inside of the bearing - make sure it stays ON the bearing (you don't want to weld the bearing into the...
  18. Steveb64

    Custom exhaust question

    If you want some reference material, I can recommend the book "4 Stroke Tuning in Theory and Practice" by A. Graham Bell. It's a few years old now (but so's your bike:)), but gives some great explanations as to why some things should be done in a certain way, and how to do them (like formulae...
  19. Steveb64

    Custom exhaust question

    Hmmm - and I've been running various exhausts from original, to original modified and patched, to shop made tuned 4 -1, to home made tuned 4 - 1 over the last 23 years. I never had any problems with the engine inhaling junk from the exhaust - but I melted down a piston at 240 kph (150 mph) one...
  20. Steveb64

    Tire question

    The main thing to be aware of when running a tube in a (designed for) tubeless tyre is that the tyre will run hotter with the tube in it, thus shortening the life of the tyre - or killing it (by wrecking the rubber compound). It also increases the unsprung weight - not a major problem unless...
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