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  1. Suzuki Mad

    Gasket sets for a CV carb rebuild

    I'm guessing as I left her with fuel in 11 years ago that most bits inside are going to be gummed up. Needle valves probably all gone. Pilot jets crudded up too plus any of the carb jet holes. I'm thinking I might get my own ultrasonic bath and strip the carbs myself and clean them too. Then I...
  2. Suzuki Mad

    1980 GS1000ET back from the dead.....I hope.

    Hi Hampshire Hog. Good to hear from you..... Glad the old GS1000S is still going. A little concerned about the lack of NOS parts for the GS now. Seems as its going to get harder to find stuff to get her running. Tomorrow the tanks got to come off and I will have to investigate how bad it...
  3. Suzuki Mad

    1980 GS1000ET back from the dead.....I hope.

    I get 1776, but hopefully you like tea but 1812, you've lost me there.
  4. Suzuki Mad

    1980 GS1000ET back from the dead.....I hope.

    Last time she was out of the garage in about 2010. Excuse the rubbish pile. And today.....
  5. Suzuki Mad

    1980 GS1000ET back from the dead.....I hope.

    Before I start, I'm from the UK OK. Let me take you back to a time long ago when I only had 2 bikes........ I was younger, keener and had space in the garage to work and enjoy myself. I wanted a GSF1200 bandit to save me riding the GS1000E and the GSX1100ES out in the weather. One came up so...
  6. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    Thanks for the offer Londonboard's. If I need something I will give you a shout (carbs need a good cleaning....) Still no post today (well it is a public holiday) so maybe they bits will arrive tomorrow. Who knows. And I didnt get around to cleaning the front brakes with cutting the grass and...
  7. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    Bit stuck at the moment, no drain washers. They were supposed to be her today (18th April) but no sign. Looks like it will be next week now before I can get the front end on. I might have a few hours cleaning the brakes up, getting the pistons back in and sticking the new brake pads in place...
  8. Suzuki Mad

    anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

    Had a few miles out today in the sun on the 1995 RF900RS2 and then did a short trip out on the GSF1200K2 from 2002. That felt a lot more like the GS1000.
  9. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    I never checked them from when I bought the bike to now. She ran well so I left her alone till the head went. Very true to being regular maintenance.
  10. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    While at work I've been think about the next steps with the engine work to do. Yes, I've now got the major parts unless I do the valves out for new valve guide seals and to regrind the valves in. That will involve re-shimming and I dont have any here to do something like that or the tool to...
  11. Suzuki Mad

    Pre-storage maintenance?

    A lot of classic bikes get put away in the winter each year in the UK. I normally leave them and they fired up fine. BUT...... ...the last few years there has been an issue doing that. I have had expensive work carried out on bikes that ended up with a full strip, ultrasonic cleaning of the...
  12. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    So the morning turned out fun today. Waited for the post and nothing came. Called the UK's largest Suzuki parts dealer (who's 20 miles away) and they had the bits on the shelf in my Account bucket waiting for me to collect. Put the phone down and the wife TXT. 'Can I drop her glasses over as she...
  13. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    When I last did a head gasket they had all the seals for the cam chain and outer bolts built into the gasket. I see now that the cam chain one comes on its own. Have Suzuki upgraded the gasket or are there better head gaskets to stop the leaking cam chain tunnel and out bolts nowadays?
  14. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    All the bits away in the garage for another day but before putting all the bikes to bed I thought I'd give the exhaust bolts a try and see if they are going to be an issue. As it's got a MOTAD exhaust on hit somebody had changed the Suzuki bolts to Allen bolts instead. 6mm Allen key on the 3/8th...
  15. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    Two actually. Ones a 'collender' the other need a few bilge runners added and some sealing plus a good coat of paint. Another set of project I need to get around too.
  16. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    So I carried on. Well the sun is shining and I have time..... Into the parts store, we all have these don't we? Came out with 4 pairs of NOS fork legs. Pull the first set out the box and match them up...... :eek: Somethings wrong. Completely different. 51110-49560 part number. Pull the...
  17. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    Forks are out and on the bench (well lets say old kitchen table. :D) With the upper air cap loosened off it was a quick unscrew and no damage occurred. Phew!!! Out came the long spacer, spacer/washer and the spring. Drained what oil I could out and then using the 'home made' (thanks Bro) tool...
  18. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    Right, to answer the questions is an ET with the tail section colour scheme but it was first registered in 1981 hence why it's I say its a 1981 ET. The UK register bikes with its own unique number and that used to be if I remember rightly 1st August each year. So bikes could be registered as a...
  19. Suzuki Mad

    1981 GS1000ET in the UK.

    First job will be the forks and seals so I can get brakes back on the front to control her. One of my other bikes were in for an MOT so picked up fork oil at the shop. Well, you cant really call it a shop but they do work on bikes and do MOT's so it's a bonus. I also managed to get at one of...
  20. Suzuki Mad

    GS1000ET front end overhaul.

    Picked some 10Wt fork oil up in the shop I get my bikes MOT'd of all places, today, so that's progress. Also managed to get one of the top cap's undone in the yokes without damaging it do that was also a bonus. The rest will have to wait till another day when I have time to spend on her...
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