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    Camping on Palomar Mt. Pics!

    Nice pictures C.V. Made me a bit envious though, that sunshine is the first I`ve seen in a couple of weeks. Your campsite looked a lot more inviting than mine at a bike rally I`ve just been to, three days non-stop rain & gale force winds !. Probably going to take a full day to wash the mud off...
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    Bike lost spark at speed - dead as a hammer

    I had the same problem with my GS750, riding to work one day the motor just stopped. Coasted to a halt, everything dead. After a few minutes cursing, tried the starter and she fired up. Ran great a few more miles then the same thing. Turned out to be a badly corroded connection to the ignition...
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    Bench syncing VM carb

    A tried and tested trick I learned a few years back, is to get four lengths of metal rod, welding rod for example. Fit these under the carb slides. Turn the carbs so the rods are pointing down then use the throttle linkage to very slowly raise the carbs while observing the rods. At first you`ll...
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    Gettin there, sloooowly...

    Can`t help thinking that the biking world would be a boring place if everyone rode stock machines. I have a stock GS750 and another that I chopped, guess which one gets the most interest when its parked up anyplace !. It certainly won`t win any prizes thats for sure, but I like it and at the end...
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    '80 850 bobber style project.

    You`ve done a hell of a good job there !. That bike is a beauty, just looks brilliant. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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    Help?

    Yep, the breather tubes are on the airbox side of the carbs. Looking from the back if the LH carb is No.1 and the furthest right No.4, the vent pipes on mine come off LH side of the carb bodies of No. 2 & No.4. The pipes if I recall are routed over and down the back of the airbox. Blowing into...
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    Help?

    Try blowing into the carb breather pipes a couple of times, then put the choke on and try starting her up. Has always worked for me and a few other guys on this site that have tried it. Turning the petcock to prime for 30 seconds or so can also work too, but the breather pipe trick works best...
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    One of those days 1

    Not strictly a GS story, but kind of related. A few months back I bought a 1200 Bandit, 2003 model so not new, but mint condition. Due to the British summertime weather though, have`nt had much chance to get out on it much. Well last week, amazingly I woke up to sunshine. So I decided to give my...
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    Bike cutting out, help !

    Thanks guys. Think I`ve traced it to a dodgy connection at the ignition switch.
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    Bike cutting out, help !

    On the way to work this morning my 79 GS750 was running well until, sods law, I was on a country road in the middle of nowhere. One minute I was cruising along at 60mph, the next the engine cut out. There was no warning, no rough running or anything like that. Coasted to a stop, and the...
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    Looking for advice on a starting problem

    Couple of tricks worth a try. First turn the petcock to the prime position, leave it a minute or so, then turn it to the normal run position. Pull on the choke then try to start her up. If that fails, my favourite trick which I`ve posted here before, is to try blowing a couple of times into each...
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    no start

    Like Nessism said, check first you getting fuel through. If fuel is getting to the carbs you need to prime them. An old trick which I posted on here a while ago, is to blow into the carb breather tubes, just a couple of puffs is enough. Sounds odd, but it works. Alternatively, turn the petcock...
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    78 GS750 Kickstart issue

    No real trick to kickstarting a Jap four, unlike say an old brit single or twin. However, sometimes worth leaving ignition off, and giving a couple of swings on the kicker. Turn on ignition then try kickstarting it again. If the bike has been stood a while, try turning the petcock to the prime...
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    valve clearance checks ?

    Like the other guys said, go for the slightly bigger gap. An old guy I know who has ridden bikes for over 60 years (& used to race em), told me that when I got my first bike. His philosophy was that a slight tappet train rattle was good, and that a quiet engine indicates the gaps being too tight.
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    Carb cleaning question

    Thanks for all the advice, I`ll experiment with some other carbs I have in the spares dept (garden hut) and let you know how I get on.
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    Carb cleaning question

    Cheers guys. I`ll give the coca cola a try, might just try the vinegar on my CX500 carbs too. Will let you know how it goes.
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    Carb cleaning question

    Don`t know if its the same everywhere, but over here the only carb cleaners you can get are the spray type. I`ve got some old carbs that are pretty gunged up, so want to strip em down and soak the parts. Used to be able to get a liquid for that, but apparently no more as it was considered a...
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    whats missing?

    Hey, you are just up the road from me !. Was beginning to wonder if I was the only one on here from the north east !. That hole is open on the carbs on my two GS750`s, also on my spares too.
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    tachometer

    Did the square "peg" at the end of the cable definitely seat in female socket in the tacho ?. I had a similar problem a while ago, turned out to be just that, it was a cheap aftermarket cable though. Might explain why the tacho did`nt work then started to, if the peg is`nt quite home it might...
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    Electrical failure, help !

    Think I found the problem. Turned out to be a dodgy connector block, the one the wires from the ignition switch go to in the headlight housing. I had the switch turned on, everything was dead still, but when I took off the headlight I suddenly had an ignition light !. I pushed the wiring in the...
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