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    Indian FTR1200

    I like it too, but I can already go anywhere I want without it. I also want real fenders. It rains. As a styling exercise, it looks pretty neat, except the license plate holder.
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    GS1000 Superbike on the cover of September/October issue of Motorcyclist magazine

    Nope. I'm not selling right now. I want to sell them, maybe both Lotus, and a restored Scirocco 16V, but probably in a couple years after I have retired.
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    Do you recommend the Morgan Carbtune Pro?

    I bought a Morgan, and I was really shocked by how cheesy the connectors are compared with a cheap 4 dial set I bought off of E Bay. They both work equally well, in my opinion. I guess there is a tiny bit more fiddling with the gauge set. You have to mess with needle valves a bit to dampen...
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    '81 GS1000G fuel petcock

    One of my 1980 1000G has a petcock from a 1982 GS850/1100G. I can't remember if it is OEM or aftermarket from Z1 enterprises. I had to modify a little to make it work. Some filing, as I recall. The vacuum line and fuel line routing isn't as nice as OEM. My motivation was lowering the cost...
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    C/L: 1979 Honda CBX $6900 CO

    It was a 6 into two. I think it can be seen in the photo I linked. Input error on my part. I still like a CBX, but I'm over it. These days, it is about the trip, the time, and the opportunity. The bike is just a medium. It only has to be good enough to be suitable. I don't care much...
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    Turn signal wires

    I've had to replace a turn signal control unit on an '81 1000G, which would be the same. I don't know what kind of stock turn signals you bought, but the '81 850G had a dual filament bulb in front with its own power. That means that an additional circuit exists which I don't believe is in...
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    What you guys like/hate about the 450?

    I haven't seen one for sale near me in decades that wasn't thrashed. It won't cost a penny less to paint or fix charging issues, or ignition, or switches, or brakes, or seat cover than it would to do those things on a GS1000C. The chance of not losing your butt would be less though. That...
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    Gs1000 Bonneville Bike

    I entered a race across the Baja Peninsula back in '87. San Filepe to Ensenada.It was about 130 miles over a paved toad I have on;y seen that one time. No pre-run for me. I discovered that after 30 or 40 seconds, I would run out of fuel with both petcocks open. The Mikunis have larger float...
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    Exhaust pop.

    Exhaust leak is a good source of backfires on deceleration, as stated by others.
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    Polished front calipers

    Nice. It looks great.
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    Gs1000 Bonneville Bike

    Good for you! That is pretty fast. Congratulations.
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    C/L: 1979 Honda CBX $6900 CO

    Ah well. Too good to be true. I've owned two of those, both 1979, although one of them had 1980 body work (only body work difference is the 1980 has a hatch on the tail piece). They are fun bikes full of personality. The first one, silver like the one in the photo, cost me $1500. It had...
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    GS1000 Superbike on the cover of September/October issue of Motorcyclist magazine

    I didn't see this posted anywhere. Thad Wolf on his GS1000 Superbike is pictured on the cover. There is a story on Thad Wolf who raced it in Superbike and some endurance events in the day. Good story, with some good photos. I often don't read them, but I still subscribe to Cycle World and...
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    Isle of Man this week

    "Riding Man" is a good book by a fellow who endeavored to live there and enter the race.
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    Honda CB700SC Nighthawk for sale

    Matchless Silver Hawk. Overhead cam V4 built in the early 30s. I've never seen one. Would like to though. At 72 today, that bike would have been 9 tears old when this sporty fellow was born. Kind of like a twenty something with a GS1000 today, although you can bet that the Matchless had a...
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    Fixing up an '81 GS850 - update

    There are two air passages from the carb bell mouth. The one that goes to the pilot jet emulsion tube and to the progression holes at the carb butterfly valve can be hard to clean. The diagram in the factory manual shows them. You should be able to squirt carb cleaner in the air jet and have...
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    GS850G Died suddenly on freeway

    According to Cycle World data from a contemporary road test of a 1000G, the fuel capacity is 5.8 gallons. Saturday, I rode my 1000G for a couple hours. The fuel gauge got close to the bottom of the red. It took almost exactly four gallons to fill it. It was not yet on reserve. That said, I...
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    Sprocket Suggestions

    How much does that drop the RPMs? My 1000Gs run about 5300k at 80, The motor isn't strained, but it is getting into the "Drone Zone" over 75 mph. Of course I don't think I have any leeway to adjust that.
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    Two motorcycles riding together

    I'm with you,Skinner.
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    Bike dying when using turn signals

    I would agree with Redman. It is charging, but not enough. I would add a ground from the battery to the R/R ground to the frame as a matter of course. I would also consider the coil relay mod to make sure full voltage is routed to the coil. I never have used that mod, because over years...
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