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    Best place to get new brake pipes?

    Thanks Craz1! Yes, that probably wouldn't help! Great looking bike btw!!
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    Best place to get new brake pipes?

    I'd be really grateful if you could! It's just the master cylinder to the 3-way connector that I need. Thank you!
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    Best place to get new brake pipes?

    Craz1 - I don't suppose you still have details of the measurements that you could share?
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    Best place to get new brake pipes?

    Update.... I've found a great guy in CA who makes up brake lines, but he only has the drawings for making up brake lines for GS1100Gs and not GS1100GLs. His drawings have 2 options for the distance from the master cylinder to the 3-way junction for the G - 36cm for short bars or 58cm for long...
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    Best place to get new brake pipes?

    Sorry all - yes Storm 64 is right - brake lines is what I'm looking for. Mine are probably original and could do with changing. I'll check out Z1. Thanks.
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    Best place to get new brake pipes?

    Hi everyone, I'm about to head back to the US for a little while and I want to pick up some new brake pipes for my 1982 GS1100 GL. Where's the best place to order some from? Many thanks in advance.
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    My starter button fell out!

    Hi Steve, There are lots of different types of filament that you can get for 3D printers nowadays with lots of different properties. My 3D printer is fairly basic - it came as a kit with a magazine. I use 2 types of filament - PLA, which I think is plant based and has a comparatively low...
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    My starter button fell out!

    Solved it! :-D I measured the hole and the button and designed a plastic insert then 3D printed it. Pictures below (NB in the 3rd image I've got the spring upside down.) I used Shoe Goo to glue it in place. Shoe goo is rubber type glue that should resist vibration but not make it impossible...
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    My starter button fell out!

    Another view..
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    My starter button fell out!

    Photo 1 Photo 1 One view of the empty socket.
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    My starter button fell out!

    Hi everyone, Today my starter button fell out! Thankfully it was just as I used it and not while I was riding - so I have the button and the spring. What I don't have is the thing (whatever that is) that holds everything in place in the handle. I've had a look at the expanded diagrams but...
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    Cylinder block won't release - any tips?

    A photo of the hole...
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    Cylinder block won't release - any tips?

    It gives me great pleasure to announce..............I got the blinking thing off! :-D I tried lots of cycles of heat and plastic hammering and penetrating fluid but that didn't work at first. What made the difference was the 'drilling'. I didn't have a drill bit long enough to fit down the...
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    Cylinder block won't release - any tips?

    Firstly, please accept my apologies as this is not a problem with my GS, but with a Suzuki VL125 that I'm restoring for my daughter. I'm rebuilding the engine and want to replace the piston rings. The rear cylinder block came off without any problem, but the front is stuck fast. Before we got...
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    A little whine with your ride sir?

    All back together and working again. 😁 Thanks to Simon for selling me the replacement part. ...and thanks to you for all your advice - as usual!
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    A little whine with your ride sir?

    The nut that has sheared off seems to be much deeper in the sleeve on this part when compared to Mr Zooks' issue. Thoughts? Will the same repair work? Although the photo of the nut doesn't show it too well, it's probably an inch and a half to 2 inches recessed.
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    A little whine with your ride sir?

    Update time..... Well, I checked the universal joint where the drive shaft attaches to the engine and it's nice and solid. Then it was back wheel off and final drive off. It too me a little while to realise it, but the sleeve that came off at the back of the driveshaft should have been...
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    A little whine with your ride sir?

    Thanks for your inputs so far. I've not yet had the chance to take anything apart, but I did try rotating the back wheel, and it feels different. It rotates more freely and without the little bit of play that it used to have. I'm guessing that the pre-load has gone.... :-(
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    A little whine with your ride sir?

    Ed and Steve, is there any way to diagnose the fault before taking things apart?
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    A little whine with your ride sir?

    Oh dear! Me too!
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