1100G Buzziness Just me and what to do.

[tkent02]

I could not resist in a moment of weakness; I was having a Jose Quervo moment

Don't apologize, it was brilliant.

 

[850 Combat]

Make sure your pistons dont have holes

My experience with melted pistons is limited, but mine did not cause much noticable buzziness. The melted aluminimum which solidified in the exhaust port did hold the exhaust valve open, which increased valve clearance considerably. The increased clearance did set up a pronounced amount of tappet noise.

Initially, there was a considerable amount of smoke, which actually filled even the interior of the car.

With an overhead cam, rather than pushrods, the additional valve clearance may not be so audibly noticable.

 

[posplayr]

My experience with melted pistons is limited, but mine did not cause much noticable buzziness. The melted aluminimum which solidified in the exhaust port did hold the exhaust valve open, which increased valve clearance considerably. The increased clearance did set up a pronounced amount of tappet noise.

Initially, there was a considerable amount of smoke, which actually filled even the interior of the car.

With an overhead cam, rather than pushrods, the additional valve clearance may not be so audibly noticable.

We should let Bill explain the onset and aftermath of melted pistons as he has a very recent experience (sorry more brilliance :-#).

 

[argonsagas]

I got the wrong spelling; was thinking of this Jose

Nope...you got the speling korrect.

I was connecting Jose Quervo with the well-known book,

To Quila Mockingbird

 

[Guest]

I was connecting Jose Quervo with the well-known book,

To Quila Mockingbird

Nice!
How many shots did it take?:-s

Tony.

 

[argonsagas]

Nice!
How many shots did it take?:-s

Tony.

Knot many by naval count, but the imperial blokes went the distance an ounce at a time.

 

[argonsagas]

Nice!
How many shots did it take?:-s

Tony.

Alternate response




I shot a narrow into the air
It fell to earth, I knew not square
Four-sided it flew, into the night
Rectangled it stopped, with no more flight.

I breathed the shaped fogs into the air
They floated aloft, across the square
For all those flights seeming all along
So vague and nebulous, yet never wrong.

Who would think that those two flights
Could merge together and create such might
Yet the Saxon horns with the klaxon sound
Sent the Angles searching for good ground.

Long, long afterward, my friends we see
Anglo-Saxons in the office oval and free,
And the land they created, beginning to end
Stands mighty and proud, as its peoples did blend.

 

[posplayr]

Alternate response




I shot a narrow into the air
It fell to earth, I knew not square
Four-sided it flew, into the night
Rectangled it stopped, with no more flight.

I breathed the shaped fogs into the air
They floated aloft, across the square
For all those flights seeming all along
So vague and nebulous, yet never wrong.

Who would think that those two flights
Could merge together and create such might
Yet the Saxon horns with the klaxon sound
Sent the Angles searching for good ground.

Long, long afterward, my friends we see
Anglo-Saxons in the office oval and free,
And the land they created, beginning to end
Stands mighty and proud, as its peoples did blend.

Quite eloquent; Yours?

 

[Guest]

This thread is shot to hell.
Melting pistons is my business and business is good.

 

[argonsagas]

Quite eloquent; Yours?

Yes. I make a little extra effort for Tony.

 

[Guest]

Yes. I make a little extra effort for Tony.

Thank you sir, your wit is much appreciated!

Getting back to engine buzz (setting aside tequila-induced buzziness for now), thanks to Rusty Bronco, I found the item causing the sound at 2500 rpm...went out to check the horns, and while they were tight, I noticed the left horn stay was only clearing the frame downtube by a blond one.....enough to make intermittent contact. Bending it a couple mm for clearance solved the issue.:dancing:

Tony.

 

[1948man]

A BLOND ONE!!! That WAS close..

 

[argonsagas]

Thank you sir, your wit is much appreciated!

Getting back to engine buzz (setting aside tequila-induced buzziness for now),thanks to Rusty Bronco, I found the item causing the sound at 2500 rpm...went out to check the horns, and while they were tight, I noticed the left horn stay was only clearing the frame downtube by a blond one.....enough to make intermittent contact. Bending it a couple mm for clearance solved the issue.

Tony.

Hmmmm .... tequila, horny and tight then intermittent contact and a blond....... sounds like :-$

 

[tkent02]

A BLOND ONE!!! That WAS close..

Is a blonde one closer than a red one? Colorblindness is a bitch.

 

[Guest]

Hmmmm .... tequila, horny and tight then intermittent contact and a blond....... sounds like....

A typical Ontario weekend? :-$:twistedevil:

Tony.

 

[jimfj]

This thread got a little buggered up with the tequila references. Good times.

I somewhat fixed the problem and thought soemone might be interested.

As someone suggested, I checked all the motor mounts for tightness. Everything was okay except for where the case guards bolted on to the triangular piece of metal that then is bolted to the frame in the front of the engine. I noticed that both bolts were either stripped and not tight and one was broken, Solution, longer stainless bolts and nylock nuts.

When I purchased the bike I noticed that the mufflers (stock) had two ridges running around the circumference of the megaphone. The ridges, I believe, are the inner baffles rusting out. The end of one of the mufflers was also pudhed out and showing rust. (I adjusted my offer accordingly)

I purchased a good stock set of pipes and mufflers from a fellow GS owner that had installed a 4 into 1 on his 1100. I put them on my bike the other night and WoW what difference in the way the bike runs and rides. Much much smoother and it now sounds the way it should.

much improved, and nicer to ride.

Jim