1983_GS750E - Rebuild

[spyug]

Yeah the insurance is a bastard in Ontario, especially when you talk bikes, but cars and houses too. M licence, 9 seasons, no tickets or claims $540 a year for the 83 750. Two Focuses (Focii?) 2005 and 2006 for wife and I, one claim (her) 3 years ago no tickets ever (believe that ****?) now $3800 for the year. House and contents $960 for the year.

The thing that really chaps my azz is that we have to pay for 12 months on the bikes and can only realistically get about 5 months of riding and you can't get multiple bike policies. Banks, insurance companies and government.......the true axis of evil!

Damn, I was having a decent day 'til you made me think of that. At least I don't have to worry about the kids and their toys.

Cheers,
Spyug

 

[GateKeeper]

Don't get me even started....I am up around 6 grand for insurance for everything, and that is not including the bikes yet.......

good thing the kids are working part time, so I grab a few bucks from them each month to cover some of this expense.....

 

[spyug]

Well talk about coincidents. We get to talking about lacking cars, I'm telling you about my replacement motor and a couple of hours later I get a phone call that its en the parts truck on route to my mechanic. Now if we don't get a snowstorm tomorrow, there's half a chance he'll get it in and I might have a car (again) by next week and I'll get to be another $1k lighter in the bank balance ( there goes the replacement 550 I was angling for).

As my riding buddy says, "Its all good".

Hope you are feeling better and will be in shape to shovel the driveway I cleaned, rebuilt and tuned up the neighbour's snowblower before Xmas and that managed to keep the snow gods at bay this long so maybe we'll have to get it out tomorrow. Hope not.

Cheers,
Spyug

 

[GateKeeper]

Shovel, what is that you talk about....? I use the snowblower, or let it melt.....plus the truck is 4 wheel drive and the car has snows....LOL

Seriously, I got tired of shoveling so I got a snowblower a few years back, actually the first year we purchased it we didn't even use it, there was not enough snow fall to warrant it's start up....

Glad to hear your engine is in, and ya too bad about the weather tomorrow, it's going to suck for me as well, another delay in going to see about those nuts and bolts....

At work today, but not feeling 100% yet, skipped lunch so I will head out early and hit the bed, gotta shake this thing, it's really annoying....

I was gonna leave early and hit the fastener store, but that will not happen today, unfortunately....just not enough hours in the day sometime.......

 

[spyug]

gotta shake this thing,

Being Scottish, I have the cure. A double dram ( 2 oz and a wee bit) of good Scotch, a teaspoon of honey, in a 8 oz mug. Fill with boiling water and stir in to dissolve the honey. Drink down as quickly as you can. Put on a full set of jammies including socks and jump into bed with several thick blankets or a duvet. Sweat like a pig all night and get up feeling great. Guaranteed to knock out the most stubborn cold/gripe/ague or flu and not bad for chilblains, shingles, the pox or whatever ails you. If they dosed them with that during the black death, many would have survived.

Seriously, a hot toddy will work but if it doesn't you won't care for 8 or 10 hours.

I had never believed in flu shots and never had one until 3 years back and getting the heart issues but, touch wood, since then I have had zero flu and no colds, sinus infections or anything like that but the wife, son and daughter all have. My son has been hacking and carrying on now for near on 3 weeks, he can't shake it either. Some people mention getting really sick with a flu shot but it never affected me.

Well get yourself home and into bed. If the wife is really kind and helpful maybe she'll get in and cuddle you. The extra body heat will work wonders but she'll wake up soaked too ( and not in a good way)

Feel better soon brother.
Cheers,
Spyug

 

[GateKeeper]

Assembly 3

Assembly 3

Having a bit of fun......

waiting for my Stainless Steel nuts and bolts and etc.....so just doinog a bit of mock up, to see a few things.....

Don't those carbs just look sweet, and the rear brake MC and reservoir....

I am getting all giddy........

Hey do you all think I can get the engine in with the carbs in place as they are....?

Anyways a few pics, to keep us motivated.....

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[jwhelan65]

Fantastic work!

 

[SVSooke]

Hey do you all think I can get the engine in with the carbs in place as they are....
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No you can't

 

[GateKeeper]

No you can't

Crap.....

 

[bakirkwold]

Looks good. Keep working on it.

 

[brslk]

That looks awesome GK! I wish I was that far ahead.

Bruce.

 

[GateKeeper]

Thanks guys....it's just a mock up, once the SS nuts and bolts are in, it's full steam ahead...more or less....

Engine will be last, but I will move forward as much as possible

 

[Redneck]

Damn GK that looks nice. Keep it up. Put the wheels on it and you got yourself a rolling chasis. A purty won shure nuff.

Paul

 

[GateKeeper]

I am not feeling it today.....

How's that saying go two steps forward one step back.....I think I went 5 back today...

I wanted to clean up the runs on the calipers, so I carefully sanded, and took down the high spots, cleaned everything up a bit, washed it down to get all the oils off, and hung up to spray once more.....

Well it turned out worse than it was, so now all the parts are sitting in a small bucket of paint thinner, soaking to weaken up the paint already laid, so I can take the calipers back to the wire wheel to strip them down again, so I can start all over again.....

Did someone say this was fun......LOL

Ohhhh well, got company tonight, so nothing will be done further, waiting for the screws hopefully Monday, got to get more caliper paint, and I already picked up a new wire wheel for the bench grinder.

Some days just suck.....hehehehehe

 

[Redneck]

Sorry to hear that GK, i felt the same way the day I figured out I had screwed up the carbs. Look at it this way, you were not satisfied with the way it turned out so your going to make sure it comes out the way you want it. Done right.

Paul

 

[GateKeeper]

YUP......

you are so right there Paul....

I just finished putting the wire wheel to them, I'll be, they are cleaner now then they were before....LOL

I wonder if I can just leave them natural....no painting at all....

But I think I might go red this time around, not sure, have not given it enough thought....but it's an idea, my only concern is nothing else is red, but they sure would pop, against all the black....

 

[spyug]

Yup, they sure would pop in red but then you have to make sure the red you use on the "tins" is the same colour or mighty close or it looks weird.

For me, I don't like getting too many colours on the chassis or tins. Two or possibly three is my limit. Red calipers would not be bad but I think it would look better if they were black too and you keep the red for the bodywork.....but that's just me. Red lower down on a mostly black bike is going to draw the eye down. Not necessarily a bad thing but the bodywork should be the eyecatcher IMHO.

Do one up in red and see what you think.

I'll be sure to give you my honest opinion

Cheers,
Spyug

 

[GateKeeper]

Well I guess they will be black......

Tins are supposed to be Pearl White, so the red is out then......

Thanks for the input and opinion's......lol

Actually they look really good in their natural state as well.......not polished aluminum, but a brushed look, I should take a pic and post.....hmmmmm,,,,,I wonder ????

 

[spyug]

The natural look is good but what will happen in a short time is they will oxidize (discolour) or produce a chalky residue. If you go the whole 9 yards and buff them right out to a shine then clearcoat, they should last longer. If you like polishing (rather than riding) leave them in the natural state after buffing and get out the metal polish (I like Autosol). Paint is less labour intensive in the long run

So I wanted to ask, any action on the head and case bolt issues?

Since you and the other guys have got me out of my funk, tomorrow I'm planning on breaking into the tranny of the spare engine for my Kat in preparation for figuring out what might be wrong with the one in the Kat at the moment. (Recall it doesn't come out of 1st gear when its on its tires but it shifts ok on the lift). If I can make sense of it it might give me an idea of what is going on. Then it will be a matter of pulling the Kat engine and sorting it in anticipation of a spring sale.

I've never been in to a bike trans before so wish me luck.

Cheers,
spyug

 

[GateKeeper]

Well I decided to give it another shot with the paint, it will be black once again, and I will hope for the best, I really don't want to be cleaning and doing all sorts of maintenance down the road, and polishing, well I have had enough of that.....

Getting a fresh spray can of VHT caliper paint tomorrow, before I go to work, tape everything off and spray the crap out of them.....

No action on the engine as of yet, I will try to get some shop time next week if I can, and hopefully button that up, and get it out of the way, it's just getting dirty sitting on the floor in the garage, going to have to clean it all over again....

Well so much for a inexpensive Kat for me, now that your deciding to dig into her and resolve the issue your having with her, but I hope you get it sorted out and working, and good luck on your endeavor.

Cheers