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I'm back! '82 GS1100E, champagne silver

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Glyn said:
So, I'm digging around in the attic for Christmas lights, and what do I find? A Wes Cooley fairing for the 8" headlight, painted ( not perfectly) in Champagne silver. It has no mounts that I see. Any interest?

That is an early production date GS, the issues with tubes are to be expected.

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so disappointed in myself for not responding to you promptly. very sad i missed out on this and i'll be kicking myself for a while.


re: wheels, i did switch to tubeless - i had to drill out a little bit of the rim to make a good seat for the valve stem to seal up against, i have some photos buried somewhere that i'll try to dig out eventually. looking forward to doing some more work on the bike this season as i continue to ride it.
 
Very cool the tubeless worked out for you. Please keep me posted as to what is going on. I am interested in what direction you take this. I had 2nd thoughts about cutting up an original bike, that is what stopped me. For you, it does not have the history it did to me, have fun making it the way you want.
 

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update: still sad I missed the Cooley fairing.

bike is running rough, a bit of surge feeling and there's a spot somewhere in the throttle that doesn't seem to "catch" i.e. more throttle doesn't raise rpm.

I'm not sure where to look first, if anyone has advice is welcome. otherwise I'll just start pulling things apart and wasting off haphazardly :)

also, that condition is recent and I haven't changed anything on the bike. it did sit for a few months though, so I'll probably start at the carbs...
 
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That's a great shot in the garage :)

Ok, the plugs and boots look old,:( and you bite your nails :D

Probably time for wires & plugs, but that ethanol gas is tough on old stuff. A little tough to tell from the pic. I hope you have been putting Sta-Bil in it.

Yes, I am sorry you did not get the fairing also. It looked good ( but gave a head shake, ( after it ran out of speedometer) not so good, that's why it came off and was forgotten about ).

Those carbs got new float seals ( needle valves ) and gaskets several months before you got her, I would hope they are still okay.
 
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