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Naked Cooley

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Nice to see the amount of attention you're paying your bike. It's gonna be a huge improvement on what looked like a really nice bike to begin with. As a painter, though..you're killin' me by not correcting the color scheme on the tail and seat trim sections..:D
 
Haha, life is too short to sweat the small stuff ;) , but hey Larry - I might have need for your very significant skills. Look to the left of the last picture. There lies the guts of my next project and I will need a custom paint job.

Seriously, I have a question for you all: When reinstalling the front wheel yesterday, I was uncertain as to the correct positioning of the speed drive unit. Fooling around with it, I concluded the most "natural" position was HORIZONTAL with respect with the position of the speedo drive pick-up. Correct?
 
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GS Jim said:
Haha, life is too short to sweat the small stuff ;) , but hey Larry - I might have need for your very significant skills. Look to the left of the last picture. There lies the guts of my next project and I will need a custom paint job.

Seriously, I have a question for you all: When reinstalling the front wheel yesterday, I was uncertain as to the correct positioning of the speed drive unit. Fooling around with it, I concluded the most "natural" position was HORIZONTAL with respect with the position of the speedo drive pick-up. Correct?
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Just so long as it follows a nice steady curve is good.
 
Thx Tatu, that's what I thot. The curve in the speedo cable looked most "natural" with the speedo drive near level.
 
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Engine Installation

Engine Installation

With a little (OK, a LOT of) help from my friends saints Peter and Paul, the olde gal has her guts back in.

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Here's Paul at work

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A QUESTION: No matter what we tried we couldn't get the airbox back in. We tried different arrangements: carbs first, airbox first, angling the engine, all to no avail. What's the trick to getting the stock airbox back in guys???

Lest you think all I did was wield the camera and pass the wrenches :rolleyes: .... after Peter and Paul left I decided to instal the drive chain only to realized it was not correctly positioned when I reinstalled the swing arm a while back! :mad:

Off came the rear wheel, swing arm, rear caliper, etc. Two hours later everything is back together again.

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Looking fantastic!!

When I installed my carbs/airbox I installed the the carbs last.

Keeping the airbox loose, I first put the front of the carbs in, sraddled the bike and twisted them up into the airbox. Mine actually popped in, without any issues. All of my boots were new, which helped.
 
I, too, put the carbs in last. I bungeed the airbox as far back as I possibly could..a LOT of pressure on it to hold it back far enough to slide the carbs in and then pushed the airbox onto them after the carbs were secured to the intakes. A little WD40 on the airbox rubbers helps, too. It's a pain, but it works.
 
The trick is also to keep the carbs horizontal:)
It also pays to install the throttle cables before sliding the carbs in place:cool:
 
Thx guys will give it another try, though I fear poor Pippin (aka the Pooch) is learning far too many 4-letters words lately.

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Things are looking GREAT! some good tips on the carb install, if you boots are a bit on the hard side I usually soften them up with a heat gun a bit, always helps to 'shove' the carbs back in. A note about the speed drive, it should have an arrow on it that points up, but like already stated it's about the angle.
 
Can you use the trick where you move the mud guard out of its holder and back to create more room for the aibox.. Works a peach on my 450..
 
Looking sweet

Looking sweet

BigD_83 said:
Jim,

you could always fork out the $$$$ for this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GS10...Parts_Accessories&hash=item3ccf002929&vxp=mtr
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:oops: I've bought my last three bikes for less than the, "Buy it now" price.:oops:

I've just been reading your build, The bikes I get are dead on arival and can only hope to look as nice as what you started with.

Looking forward to your air box carb solution, I picked up one to replace the pods on Suzy, my '78 1000C.

Still can't believe your frame has brush on paint. Any chance of a shot of the paint can. I've used VHT rattle can rollbar epoxy and Dupli Colour Paint Shop spray gun laquer and have been happy with the results, but the overspray from painting tubing results in alot of wasted material.

Do you know what was used on the engine?

Keep up the good work.
 
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mpencegs said:
Can you use the trick where you move the mud guard out of its holder and back to create more room for the aibox.. Works a peach on my 450..
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Thanks for the suggestion, but the mud guard doesn't interfere with the airbox on the 1000, wish it did.... :( I gave it another try and gave up. I think the rubber boots on the airbox are too stiff.

Anyway, the bike was due at http://www.z1cycletech.com/ for dyno tuning anyway, so I just asked them to install the carbs & airbox. At the end of the day this is a hobby, so if it ain't fun, I'd rather pay someone to do it for me. :cool:

I did manage to reinstall all the other bits, so when it comes back from tuning, hopefully next week, it could be ready in a day.

When I installed the exhaust headers, I found the job could be made a lot easier if you tack glued the steel collars to the header end. Otherwise you really need 4 hands to keep everything lined up and in place as you push the headers into the exhaust ports.

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I used CA type glue with accelerator that I used building my rc planes, but I suppose pretty much anything else might do too.
 
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I put a couple of small pieces of masking tape around mine, figured it will just burn up. That bike of yours is going to be so sweet when you get your hands on it, make sure you do video!
 
azr said:
I put a couple of small pieces of masking tape around mine, figured it will just burn up. That bike of yours is going to be so sweet when you get your hands on it, make sure you do video!
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Thanks for the kind words AZR, I will definitely do pictures and might have Paul do a video since he has experience as a host on the Motorcycle Experience cable show.
 
She's baaaaaack!!

She's baaaaaack!!

Well, it took a little longer than expected to get her running and tuned for the pods, but she's back together and running great. I still need to get tags and insurance before I can take her out for a proper drive, so the test ride report will have to wait.


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Can't thank Paul Kahnert (aka doubleblue) enough for his help and encouragement, without which this project would never have come to completion.
 
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