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mc9hundo
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Schweisshund
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My bike had 2 PO - original owner had for 3 months then sold it to the guy I bought it from. I bought it for $100 and it was in very bad shape
I just started rebuilding the rear brake master cylinder to discover transmission fluid had been put in the resevoir - no - not DOT 3, 4 brake fluid that was rusty - TRANSMISSION FLUID.
I just started rebuilding the rear brake master cylinder to discover transmission fluid had been put in the resevoir - no - not DOT 3, 4 brake fluid that was rusty - TRANSMISSION FLUID.
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Smokinapankake
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My Kat's PO told me he had seen it do burnouts for 150 yards, duude. Not a good selling point. I found the ignition had been bypassed with lamp cord wore to create a dead mans switch wired into the aux. switches on the side panel. Shift rod was a piece of 1/4" round bar stock hose clamped and welded to a piece of 1/4" square bar stock, all jerry rigged to a shift lever off something else (it had the tang where the heim joiint bolts above the pivot, not below). The Muzzy exhaust canister was gutted.
MY GPz's PO had cross threaded the right fork tube top cap in. The left fork tube was missing a few pieces inside. The tank was rusted through from water. His dog chewed the front fender.
Sometimes I wonder what the fascination is with old motorcycles. Or rather, why do we put up with their mistreatment at the hands of others?
MY GPz's PO had cross threaded the right fork tube top cap in. The left fork tube was missing a few pieces inside. The tank was rusted through from water. His dog chewed the front fender.
Sometimes I wonder what the fascination is with old motorcycles. Or rather, why do we put up with their mistreatment at the hands of others?
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fishmeok
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On my '81 GS850G the P.O. "rebuilt" the carbs. Apparently that meant taking the float bowls off and putting them back on. At least, that's all I could tell after I took them back apart. He then left the petcock in prime- I drained almost 2 gallons of varnishy gas and oil out of the crankcase.
ALSO the the starter would not work on the bike so the P.O.O (not a typo) put a litle pushbutton jumper down by the solenoid. The guy I bought it from improved on this by wiring a cutout relay into the pushbutton switch. I soon discovered that this was sucking every bit of amperage out of my start cart and sending it directly to ground the first time I had the bike running. The melting wires and white smoke clued me in. I immidiately removed the entire circuit with my right hand of justice...
It gets better- the P.O. had removed the kickstand looking for a starter cutout, but never checked the clutch. I fixed my starter problem in 15 seconds by bypassing the clutch switch.
This was the sort of guy who liked to put the front wheel of his bikes up against the wall of his garage (inside!) and do burn outs..
Cheers
Mark
ALSO the the starter would not work on the bike so the P.O.O (not a typo) put a litle pushbutton jumper down by the solenoid. The guy I bought it from improved on this by wiring a cutout relay into the pushbutton switch. I soon discovered that this was sucking every bit of amperage out of my start cart and sending it directly to ground the first time I had the bike running. The melting wires and white smoke clued me in. I immidiately removed the entire circuit with my right hand of justice...
It gets better- the P.O. had removed the kickstand looking for a starter cutout, but never checked the clutch. I fixed my starter problem in 15 seconds by bypassing the clutch switch.
This was the sort of guy who liked to put the front wheel of his bikes up against the wall of his garage (inside!) and do burn outs..
Cheers
Mark
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the_journeyman
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My PO, was obvious mechanically inclined, but not 100% informed about some motorcycle maintenance.
Good: Pod filters, shorty aftermarket can, new clutch, new fork seals etc.
Bad: Replaced chain & sprokets BUT appears to have narrower sprokets than chain & the chain is all kinds of stretched & doesn't appear to be an o-ring or x-ring chain.
Not sure if it's good or bad: Aftermarket camshafts, some kind of advanced ignition using a mix of 1150 parts & 850 parts, & an aluminum spacer so the cover fits over the 850 parts ~
Good: Pod filters, shorty aftermarket can, new clutch, new fork seals etc.
Bad: Replaced chain & sprokets BUT appears to have narrower sprokets than chain & the chain is all kinds of stretched & doesn't appear to be an o-ring or x-ring chain.
Not sure if it's good or bad: Aftermarket camshafts, some kind of advanced ignition using a mix of 1150 parts & 850 parts, & an aluminum spacer so the cover fits over the 850 parts ~
