Suzuki GS450 1984

[slovak]

Hi everyone,

I'm from Belgium and this is my first motorcycle ever. I hope that you guys can help me with some questions if something isn't working out on the bike.
Does anyone know what the most common problems are on the GS450? And how to check/solve them? It would be great if someone would know that!
Below are some photos of how the bike looks now.

 

[slovak]

I'm giving the carbs some little bathtime today

 

[Rensdw]

Hey man, cool to see a fellow European here! whereabouts in belgium do you live? I'm from Zeeland (Middelburg) very close to the Belgium border.
Check out this link, I'm giving away free stuff, leftovers from my very first bike, a 1981 GS450, if you need something you can let me know here.

Good luck with the project.

 

[steve murdoch]

Good on ya, Rensdw.
This is a great site.

Welcome aboard, slovak.

 

[Weasel]

Welcome! Don't forget to check out the new member thread:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?196338-New-Members-CLICK-HERE!!

 

[slovak]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!
@rensdw I'm from Limburg, also very close to the Dutch border I will have a look on your website and send you a personal message if I need something, thanks!
@weasel I will check it out!

 

[slovak]

I was opening the left cover of the motor so I could clean the front sprocket this thing just fell down outta nowhere.
Does anybody know the function of this part and where it belongs?
Thanks!

 

[Nessism]

You can not properly clean the carbs by soaking them like your photo shows. You must remove all the various parts from inside the carbs to allow the dip sauce to clean out the internal passages.

That part looks like an engine mount spacer, or is it rubber? Are the rear motor mount bolts in place?

11610-44100
SPACER, ENGINE MOUNTING

 

[1948man]

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

Tons of good GS info at this link

.

 

[slovak]

No you're right @Nessism! The rear motor mount bolts aren't in place, it should be from there, thanks!

 

[slovak]

@1948man, Thanks for the link! I can use all the information I get!

 

[slovak]

Does somebody know if DOT 5.1 brakefluid can be used on a gs450? I want to change the brakefluid because it has never been changed...

 

[slovak]

Does anybody know how I can get this petcock into Prime? It only goed into Reserve and On...
I want to try to start the bike but there needs to be gas in the carbs...

 

[Devon]

To prime with that petcock, loosen the small screw just below and to the right of the lever for 20 seconds or so, then snug it back up gently.

 

[slovak]

Thanks Devon!

 

[slovak]

Now I was trying to start up the Suzuki for the first time, but ended up getting flames out of the exhaust...
What could be the cause of this? It won't start either...

 

[Devon]

Do you have the airbox? If so, you'll want to put it back on, it will be way too lean with the carbs just open like that.

 

[sam000lee]

It looks to me like you aren't getting gas. There's definitely spark, since you're getting the flame, but I think that the float bowls aren't filling up as you already mentioned the petcock and issue of priming.

Did you end up properly disassembling and cleaning your carbs and checking the float bowl height?

 

[slovak]

It looks to me like you aren't getting gas. There's definitely spark, since you're getting the flame, but I think that the float bowls aren't filling up as you already mentioned the petcock and issue of priming.

Did you end up properly disassembling and cleaning your carbs and checking the float bowl height?

Hey Sam000lee, I did disassemble the carbs and cleaned them, but I didn't check the float bowl height, how can I check that? And the flame only comes out the right exhaust... I think there is gas, because when i try to start, sometimes there comes a haze of gasoline out of the air intake of the right carb...
Thanks for helping!

 

[TeamNeal]

To use dot5 fluid you need to make sure the rest of your braking systen is equiped for it. Like fluid resivour, lines, piston orings and seals in the calipers.. it has diferent properties than dot 3 or 4. Do some research.