World Tour on GS850, Help needed in British Columbia, CA

[mottyl]

"I?ll be in Vancouver on Friday and will stay there for a few days"

One day too late for me to be of any help to you. I am leaving for a week on Friday.

It would have been nice to meet you. Good luck on your trip.

You might want to try Modern Motorcycles for any old Suzuki parts. They can be cranky and the prices are more then the states but they have a fair amount of older parts. 604-876-0182

Chris

 

[ronin1166]

Chris,

PM & email sent.

Go easy on that tire. It's all you got.

- Ted

 

[sschering]

What is the planned route when you get into Washington?

Might be fun to post up on www.pnwriders.com
Loads of the folks on there would probably like to meet and ride with you through the North West

 

[salty_monk]

Have you considered a reusable silicone cam cover gasket (and breather gasket) from RealGaskets? I imagine you'll be tearing through the 4,000 mi valve adjust intervals pretty quickly and often. Several people on these forums (including myself) have had good results with them.

Like fighting spaghetti to fit, don't allow any torque on the head bolts, deform over time & start leaking - I would say they are good for 3-4 valve checks in my experience then they are junk. Given that you can get 3 from a stock (if you glue one side & grease the other) I'd say these are overpriced....

If it was silicon sandwiching a metal base plate they would be much better...

Dan

 

[bwringer]

Like fighting spaghetti to fit, don't allow any torque on the head bolts, deform over time & start leaking - I would say they are good for 3-4 valve checks in my experience then they are junk. Given that you can get 3 from a stock (if you glue one side & grease the other) I'd say these are overpriced....

If it was silicon sandwiching a metal base plate they would be much better...

Dan

Oh, phooey.

I've had the same RealGasket for at least 50,000 to 60,000 miles. Don't over-torque it and you'll be fine. (And don't use any solvents on it.) To install, roll up the gasket in two paper shop towels, then unroll in place over the engine and tear the towels apart to remove them. Easy-peasy.

They work great on the 8 valve engines IF and ONLY IF you can resist the urge to torque 'em down too much. And no, the bolts won't back out. Really. I've never lost a one.

I'll agree that RealGaskets aren't really good on 16V engines -- thinner sealing surfaces make it harder to keep the gasket from "squirting" out, and the thickness can mess up the tach drive.


To the OP, please let me know if you ever get near Indianapolis...

 

[shirazdrum]

Quick Update:

Found a tire in Williams lake, BC along with a tach drive from a GS1000 plus a cable.(my cable was broken inside the drive and wouldn't come out). everything works again now.
The shaft has stopped leaking, i guess it was too full.
My valve cover started to leak from the left side now but i'm riding it south regardless. 300k from Vancouver, BC. will be there friday morning.

I'm covered in oil but nothing too bad.

Chris

 

[bradleymaynar]

I'm covered in oil but nothing too bad.

Chris

Good water-proofing. Glad the ol' girl is holding her own!

Brad bk