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Forks and front wheel are back on the bike but I still need to clean the fork oil from the rotors and then get the calipers back on.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
[I]Sit tall in the saddle [/I][I]Hold your head up high[/I]
[I]Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky [/I][I]and live like you ain't afraid to die[/I]
[I]and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride[/I] - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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Steel Toed Tank
Messed with this stupid misfire on my thunderbird today.
I've installed new wires and plugs, swapped coils, changed out the intake for a newer one with new gaskets, and I STILL have this stupid misfire on the same 2 cylinders.
Only thing it could be now is the injectors or valves, and I would have swapped the injectors around to confirm but by then I was frustrated.
It comes and goes but now that the misfire has completely clogged my cats the car has no power.
I went to the scrap yard to get the cats off the cougar who's transmission I snagged previously but in my hurry to remove the tranny before I guess I had ripped the flange off the one cat.
So now I need to pull the assembly off my car, saw off the flange and weld it to the assembly I just picked up.
On top of all that the alternator all of a sudden isn't charging the battery, yay me!
I'm also dying to get the carbs and tanks cleaned out on my TZ and Skunk, but this weather has been wet and snowing and drizzling and cold.
Come on spring time!!!!!Last edited by Guest; 04-26-2014, 12:35 AM.
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GSX1000E
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^^Cool Man!
EdGS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
GSX-R750Y (Sold)
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]2021)[/FONT][/COLOR]
[QUOTE=GSXR7ED]Forums are pretty much unrecognizable conversations; simply because it's a smorgasbord of feedback...from people we don't know. It's not too difficult to ignore the things that need to be bypassed.[/QUOTE]
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Last two or three afternoons spent welding up the trailer frame but had to halt early due to back problems and inhaling zinc fumes - nasty stuff. Even with grinding off the galvanising there's still enough left to fume a fair bit.
Reason I used galvanised flat bar was there is a pile of it lying around the back of the building that I'd squirreled away for just this kind of thing.---- Dave
79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
92 XJ900F - Fairly Stock, for now.
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Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window
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Saltymonk's twin pot brake conversion for single brake bikes…
Same Kawasaki calipers, with an even bigger Honda disc.
Don't know how well it works, I have no Kawsaki banjo bolt!Last edited by tkent02; 04-26-2014, 07:51 AM.[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Tkent02/VisitedStatesMap-1.jpg[/IMG]
Life is too short to ride an L.
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handkphil
My freshly rejuvenated GS450GA
Finished my '83 GS450GA today. New stator, regulator/rectifier and starter. Battery's finally charging and the rectifier is rectifying.
Been working on this thing in my living room since I brought it home last fall. Just got back from a very enjoyable hour-long ride. This bike reminds me a lot of a Honda Helix. Being a 2-speed automatic, you just roll the throttle on and go. Put it in high gear and forget about shifting.
The suspension is really plush, but the bike still handles well. Got to cut off that little post on the side stand - it keeps scraping in fast left-hand turns.
Anyway, here she is:
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GSX1000E
After getting the new (evil) engine fired up last night, it was time to take it for a 50+ mile break-in run today. Snowing yesterday afternoon and last night with most of that gone today and a nice cool 40-45 degrees for break-in.
I'll post a short video in the "Anyone go for a ride?" thread in a short while...
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GS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
GSX-R750Y (Sold)
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]2021)[/FONT][/COLOR]
[QUOTE=GSXR7ED]Forums are pretty much unrecognizable conversations; simply because it's a smorgasbord of feedback...from people we don't know. It's not too difficult to ignore the things that need to be bypassed.[/QUOTE]
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Installed the new pilot jets and reassembled the carbs....Suzie Q lives and breaths fire. Now to tune the old girl up.
VGustov
80 GS 1100 LT, 83 1100 G "Scruffy"
81 GS 1000 G
79 GS 850 G
81 GS 850 L
83 GS 550 ES, 85 GS 550 ES
80 GS 550 L
86 450 Rebel, 70CL 70, Yamaha TTR125
2002 Honda 919
2004 Ural Gear up
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6 or 7 year old grease had turned to goo on the 850's front caliper pins, causing dragging front brakes and pulsing once they got hot. I'm surprised the OEM stuff turned sour like that. New boots on the pins too. One of the pads has worn pretty thin as a result of the dragging. They were an old mix and match set anyway. I only dissembled to diagnose. I'll put them back together later, since I haven't yet recovered flexibility in the knee after the surgery.
I also removed carbs for a long overdue cleaning.Dogma[SIZE=1]
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE] '80 GS850 GLT
'80 GS1000 GT
'01 ZRX1200R
[URL="http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?244817-Forum-software-change-needed-to-REMOVE-VORTEX-from-quot-New-Posts-quot-feed&p=2371113#post2371113"][SIZE=1]How to get a "What's New" feed without the Vortex, and without permanently quitting the Vortex[/SIZE][/URL]
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Floor Foam
Originally posted by steve murdoch View PostEd, i have some of those foam mats as well.
Not having a lift they work surprisingly well when crawling around.
EdGS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
GSX-R750Y (Sold)
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]2021)[/FONT][/COLOR]
[QUOTE=GSXR7ED]Forums are pretty much unrecognizable conversations; simply because it's a smorgasbord of feedback...from people we don't know. It's not too difficult to ignore the things that need to be bypassed.[/QUOTE]
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Originally posted by handkphil View PostFinished my '83 GS450GA today. New stator, regulator/rectifier and starter. Battery's finally charging and the rectifier is rectifying.
Been working on this thing in my living room since I brought it home last fall. Just got back from a very enjoyable hour-long ride. This bike reminds me a lot of a Honda Helix. Being a 2-speed automatic, you just roll the throttle on and go. Put it in high gear and forget about shifting.
The suspension is really plush, but the bike still handles well. Got to cut off that little post on the side stand - it keeps scraping in fast left-hand turns.
Anyway, here she is:
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC][Tom]
“The greatest service this country could render the rest of the world would be to put its own house in order and to make of American civilization an example of decency, humanity, and societal success from which others could derive whatever they might find useful to their own purposes.” George Kennan
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handkphil
Twist and Go
Originally posted by themess View PostLooks nice. Suzuki GSes seem to have enough low end torque to work fine with little shifting, if you aren't in a hurry.
You can also just leave the bike in 2nd all then time. Acceleration is just a bit slower this way, but no shifting is required - it's just twist and go.
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