what did you wrench on today??

[78550GS]

Taught the wife how to build carburetors last night.

Walked her through and showed her how to put the freshly dipped 850 carbs together. She was excited to say the least. Will be finishing them and bench syncing them tonight hopefully.

[gustovh]

Removed and replaced the rear main seal on the pumpkin of my 850L.

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[uk gs nut]

MRBILL, SH-775 reg-rec are thin on the ground here in UK. I use a 6 wire Honda type on my bikes, going to Canada in June and will try to pick up a couple.

[AKC75]

I put some new black Super Bike bars on today at lunch.

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[Gorminrider]

I put some new black Super Bike bars on today at lunch.

ah, my favourite kinda project..! Handsome bike there,AKC75!

[AKC75]

ah, my favourite kinda project..! Handsome bike there,AKC75!

Thanks brotha! She's about to undergo a slight makeover. New powder coat coming soon.

What a different feel these bars make too. Really diggin it.

[dorkburger]

AKC, thats a classy looking paint job on your bike.

[Sandy]

The last few days the weather was warm so I was able to get the rest of the painting and clear coating done. Today managed to finished off a few details like pull the stands and paint them, one of the things I always seem to forget. Then the finishing touch was the GS750EF decal on the left fairing, to be clear coated at a later date. Voila! Done. ...more or less. Now if the weather would just smarten up I could go wear the nubs off my new tires.

[sinkankan]

Three solid days of rain, which was the tail end of a cyclone. So the man shed got a little love, and I got the photos and paintings hung up. Nothing a few tunes and the sound of the rain on a tin roof.
The blue painting is one I picked up in Bali last year, I've just got to find the 10 or so license plates I have, they're not lost, I just can't find them.

[odin1]

Beautiful job on the GS Sandy. You make it look easy. I have difficulty putting a gas cap back together.

[Sandy]

Beautiful job on the GS Sandy. You make it look easy. I have difficulty putting a gas cap back together.

Thanks for that. I was lucky to start with a pretty nice original motorcycle so that made the job not that difficult. Just time consuming having to remove 30 years and 75,000kms of wear and tear as well as a bit of road rash.. At one point though it looked like this. My wife said. "How could turn a good motorcycle into such a pile of parts." Today's project was not quite so interesting. Put batteries back in the RV, test all the appliances including the furnace that was out for the winter while I replaced a couple of lock out switches that were acting up during our last trip in the fall.

[bonanzadave]

Spring in MN. Two days ago I had to white knuckle it home from work through a blizzard. 3-4 inches of snow/slush made for some interesting hydroplaning.

Today - new chain, oil change, valve cover gasket and a wash.

[AKC75]

AKC, thats a classy looking paint job on your bike.

Thanks DB!

But alas it's about to change. The tank has a pretty big ding on the top right. And the rear fender was at one point welded do to a split. And the guy did not do a good job grinding it down.

So I have another tank and fender that is getting powder coated hopefully this week. It should look pretty awesome though.

I'll decide if the side covers go well enough or not once they're on before I paint those. But more than likely will get changed as well.

[78550GS]

Ordered a few parts for the 850 today, put plugs in it and worked on the wiring mess yesterday while I was grilling.

I will be removing my 1100 kat carbs from the sauce today to spray and blow off for their rebuild.

[growler]

Over the weekend I fixed my sticky throttle. Thought I needed a new cable, but all I needed to do was clean up the throttle tube, lube the cable, and clean/relube where the cable goes through the handlebar switch. Nice and snappy now!

Also replaced my fuel line, breather hose (airbox to breather cover), made an auxiliary gas tank so I can resync my carbs post valve adjustment, and hung some pegboard. Hope to have the bike on the road next weekend.