what did you wrench on today??

[GSXR7ED]

Carb Rebuild To Steve - Feb 2017

Removed carbs and sending to Steve for rebuild. Thanks Steve!!!





Ed

[GS1150Pilot]

Raining here today, so toying around with stripping more of the CB900f.

[thebrandonbeezy]

I HATE DOING THIS.. I HATE IT WITH ALL OF MY LIFE!!
But i love the result! Hahahahahahaha

[GS1150Pilot]

Looking good.

[thebrandonbeezy]

Raining here today, so toying around with stripping more of the CB900f.

Whats a cb900f look like

[GS1150Pilot]

This is what a nice version of the breed looks like.

CB900f.jpg

[dorkburger]

I found the recent cleanup of my exhaust to be tedious and not fun work....

I did a few odds and ends - when I took a ride last week the bike went into a headshake after I hit a bump with one hand on the bars. After last summers fork rebuild and subsequent leaky seal which was repaired ( my error during assembly- one seal was installed upside down) I wasnt sure if the oil level in the forks was correct. I drained both today and refilled to be sure they were equal. I also found one of those dumb PDF pods in between settings. I also gave them a tiny shot of air. On tonights ride it seemed much better.

I recently bought new rubber grommets (correct Suzuki parts) that hold on the fairing mid panels. I put them on hoping that losing the makeshift ones I had would ease installation.... nope. Between the PO, and 2 incidents during my ownership, I think all of the fairing bracketry is bent making lining up the 4 mid panel tabs a painful test of patience. After doing some tweaking and adjusting, I got them on. Its annoying enough to make me want to just abandon them..... Until I see them on the bike. My younger son (11) actually hung out with me in the garage tonight.. he wanted to take apart / break things, so I gave him an electric motor from my scrap pile to open up. We did that, I showed and named the components (GS stator 101?)then he beat it up with a hammer. Then he took some soft copper tubing that I gave him and he hammered it into a "knife". Him being with me helped keep my frustration levels about the brackets in check.

He also told me that he wants to clean up and make the Rusty Old Scooter nice. Funny that... He has minimal regard for the GS, but he loves the scooter.
I may do an other projects thread if we do it.

[thebrandonbeezy]

You should! What kinda scooter is it ?

[Burque73]

I found the recent cleanup of my exhaust to be tedious and not fun work....

I did a few odds and ends - when I took a ride last week the bike went into a headshake after I hit a bump with one hand on the bars. After last summers fork rebuild and subsequent leaky seal which was repaired ( my error during assembly- one seal was installed upside down) I wasnt sure if the oil level in the forks was correct. I drained both today and refilled to be sure they were equal. I also found one of those dumb PDF pods in between settings. I also gave them a tiny shot of air. On tonights ride it seemed much better.

I recently bought new rubber grommets (correct Suzuki parts) that hold on the fairing mid panels. I put them on hoping that losing the makeshift ones I had would ease installation.... nope. Between the PO, and 2 incidents during my ownership, I think all of the fairing bracketry is bent making lining up the 4 mid panel tabs a painful test of patience. After doing some tweaking and adjusting, I got them on. Its annoying enough to make me want to just abandon them..... Until I see them on the bike. My younger son (11) actually hung out with me in the garage tonight.. he wanted to take apart / break things, so I gave him an electric motor from my scrap pile to open up. We did that, I showed and named the components (GS stator 101?)then he beat it up with a hammer. Then he took some soft copper tubing that I gave him and he hammered it into a "knife". Him being with me helped keep my frustration levels about the brackets in check.

He also told me that he wants to clean up and make the Rusty Old Scooter nice. Funny that... He has minimal regard for the GS, but he loves the scooter.
I may do an other projects thread if we do it.

Time spent like that with your boy is a priceless investment in not only his future, but yours after he moves out.

My oldest stepson, 28 yrs old now, just came to visit last week. He's a fireman in Southern CA. and has four kids himself. Anyway, while he was on his 48 hour shift his wife called him with a plumbing emergency. His only answer was "call a plumber I can't leave". They tried to gouge her with tearing the wall out and replacing the shower valve which would have cost buku bucks. Upon my boy's advice she got water from the sink for baths until he got home. It turned out to be a three dollar part from Home Depot and the problem was solved. His landlord was so pleased they took a couple hundred bucks off the rent.

Now, the rest of the story; while he was here he said that working with me as a teenager gave him the confidence to try things and if he didn't know how to fix something, find out how and do it. He also shared that he recently installed a floor for his father in law, which gave him major respect in the family, and thanked me once again for the experience of working together.

Please forgive the long winded reply Glen, but father son, or daughter for that matter, time is to be cherished!

[GS1150Pilot]

I miss my father (and mother) massively. He was a Porsche mechanic and raced British cars (Morris Minors, Mini Coopers, Bugeye Sprites and, for a time, an MGA), rode Triumphs, and got me into motors. He died three years ago, but even in 2012, he helped me set up my Miata for autocross, and as we worked (mostly me doing things, and him pointing out better ways to proceed) he talked as always about all the times I had spent with him in the garage. I can't imagine what my life would have been like without all of that magic.

He did say often, though, that he wished I hadn't taken to motorcycles so hard and fast. I was an addict as soon as I had my first bike (a YZ80A). My brother also got the bike bug, but gave it up when he remarried a much younger (and very attractive-read, persuasive in good ways) woman who hates motorcycles. This is why I now own his CB900f.

[bobgroger]

Whats a cb900f look like

Sorry, I couldn't help it

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=what+does+a+CB900F+look+like

[dorkburger]

Thanks guys, I think I should make the scooter project a go this summer....

[gordinho80]

Yes you should!!

[dorkburger]

You should! What kinda scooter is it ?

This... 1965 Raleigh Roma. Seems to be quite rare, and parts availability is nil, but thankfully it runs good, and is mostly complete.
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[GS1150Pilot]

Restomod thread, Glen!