what did you wrench on today??

[Burque73]

My block has KZ's, Triumph Bonneville's, a Goldwing but only one Suzuki GS. I know there are at least five Suzuki GS's in town (yes, I keep count every time I see one) including mine. Two other GSR members (an 82 1100 [GL] and a 79 750 [?], and two I've seen in front of stores (GS 450L and GS 1100E). I'm sure there are more, just what I've seen. That 750 is pretty modified with pipes and pods but real nice looking.

[AMK]

I would love to have a Bonneville. My GS is the nicest one on the block, but....
And Rick, you have a cool job!

[alke46]

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Fork seals and Sonic springs. Also put on some new headlight ears while I'm in there.
After looking at it in the air I'm thinking a bobber unicycle, what do you guys think?

I would pay good money to watch the 1st ride on the uni-bobber

[uk gs nut]

Such a nice day here, so I thought I would do some work on my Thunderbird project. Front and rear mudguards / fenders have a few rust spiders under the paint, so I've prepped and primed them outside to save moving all the bikes out of the garage. I will have to do topcoat and lacquer inside !.

[Jedz123]

I prepped and test road four bikes that were being sold, each needing this or that, but I was suppose the be reassembling an engine. I only got in enough time to clean the mating surface of the block and put the tranny back in with the new 1st-5th gear set and shift forks. Tomorrow I get to turn this pile of parts back into a Busa engine. Woohoo!

Do you work on any ZX-14 stuff???
I only ask for I plan on buying a ZG1400 lump and infusing some ZX-14 performance bits into it... I'd like to reach 200WHP on the Connie.
I'd love your input and advice...
Thanks

[Redman]

I never want to see my transmission gears.

(although something back there is singing to me)
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[Deuce]

I installed my Lockhart oil cooler I bought from a member here. Not sure why, but it had to be mounted upside down. It bolts directly to the bolts in the frame that the horns bolt to. It wouldn't mount right side up in that location. Also, I couldn't get the "LOCKHART" cover on. It has welded in bolts, and is supposed to mount to the holes used to mount the cooler to the frame. Since the frame has nuts welded in, and the cover has nuts welded in, there was no way I could use it. Not happy with the fact that I had to route the hoses opposite from how they are supposed to be. I might consider making a plate to do it correctly.

Since the cooler came off of a GK, and I have a G, I'm wondering how it mounts on the GK. Maybe the horns mount somewhere else or there are no nuts welded into the frame.

[Blue Falcon]

put an SH847 R/R on the Black Falcon....need to paint her blue... also new clutch cable, old was stretched to limits. Took a little modification on the mount but it all fit very well. It's nice to be able to put on my blinker and not dim the headlight...been a while since I have seen over 13v on the output lol. Another thing the PO got ripped off on.
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[GS1150Pilot]

All I did was change the oil and filter and adjust the chain on mine ...

[Guest]

Yesterday, another forum member came over to help me diagnose the high idle riddle on my '81 GS850G. In preparation, we checked all of the valves (all were within spec except for one. Fortunately, he had another shim to correct it), then we did a compression check with the engine cold; about 125psi all the way across. I'm happy with that. We also verified that the installation of the carbs was solid and that there were no air leaks. We ran out of daylight before we could actually do anything with the carbs, so this Tuesday he's coming back over and we'll get to work on them.

And to give credit where credit is due, this other forum member reached out to me after reading my thread about my high idle issue and offered his help. He brought his collection of shims, vacuum sync tool, and a small collection of other tools that are needed to do this job. He lives in Ypsilanti, which is just east of Ann Arbor where I live. Lots of good people on this forum.

[GS1150Pilot]

It is OK to name helpful members, you know.

[Guest]

Alright. His name is Charles. Don't know his last name yet. But he rides an '81 850GL that runs pretty well - certainly better than mine!

[GS1150Pilot]

Cheers to Charles!

[Baatfam]

Well I need to give the Triumph a quick once over before Brown County next week, but today I replaced the rear calipers of the Miata...
Poor girl has been neglected the past couple years and needs some loving. The parking brake mechanism on the rear calipers froze up from sitting. Once I get the brakes bleed, I will replace the fronts, which appear to have a stuck piston.

Under the watchful eyes of John...

[gsrick]

Do you work on any ZX-14 stuff???
I only ask for I plan on buying a ZG1400 lump and infusing some ZX-14 performance bits into it... I'd like to reach 200WHP on the Connie.
I'd love your input and advice...
Thanks

I don't get into the performance side of things or ever get to tinker. The shop I work for is a resale shop, so almost everything I do is repair, hardly ever performance improvement related. I would suggest checking the ZX forums for somes of the guys making big power.

I did get the engine back together without any extra parts left over.




Rides like butter with no more jumping gears, though I had to wait till they found where they put the keys.