what did you wrench on today??

[81GS750]

OOOHHHH LA LA... Step back "L" haters, they be a new kid on the block!

Hahaha you should see it now with the trunk mounted on the back rack. Good thing is, I may already have it sold! Bye Bye Honda!!!!!!!!

[81GS750]

Glad to hear that you are giving that bike its' due respect.

Few left in existance and YOU, just happen to have one...

Thanks, I decided to keep it. Got VERY LUCKY and found a Canadian instrument cluster on the bay for cheaper than the US models. So now I don't have to stare at that 85mph speedo! I've got a few plans for upgrades. Mostly improve the ultra restrictive exhaust and intake system, do something about the brakes and forks. I think Yamaha engineers were smoking some funny stuff when they designed parts of this thing............ ok, like 95% of this thing! But, I won't do anything to it that can't be reversed easily.

Now, to just find a XN85 and a KZ750 Turbo!!!

[Dave8338]

GOOD LUCK!

Yamaha, like all others in that era, were looking at performance and economy. The two have little if anything to do with eachother.

Exhaust would be my first step, were I you, and take it from there. The turbos of that day were less than ideal and could also use an upgrade. As you mentioned, keeping it reversible is the key. With a good stand alone system (pm Kevin) you should be able to dial that bike into the sweet spot.

100+ hp "should" be an easy target.

[81GS750]

100 hp should be fairly easy to reach, it's that no boost under 5k thing thats the problem. I've decided to ditch the reed valves and bov in the surge tank, along with the air filter box. I'll add an external wastegate and bov along with fitting a cone style filter to the turbo inlet pipe. Fab up a new collector that isn't FLAT. Good thing is, it's a carbureted engine and fairly simple to tune.

[pete]

I got to here last night, crankcase halves finally together!

[kng254]

installed 12 series shocks today

[81gs1100]

installed a winch and grip warmers on a 2010 Grizzly 700 SE, rebuilt a clutch on a Exciter and 2009 550 Grizzly. and brakes on a 420 honda rancher.

[Runningdog]

Built a shelf along the ceiling of the shed, and started putting bike pieces on it as I removed them from the GS850. Am doing the valve seals and rings on the old Black Beauty, plus cleaning up whatever I get access to as I go along. Motor's never been apart, so being extra carefull with old fasteners....went and bought a couple of reasonable-quality open/box wrenches, and a couple of deep sockets in the most-used sizes for the task, hopefully to avoid rounding off old nuts. Sprayed the head-nuts with Moovit before I quit for the day, hopefully they'll be turnable tomorrow, or later in the week when I get back to it.

[cowboyup3371]

More like this weekend...

• Removed rear swingarm and bearings
• Cleaned above and determined I will re-paint it as well. Course now I'm thinking I should repaint the frame but don't know if I really want to remove the engine so I'm debating that.
• Finished fixing two fences on the property; now i'll have a better chance of keeping the horses closer to the house again
• Removed carbs to repaint and record jet sizes since I can't find my notes from the carb rebuild in May
• Checked on my fork sizing again - found out I have forks from a GS750 on my GS550

Today I just unlocked a few people's accounts at work and installed antivirus updates...I do more work at home than I do at work...that's weird.

[chuck hahn]

Cowboy..if you dont want to remove the engine ( or other parts as well) then just wrap aluminum foil around everything you dont want to get paint on and spray away. Once it has dried just peel off the foil and your done. Unbolt the coils and set them down on the engine..wrap the wiring harness..wrap the entire engine and press the foil into the fins and such to keep it in place..you get the basic idea here.

[cowboyup3371]

Thanks Chuck, I'll give that a shot.

[chuck hahn]

It works like a champ..I have done it with 3 or 4 bikes already and it sure simplifes things..especially that you dont need to pull the engine!! Just be sure to use a good degreaser and scrub the frame pertty good to get as much of the crud and dust off so there isnt any bad spots to peel later on.

[850 Combat]

We completed the installation of a new CAt C175 3 megawatt generator recently. It is currently doing a 12 hour test at max output. 3 megawatt is over 4,000 hordepower. It is more impressive to stand next to it than I thought it would be.

[Dave8338]

YAHHHH...same old same old!

RUST SUCKS!!!!!



Onto the drivers side, now:



And a little to the hinges:



"Minnesota Salt"...SUCKS!!!!!

[JEEPRUSTY]

Dave why an Escort is that run in some sort of stock car racing?