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    #61
    Order confirmation!

    As a note, the stainless steel lines with the chrome bevels that I bought 4 years ago need to be replaced. I thought I would never have to replace these. Rubber would have lasted longer than these lines did with the chrome ends. Now I am going for all stainless.

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      #62
      Are garbage welds common on these? My frame has several.

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        #63
        Originally posted by lemonshindig View Post
        Are garbage welds common on these? My frame has several.

        [ATTACH=CONFIG]53372[/ATTACH]
        IDK but I would venture a guess that some PO didn't know how to weld and tried to fix something. Now it's up to you to make it right.
        Larry

        '79 GS 1000E
        '93 Honda ST 1100 SOLD-- now residing in Arizona.
        '18 Triumph Tiger 800 (gone too soon)
        '19 Triumph Tiger 800 Christmas 2018 to me from me.
        '01 BMW R1100RL project purchased from a friend, now for sale.

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          #64
          Removing the paint makes a weld look worse but that weld doesn't look factory to me. None of the welds on my '79 1000 look like that. Mine are generally uniform and don't have any pitting.
          Inspect the frame as best you can before continuing. Re-weld any suspect welds.
          And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
          Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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            #65
            Originally posted by lemonshindig View Post
            Are garbage welds common on these? My frame has several.

            [ATTACH=CONFIG]53372[/ATTACH]
            No way is that a factory weld. Someone didn't know how to weld.
            Komorebi-The light filtering through the trees.

            I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. H.D.T.

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              #66
              Could be factory. I wouldn't rule it out. One GS frame I repainted had a couple pieces of MIG wire sticking out like a porcupine. Very shoddy work.
              Ed

              To measure is to know.

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                #67
                I've seen gnarlier factory welds on hondas and yammies. I expect suzuki had their share.

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                  #68


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                  Did some sandblasting today. The cabinet is a SnapOn but it leaks a bit (cough cough) and only about 20% of the window has any visibility at all. It took my wife and I 2.5 hours to sandblast the center stand and the front turn signal brackets. We didn't even get to the swing arm, tank, or side stand.

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                    #69
                    Aircraft stripper and a wire wheel might speed things up a bit. The look on your wife's face is priceless..
                    1979 GS1000S,

                    1982 Honda CX500 Turbo, 1982 Honda MB5 w/CR80 motor, 1977 Honda "nekid" Goldwing, 1976 Honda CB550F cafe', 1972 Honda XL250 cafe'

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                      #70
                      Take that wife of yours out to dinner and then order some aluminum oxide blast media. It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to blast those parts.
                      Ed

                      To measure is to know.

                      Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

                      Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

                      Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

                      KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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                        #71
                        Dang!

                        Your bike has serious rust. Makes my bike look clean (sorry). I'm grateful for what I got.

                        Your wife looks a bit pa-turbed...where's her respirator?


                        Ed
                        GS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
                        GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
                        GSX-R750Y (Sold)

                        my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep2021)

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                          #72
                          My wife was kicking ass. She was frustrated because that machine has 0% visibility. We did not expect to need respirators. I will definitely wear a respirator next time.

                          If you are certain that those 3 parts should have taken 20 minutes, then I might go rent a cabinet off base. I planned om blasting the frame off base because his cabinet is big enough for the frame. But he charges $1/minute. The snapon cabinet on base is $5/30 minutes.

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                            #73




                            After 45 minutes with a different blast cabinet. Visibility is much better but it pulsates and this media is not as aggressive.

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                              #74
                              Oh youth and energy! Thanks for documenting this!

                              Keep it up!
                              Mark Fisher
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                                #75
                                Are you melting those little pellets into the eaten away metal? That would be cool...it would help the thickness. Thanks for posting.


                                Ed
                                GS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
                                GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
                                GSX-R750Y (Sold)

                                my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep2021)

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