Finished 80 GS1000G project

[Guest]

Bike is now registered. I bought the bike and it ran pretty nicely but had to do some normal maintenance and clean up.
Valve clearances were opened up way too wide... mostly all about 1mm too wide with most clearances about 1.8mm.
That is fixed. Rebuilt carbs; they worked fine just kind of dirty. Replaced brake fluid on both ends and put in some
new pads. Put on some new tires. Cleaned (media blasted) case covers and clear coated. Re-powered coils and
swapped OEM coils for some Dyna 3 Ohm coils, Replaced fuse box with blade type. Repainted and striped. Did some
frame painting and general clean up of things, especially under the tank as it was full of mud daubers. Replaced
the old K&N filter with a UNI filter, installed all new stainless case bolts. Added some Progressive rear shocks.
Of course, carbs sync'd and all engine oils changed.

Anyway, bike runs and stops great and is VERY comfortable. Probably still need to add some steel brake lines,
replacement mirrors (clean OEM mirrors but the chrome was pitted), same for turn signals, and last, clean up fork
lowers and wheels.

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[robertbarr]

Looks great. Well worth the effort; that bike should last darned near forever now.

1.8 millimeters of clearance? Good lord, that's the Grand Canyon, more or less!

[steve murdoch]

Nice looking bike, geol.
After a month or so of riding can you report back on the Progressive shocks.

[Nessism]

Must be a typo about the valve clearance. From 3.00 to 2.15 is only .85mm

[geol]

Valve clearances were in the .18 range. I had to use much thicker shims on almost all valves. Never saw the like. I rode the bike home that way about 50 miles and it ran OK. Go figure. It was a misprint. Product of the Texas education system doesn't help with my math any.

[dorkburger]

Looks good! Enjoy.