Will This Be Worth It? Part Deaux (and Finale)

[Anonymous]

I made it folks. The bike has been running well since Tuesday. Here's the short end of it: The bike is 1980, I had an additional set of 1982 carbs, and I had mixed and matched the internals. On Monday I decided to clean all the 1982 innards and install them in the 1982 carb bodies, and viola! it ran. I sync'd the carbs (with a homemade adjuster [one 8mm socket, one 12" length of plumbing tubing, and one 11/16 nut, JBWelded together]) and it has been running since.

Though not registered or insured yet, I've run it around the neighborhood and up and down the hwy a little to fine tune things. I even rode it to a friends house to show it off, but he wasn't home. Still, I got to ride it through some mildly twisty backroads. To borrow from some good motorcycle friends, "It blew the stink all off." I have ridden these roads on a friends 1981 Honda CB900, and my GS850 is more nimble and enjoyable. A real sweet ride.

So if anyone gets stumped in the carb he11 experiences, don't jump your bike from a running vehicle, replace your RR whether you jump it or not, and keep plugging away. (More details on the Technical section.)

Thanks for all the encouraging words. Forgive me, but to borrow from Stephan Sondheim's Into the Woods, "And I know things now, many wonderful things, that I hadn't known before."

Best.

P.S. Time to change my signature line!

[earlfor]

Congratulations!!! I believe you have finally arrived. :-) :-) :-) In the end,
I find its always worth it. The problem sometimes is in believing that during the process. eh eh eh

Earl

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I agree, I believe one of the first things to do to a GS is to clean ALL electrical connections and replace the RR on them, We purchased a 250 for my wife to learn on, I sent it to the local bike shop to be tuned and serviced, I trust these guys ( I have even let them work on the Tractor) they had her 250 for three weeks and couldnt get a stable idle, they got it the best they could, BTW they kept us informed of progress,and discounted the work because they couldnt achieve the desired result. I being not the sort to allow such a situation to continue ordered a new RR for the bike fitted it and it has idled perfectly ever since.
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