CR's EZ saga.

[DMPLATT]

Well, it sounds to me like you are making great progress. Keep up the good work and the good spirits. It'll be one fine machine when you are done and you'll know it inside and out.

This might help you with the horn. I've looked into it as well.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/viewtopic.php?t=8203&highlight=automotive+horn

[Joe Nardy]

Next I move onto the horns. I scrap the factory horns that sound like they've seen better days and bolt on some "Highway Blasters." These are supposed to give off 132dB. I figure if I sound like a car I get more attention when I need it. I bet if I sould like a train I'd get very more attention, but that's a bit out of the question. Maybe a semi truck? Air horns. Eh, that's for down the road.

While trying to figure how to wire them I discover Suzuki had the hot side of the horn connected to switched power and the horn button was on the ground side. HUH? This means I'm having to run a relay to power the horn. Button/ground to activate the relay and feed postive to the + terminal of the horn as the body of the horn is ground.

You will need to run a relay anyway. The Freeway Blasters draw too much current and you will blow fuses without a relay. Here's a place that has Bosch relays for $2.19 and generic relays for $1.19: Parts Express Do a search for "Relay". By the way, you'll like the Freeway Blasters. The cagers jump when you use them!

The oil temp gauge wasn't registering so I check the sensor by grounding it and the needle comes up. I look it up on Bike Bandit and they want over $70 for it! Holy crap! Alternatives?

Try a motorcycle junk yard or maybe one of the nice folks here will have one.

[Mysuzyq]

Coyote, you might want to keep an eye on ebay. :roll: ..... a lot of parts lately for the EZ.... a couple vendors appear to be parting out bikes.

Tony.

[Anonymous]

Okay, will do. Thanks!

[Hoomgar]

Dood! I totally missed this thread. So sorry. What a fantastic story! I feel you totally on that first post man. It is well worth the pain you must go through to get that bike back into your life

It seems that sometimes in order to get what we really want, no matter how simple the request, the amount of work we need to put into it is proportional to the degree of desire we have for the bike!

I am currently re-getting the bike of my youth. I am hoping that it will turn out to be less work than it looks like it may be. The mechanicals will decide that. I am already prepared for what needs done to the cosmetics.

Stick with it man, when all is done, and you have it right, you'll be glad. And the pain of it all will fade away.

At least my wife tells me childbirth pain was that way so I figure this should be similar

Welcome to the GSR man

[wrench]

Welcome to the GSR 8)