Halon's '82 GS550L Project Thread!

[Halon]

Couple more updates.
Took the whole bike to the machine shop and they drilled out the exhaust holes to 5/16". Also, when my center stand is up then the chain rubs against it slightly. Is this normal? Chain seems to be pretty tight, so I'm not sure what would remedy this situation (if in fact it's bad).
I also won a 4-1 exhaust off of eBay and picked it up (the place was local). $70 and a little scrubbing turned out to be a good buy! I took the muffler off the headers cause it was all bent up and looked like crap. The headers also have a few small dings in them, so I might just use exhaust wrap. Not sure if I'm just going to put a cosmetic tip on there since I'm really just riding to school and back (not a fan of the school parking lots!) or if I'll look into a muffler.
Oh yeah, I have two racks of carbs on the way. Hopefully with them and my ****ty pair here I can make one good pair. Or even get the one rack on there and put on pods+rejet the other one, and then do a switcharoo. We'll see. Fuel line is coming, too, along with some T-connectors. Not sure where I'll use them, as there are just fuel and vent lines hanging all over the place on my bike (haven't seen a complete one yet, so I'm not sure how they go), but they seemed like a good idea to get at the time.
I'll post pics tomorrow!


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[Halon]

Finally putting it all back together! Got carbs, a side mount license plate holder, and a low-rise fender from Stephen (CA180). Put the latter two on and am trying to figure out where all the lines go from the carbs to the tank/etc. If you haven't seen my thread, please help me out! http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...655#post714655

I also got the 4-1 exhaust on and cleaned the swingarm up a lot.









In the next post I'll show you a cool little trick I did to make starting a little bit easier.


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[Halon]

This is a cool trick I did because I got tired of holding the clutch in while I tried to get the damn thing to start! I cut the wires that connect to the switch on the clutch that makes it so you can't start the bike unless the clutch is in. Then I connected the two wires so that the bike would always think the clutch was in. This lets me start the bike without having to hold the clutch and the starter button. Really nice for checking sparks and compression and such.
I'm sure people have done this before, but I thought I'd post a pic anyway!




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[GrantC82GS]

i just got a GS550L (82) and it has the original exahaust. im wanting something a little more louder but i dont know whats worth the cash and sound. anyone have any idea or what they got and they are happy with?

thanks!