Utterly Confused...

[Bustedknuckles]

yea, its an 82 GS1100G, with pods and the exhaust from the album
it has the mikuni CV Carbs
8-valve
altitude is about 840 feet
stock piston compression and valves
and yes i already drilled the slides...

if i have to i will JB weld the slides and re-drill them to factory specs but i would rather play with the jetting some to see if i can get it to work...

[Bustedknuckles]

i do have the stage one AND three dynajet kits... so i may try putting some of the stage one parts in and see if that helps...

[Nessism]

Did you vacuum sync the carbs? Did you check spark? Do you have 11+ volts at the coils? Why didn't you change the intake pipe boot O-rings? Did you adjust the valves?

Stage 3 is correct.

[Bustedknuckles]

i havent vacum synced the carbs yet becuase i have barely been able to get it to run, ive set all of the screws and idle to where they should be... they may be off by a little bit but not to the point where its causing the issues im having... the valves were adjusted just before i got the bike (at least thats what i as told) the coils are operating perfectly, there is good spark at each plug, and the intake boots are in great shape so i didnt change them...

[TheCafeKid]

You cannot assume things. You have to know. A valve adjustment will play a large factor in the idle/running of the bike. Mis-adjusted valves lead to low compression in on or more cylinders, extra air or fuel or both... It's not avoidable. Adjust the valves. Replace the engine side intake boot Orings. Examine the boots, if they're pulling away from the metal flange or cracked or whatever get rid of them and put new on.

The jet kit is not at fault. It's nearly plug and play. Almost idiot proof. But you have to start with a known good beginning. And that means valves adjusted, air leaks eliminated, etc. Screwing around with jets isn't going to help you a this point. You're just spinning your wheels.

[Nessism]

Okay man, just trying to help. You seem to know better than me. First thing I do with any new GS purchase is change the intake boot O-rings and adjust the valves. As soon as the bike is running I do a vacuum sync. Also, make sure the coils have proper voltage.

Good luck with your bike.

[Bustedknuckles]

fair enough, thats what i needed to hear... im going to order up some new o-rings, a new valve cover gasket and get to adjusting those bad boys...
i was dreading having to do it myself becuase i've never done it before... one of the reasons i was happy when the PO told me he just it was just done...

i believe i need some specialty tools and shims correct?

here in a couple hours im going to order everything so if you know of a good place to get all this stuff from i would greatly appreciate it! and if you have any pointers on the process they would also be very appreciated

thanks again fellas
Sincerely,
~Nate

[7981GS]

Call Z1 Enterprises in the morning. They will have everything that you need.
Also tell them what you have and what you are trying to do. They offer great advice as they know these bikes.


Daniel

[koolaid_kid]

Look on BassCliff's web site for adjusting the valves. IIRC they use zip ties or something instead of a specialty tool to lift the cam. (My bike has screw and nut adjusters, so I don't shim.)

[Bustedknuckles]

so i pulled the intake boots off (nightmare) half of the screws were already stripped and the other half were rusted in place so bad that even after using penetrating oil and a butane torch back and forth several times AND using vice grips i still managed to break off two of the screw heads...

so now i have that fun mess to take care of... but after FINALLY getting all 4 boots off i realized that even though the boots themselves weren't in bad shape the o-rings were falling apart.. smashed flat and breaking up, whole sections were missing...

so i need new o-rings.... and unfortunately some new intake boots... kindof destroyed two of them in the removal process...

looking around i have found the o-rings and updated allen screws... and also the actual intake boots... unfortunately, what im seeing is that they are about $150 new... seriously??? please inform me if im wrong but most sites either dont carry them or they are crazy expensive...

does anyone know where i can get them cheaper???

please tell me i can get a set of four for 80 or less and i will be thrilled...

also, i just made a new Album and uploaded a bunch of pics of my 1100... its 95% cosmetically finished... a weekend of polishing and buffing, and a few other odds and ends and its basically done... tell me what you think!!!

and thanks again!
Sincerely,
~Nate

[Nessism]

Part Shark has cheap part prices, but it will cost you more than $80.

And your lesson of the day is short cuts are long cuts.

[Bustedknuckles]

well kinda, even if i would have done this when i first got the bike i still would have damaged the boots and snapped off the screw heads... i took my time with it, used generous amounts of PB blaster alternating with a butane torch, trying to rapidly heat and cool the screws to help break them loose, lastly giving them a few taps with a hammer to jolt them free.

first trying with a phillips screwdriver, if that didnt work i broke out the dremmel tool to cut notches for a large flathead... if THAT didnt work i would try breaking them free with the vice-grips, and lastly i broke out the cobalt drill bits and bolt extractors...

got them all out but two... and the two that i broke broke off were the very last two, especially rusty screws too, pretty chewed up and REALLY tight, and i broke them on the first extraction attempt using the phillips head... so i tried my best...

but then again i did damage two of the boots while working on everything, one caught the dremmel tool, and the other kind of spontaneously combusted from the mixture of PB blaster and butane...

so yea, i guess you could say lesson learned.

and thanks alot Nessism, i have been looking quite a bit at parts the past couple hours and those are the cheapest i've seen, im just gunna bite the bullet and order em up now. hopefully get them by the end of this week.