78' GS750 Carburator Hose question

[Rich82GS750TZ]

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[Shred Astaire]

Barely know what you're doing, but willing to bang your head against the wall instead?

The GSR exists to pass our accumulated mistakes on to you, so that you can do things the right way

Go here -https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?196338-New-Members-CLICK-HERE!! (it's the sticky in the GS Owners forum)

Read thru everything -especially the Top 10 Newbie Mistakes (made just for you!) and the BassCliff website. Get yourself a factory service manual there and check out the valve adjustment, carb sync and electrical tutorials. Yes, some of links are broken

Ready? Get yourself an egg carton, a can of carb dip, a JIS screwdriver, small metric sockets, an impact driver and order up a set of O rings for the carbs and intake boots.

Aaaand, Go!

You sure know how to burst a bubble Big T can't I just soak the carbs in vinegar and shake everything out the drain hole? I don't want to start stripping out tiny screws. I'd be screwed then for sure. There was no lacquer or sediment in the bottom of the gas tank only rust inside. I'm going to hope the carbs will be fine and that he drained the gas tank before storage. I need to successfully complete more work on this bike before becoming carb man.

The world is a complicated place. I did read the new member info and went over to the Basscliff and Resources area but it like drinking from a fire hose. I'm just finding my legs with this bike stuff. I use to work on my own cars as a kid through about emission central and sensored up car upgrades. Then I let the pro's do it. I will get one of those egg carton hats though

I do have the bike service manual but it doesn't cover what experience is needed.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

I'm going to hope the carbs will be fine and that he drained the gas tank before storage.

I’m going to paraphrase Steve: you can do it right, or you can do it over.

[Big T]

You sure know how to burst a bubble Big T can't I just soak the carbs in vinegar and shake everything out the drain hole? I don't want to start stripping out tiny screws. I'd be screwed then for sure. There was no lacquer or sediment in the bottom of the gas tank only rust inside. I'm going to hope the carbs will be fine and that he drained the gas tank before storage. I need to successfully complete more work on this bike before becoming carb man.

The world is a complicated place. I did read the new member info and went over to the Basscliff and Resources area but it like drinking from a fire hose. I'm just finding my legs with this bike stuff. I use to work on my own cars as a kid through about emission central and sensored up car upgrades. Then I let the pro's do it. I will get one of those egg carton hats though

I do have the bike service manual but it doesn't cover what experience is needed.

You need to understand that buying an old bike has not only a learning curve, but a fi nancial burden
Expect to spend somewhere from $500-1,000 to make your bike roadworthy.

If you worked on cars before, it's really not much of a leap to bike carbs, there's just 4 of them

Plus, you get to buy more tools
What could be better than new tools and new skills?

JIS screwdrivers from gofastinnovations.com
O rings from cycleorings.com
Small metric sockets from Harbor Freight
Valve shim tool from Motion Pro
Steve's valve spread sheet
Valve cover gasket

And you're 90 per cent of the way there!

[Shred Astaire]

You need to understand that buying an old bike has not only a learning curve, but a fi nancial burden
Expect to spend somewhere from $500-1,000 to make your bike roadworthy.

If you worked on cars before, it's really not much of a leap to bike carbs, there's just 4 of them

Plus, you get to buy more tools
What could be better than new tools and new skills?

JIS screwdrivers from gofastinnovations.com
O rings from cycleorings.com
Small metric sockets from Harbor Freight
Valve shim tool from Motion Pro
Steve's valve spread sheet
Valve cover gasket

And you're 90 per cent of the way there!

Lol, I've been totally jazzed about the tool purchases. I mean, who doesn't love an impact driver, hammer and chisel with a stubborn Phillips screw. Homie wins that battle every time I'm sooo metric now I have a European accent when I burp, and a rack of flat head and Phillips screw drivers for only $9.95 that takes up half the work bench Who needs that many screw drivers. Back in the day you had 2 favorites that did everything.

But seriously, I'm having the time of my life right now with this bike. I bought it with the first stimulus check because I love bikes and I miss the 70's like you read about. They were the best years of my life. I have severe emphysema and at one point in the last 4 years I was completely couch ridden 24/7. Now I scoot around the bike with my stool and half inch drive socket set like I'm working on a ship in a bottle with a couple of ax handles.

I just got the sweetest set of stock pipes from ebay UK shipping from Winnipeg, MB. They are damn close to new looking. The wife got dropped from unemployment here in FL because she refuses to go back to work at this time so I'll have to cut back on my restoration a bit but life really doesn't get better than this and I'm truly grateful for the support I'm getting here.

I'm going to get a black light and some black light posters for the carport and a Lava lamp and just dig it. Thanks for your help Big T!! Be well brother!!

[Grimly]

Those Philips are JIS screws. A subtle but important difference.
You can avoid lots of grief and stripped / mangled screw heads by equipping yourself with just a couple of JIS drivers, either from Amazon, ebay or one of the members here sells them.

https://www.gofastinnovations.com/

[Shred Astaire]

Those Philips are JIS screws. A subtle but important difference.
You can avoid lots of grief and stripped / mangled screw heads by equipping yourself with just a couple of JIS drivers, either from Amazon, ebay or one of the members here sells them.
https://www.gofastinnovations.com/

Thank you Dave!

Another headache gone!

[Gravity]

Not sure if you've started in with the Berryman's and the 24-hour suggestion here or not, but WORDS OF WARNING: The Berryman's dip for 24-hours will likely cause weird stuff to happen to your carb bodies. I dipped one for 24+ hours, came out to the garage to find out it reacted pretty well, popped the lid open, and left a dark grey oxide slime on the carb body. Took a very long time to scrub all of that off and get it looking better. Now that specific carb body oxidizes whiter than the others AND I'm worried about how much material was lost in the threads and small passages and how much of that powdery oxide is still lingering in the areas I couldn't get a brush into and had to rely on spray carb cleaner and compressed air. The other three carb bodies I dipped AT MOST for 2 hours at a time, limiting the overall time to 4 hours (which I believe is recommended on the can for aluminum alloys). Just wanted to give you a heads up that there can be some undesirable results that make more work for you if you just soak the suckers to death.