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We went to Maryland over the weekend to visit one of my sisters and to pick up an 850 that my younger son had purchased from Max (GSR member). The bike is in pretty decent shape for a 27-year-old bike. I knew it was a runner, but also did not expect it to be able to be ridden home. We got it home without any problems and did the once-over to start a checklist on what all we plan to do to the bike. It starts easily enough, but seems to be running on only two or three cylinders, and will only run on full choke. I had already planned on checking the valves and cleaning the carbs, so this just reinforces that idea. After an overnight soak with degreaser and a trip through the car (bike) wash, it cleaned up quite nicely.
Of course, my son wants to start worrying about cosmetics right away. To help give him a taste of the work that is involved with getting a bike in unknown condition back on the road, I showed him how to remove the front wheel so he could remove the disks and start cleaning the wheel. (Yeah, it's the back wheel in the picture, but I did not get a picture of the front wheel in-process.)
While he was having 'fun' with the wheels, getting them ready for paint, I decided to check the condition of the charging system. Voltage at the battery did not seem to rise, so I checked the stator. Resistance seemed OK, so I went for a voltage check. Remember when I said that it only runs on full choke? I did not think it would be running that long to do a quick stator voltage check, and in less than a minute, my son called out to me..."HEY, DAD..." Fortunately, the camera was very close, as we have been getting pictures of just about every step of the process.
Suffice it to say that valves and carbs will be checked/adjusted before the beast roars again.
By the way, can anybody identify the header? I can not find any marks on it anywhere. Appears nicely made, and the muffler is nice (for me, at least) in that it does not kick up like most of them do, leaving room for saddlebags.
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Of course, my son wants to start worrying about cosmetics right away. To help give him a taste of the work that is involved with getting a bike in unknown condition back on the road, I showed him how to remove the front wheel so he could remove the disks and start cleaning the wheel. (Yeah, it's the back wheel in the picture, but I did not get a picture of the front wheel in-process.)
While he was having 'fun' with the wheels, getting them ready for paint, I decided to check the condition of the charging system. Voltage at the battery did not seem to rise, so I checked the stator. Resistance seemed OK, so I went for a voltage check. Remember when I said that it only runs on full choke? I did not think it would be running that long to do a quick stator voltage check, and in less than a minute, my son called out to me..."HEY, DAD..." Fortunately, the camera was very close, as we have been getting pictures of just about every step of the process.
Suffice it to say that valves and carbs will be checked/adjusted before the beast roars again.
By the way, can anybody identify the header? I can not find any marks on it anywhere. Appears nicely made, and the muffler is nice (for me, at least) in that it does not kick up like most of them do, leaving room for saddlebags.
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