Hey guys, just picked up an 82 GS650L, have some questions

[AudiA4_20T]

College Park, UMD

[Dave8338]

Finally, can the pod filter that is broken be causing an issue as well?

It does look that the #4 pipe is the most blue and it goes along with the #4 pod that is trashed. The bike needs to be jetted to match those pipes and pods.

I'de start with the carbs, a new petcock, and another set of good pods.
I do like the look of the pipes. Rather a retro/ 80's throw back.

You're going to love that bike when it's up and running correctly.

OH and as for you're comment about the PO saying that everything was set up right, keep this in mind: HE was trying to sell you the bike. We're here to help you get it running right.

[AudiA4_20T]

I know I'm too trusting of people. The guy had a ton of bikes around though, I don't think he drove it enough to know what was wrong with it.

Here is some progress, these things are so confusing to me ha

[AudiA4_20T]

Dave, I came across this pic and fell in love btw



I came across it in a search, one day I wish I could clean up my bike enough to look like that, but that has to take hundreds of hours

[Dave8338]

How did you get a pic of MY bike? I have the EXACT same bike as the pic you posted.

AINT IT PURDY!!!

The "clean up" just takes time and it helps to start out with a "hanger queen" that has not been molested. The fewer miles the better.

Back in the 80's I was riding a Honduh..duh..duh CB 650 and raced a friend of a friend on a GS 650 and got SMOKED! From that day on, I vowed to own one and got lucky about 4 years ago when I stumbled on mine sitting in the garrage of a client of mine. We struck a deal and I brought home an all original unmolested (sans a pi$$ poor carb attempt) stored inside--6,000 mile sweet heart that I WILL NOT PART WITH!

[donimo]

if you took the tank off and it was "dumping fuel" then you DO have a problem with the petcock as it is supposed to shut of fuel in the absence of engine vacuum.

[AudiA4_20T]

How did you get a pic of MY bike? I have the EXACT same bike as the pic you posted.

AINT IT PURDY!!!

The "clean up" just takes time and it helps to start out with a "hanger queen" that has not been molested. The fewer miles the better.

Back in the 80's I was riding a Honduh..duh..duh CB 650 and raced a friend of a friend on a GS 650 and got SMOKED! From that day on, I vowed to own one and got lucky about 4 years ago when I stumbled on mine sitting in the garrage of a client of mine. We struck a deal and I brought home an all original unmolested (sans a pi$$ poor carb attempt) stored inside--6,000 mile sweet heart that I WILL NOT PART WITH!

Nice! Mine has 16k on it but for $500 cash with a new battery and exhaust it was a pretty damn good deal

[AudiA4_20T]

if you took the tank off and it was "dumping fuel" then you DO have a problem with the petcock as it is supposed to shut of fuel in the absence of engine vacuum.

seriously? Could my carbs be fine then? Like I said fuel was dripping out of the pod filters when the car was off

[Rein]

Since you have the carbs off, dip it anyways!

Before ordering the carb kits, you should have opened up the carbs to see what you needed. Not to mention you ordered the o ring kit, so you'll have extra o-rings left over. You might end up just using one or two parts from the four kits you bought.

perhaps the most important part in the kit is the mix screw. It's really fragile, and I can only ever find it in the kits. When you dip your carbs, don't forget to take the caps off the mix screws and replace the orings there after the dip.

Make sure you don't dip any rubber or plastic parts, like the diaphragm or the choke retainers. You might already know this, but better safe than sorry, I wouldn't want you buying 4 diaphragms, which cost more than the bike.

I have an 81' love it to death! A word of caution, most likely your 82 will have the gold hubspline, and will need a replacement soon.

[Dave8338]

Nice! Mine has 16k on it but for $500 cash with a new battery and exhaust it was a pretty damn good deal

SWEET DEAL... Please tell me that you are going to keep the L bars?

[AudiA4_20T]

Since you have the carbs off, dip it anyways!

Before ordering the carb kits, you should have opened up the carbs to see what you needed. Not to mention you ordered the o ring kit, so you'll have extra o-rings left over. You might end up just using one or two parts from the four kits you bought.

perhaps the most important part in the kit is the mix screw. It's really fragile, and I can only ever find it in the kits. When you dip your carbs, don't forget to take the caps off the mix screws and replace the orings there after the dip.

Make sure you don't dip any rubber or plastic parts, like the diaphragm or the choke retainers. You might already know this, but better safe than sorry, I wouldn't want you buying 4 diaphragms, which cost more than the bike.

I have an 81' love it to death! A word of caution, most likely your 82 will have the gold hubspline, and will need a replacement soon.

Honestly, I don't already know this your speaking a different language to me. I figured I'd order the kits anyway, so I can take these suckers apart and figure out how they work.

1. Even if I opened the carbs I would have no idea what would be needed lol
2. What am I "dipping" the carbs in? And how much of the carb am I doing this with?
3. Im following the DIY currently. Im taking apart the carbs each in their own little aluminum pans so I'm taking my time with everything. I think I should be fine

[AudiA4_20T]

SWEET DEAL... Please tell me that you are going to keep the L bars?

Dave thats a joke dude thats part of the reason I got the bike of course I'm keeping them

[Rein]

Honestly, I don't already know this your speaking a different language to me. I figured I'd order the kits anyway, so I can take these suckers apart and figure out how they work.

1. Even if I opened the carbs I would have no idea what would be needed lol
2. What am I "dipping" the carbs in? And how much of the carb am I doing this with?
3. Im following the DIY currently. Im taking apart the carbs each in their own little aluminum pans so I'm taking my time with everything. I think I should be fine

Well, you only really need the kits if you are missing something.

What you might use from the kits is the needle seats and float needle. The float needle is the little pointy thing that goes into the hole right where the float posts are. The needle seat is the tunnel where the needle goes to.

If the top of the needle is grooved, then replace it.

You can find a carburetor cleaner in a gallon can with a basket most of the time. It eats up rubber, not to mention skin if you aren't careful. You can also get it from you local Yamaha dealer as well.

My '81 is my first bike, and I learned LOADS in a week about the carbs. Just take your time, and eventually you'll have that magic moment where everything makes sense.

[AudiA4_20T]

Ok continuing in my saga of taking these things apart,

The pilot jet is stripped, and the air screw as well.

Also, I had to use bolt removers to pull out a few bolts, so I need to replace them as well

[AudiA4_20T]

ok now its just the air screw