A few questions about this 450.

[Billy Ricks]

Synching a two cylinder is easy, you don't even need guages. Just pull the plug wire off the cylinder that has the individual adjuster then set the idle high enough to run on one cylinder. Then put the plug wire back on and remove the other one. Use the adjuster on the carb to set the idle rpm the same as the other cylinder. When your doing this if you have access to the mixture screw you can adjust that for each cylinder for the smoothest idle.

[robinjo]

Synching a two cylinder is easy, you don't even need guages. Just pull the plug wire off the cylinder that has the individual adjuster then set the idle high enough to run on one cylinder. Then put the plug wire back on and remove the other one. Use the adjuster on the carb to set the idle rpm the same as the other cylinder. When your doing this if you have access to the mixture screw you can adjust that for each cylinder for the smoothest idle.

Did that

[robinjo]

How did this work out? Were you able to fix the leak? I have an older 450 that has this problem.

Thanks!

It worked out well, I drilled three holes in the seal and used a screw to extract it, grind off the point of the screw because there seems to be a second bigger seal behind it you don't want to damage. Put the new seal in the freezer for a while and warm up the engine before you start and try not to shave anything off the outer diameter if you put in it.

The 450 in this topic is safely back, running like a dream, to it's owner who can't wait to get his bike licence and ride the thing He even gave me a little extra money back for the parts I bought that I had enough left to buy a crate of beer :mrgreen:

[bgmart450]

Gonna start on mine next?

Awesome btw. wonderful that another GS is all ready to go!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response. I know my seal leaks and I'm glad to hear that you didn't have to crack the case. My 450 hasn't seen any love in a few years, it's been sitting in the driveway, but I am trying to revive her. The last time I fired her up she had a bad knocking and I'm no mechanic but it didn't sound very good. Luckily for me I have a full parts bike that supposedly has a better engine in it.

[robinjo]

Gonna start on mine next?

Awesome btw. wonderful that another GS is all ready to go!

Bring it over

Well atleast it's road ready (except for the original '88 front tire which I STRONGLY advised he should get replaced, that thing is lethal). He was talking about a little test ride on a nearby parking lot, naughty boy :twisted: sofar I'm the only one who has ridden it.

p.s. no probs dedfish, I hope you succeed!