1977 gs 750, track days

[first timer]

Sandy and 80GS both have great advise here, I just got done doing a track day on a vintage honda triffecpa loaned me, it was great fun. He has the right idea about vintage bikes on the track, buy something cheap that you don't care about prep it as best you can like mentioned above and have fun on it. One thing I learned taking my 550 to the track one time and then was reminded last weekend when one of the guys i was riding with had a stock gs1000. Rear sets are a must! You will be leaning alot farther over then on the street. You will need to fab some sort of rear sets up. Before going to the track check your lean angles and make sure no hard parts will be scraping. I found my exhaust megaphone on the 550 would drag while leaned over and the shocks compressed.

[jabberjoe87]

i have a 77 gs 750. i have some cheap pods a vance and hines four to 1 and i said screw the jet kit and instead put 110 mains in left the pilots, and adjusted the needle up a clip. A paper came with the pipes and said to put 115 main jet and a 17.5 pilot and adjust the clip up one notch. My bike ran really rich when i had the baffles and everything in the pipe, i did some adjustments to the baffle, put teh pods on, adjusted the air screw off idle mixture screw thingy and this made everything fairly gravey. There is with out a doubt a power difference. and saved a ton of money without buying a jet kit, jets themselves are two bucks a peice

[moderntechnician]

To Old Colt

Are you talking about the big Lockheed Constellation and Super Constellations? Oh I loved them! I have been onboard Kennedy’s Constellation here at Pima; they had one of his rockers aboard.

If you did mean the Constellations here is a link to a neat site that shows the Avra Valley job here in Southern AZ.

http://www.air-and-space.com/Lockheed%20Super%20Constellation%20survivors.htm

And how about a video link to the Arthur Godfrey’s flight aboard a Super Constellation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCL7FglFapY

Yeah they cut up pretty much all of the Phantoms and F-111’s, they are now chopping up F-14 and F-16’s which really hurts as well. The dedicated ground support aircraft (A-10’s) are holding on by the skin of their teeth but the A-7’s are history, a clear case of our military planners having no idea how to solve the need for close support aircraft during wartime. A big hole in our tactics that might herald in problems in the future (the loss of a Carrier to an Iranian attack would be perceived as a major loss, but the current Aircraft available for the Combat Air Patrol have a very short time on station and even then have to refuel immediately and often.) Oh, well why listen to an old infantryman?

Did I mention that my first jump was from a DC-3 (C-47)?

Yeah, I used to get a lot of Police Officer requests to ride the BSA and would more often than not get stopped in order to listen to stories about Matchless or Vincent adventures. Made the ride really worthwhile! Police really were different in those days and higher ups didn’t stand on their necks. (Can you guess what I do for a living?)

Really, they paid you to fly that Bi Plane across country???

Quote:That read has put a smile on my face. Yah the world has changed. Nam was not a good thing, but then not as severe on the world as this Bushwacker era.

Well suffice it to say that I respectfully disagree.

Glad I brought a smile!

(And that brings up the matter in reference to certain Al Qaeda propagandists’ derogatory references to our President Elect made today WED19NOV2008; in my family we were and are taught to respect our President even if we disagree with their politics! It is too bad you weren’t brought up better and judging by how you Al Qaeda represent your people it really is a shame you weren’t brought up better!!!)

[npntransistor]

Well, tire, brake, and suspension upgrades sound good. Anyone have any info on good brands to be looking at? it needs new pipes so ill just go with the stock looking Macs. ill just leave the engine well alone right now. as far as tires iv read a lot of good things about Avons. I have some Avon street tires on it now and love them so I imagine there race tires are suitable. I plan to get a bigger GS next spring and making it into a touring bike, so this will be my play toy. I understand the risks to the bike (and myself) but nothing lasts forever. not saying I should go beat the snot out of it, but one day it will come to and end. I know how i would like to die. .

[triffecpa]

. as far as tires iv read a lot of good things about Avons. I have some Avon street tires on it now and love them so I imagine there race tires are suitable. .

The only Race Compound bias ply tires available come from either Avon or Dunlop. Both make only an 18" rear tire. Dunlop makes only an 18" front. Avon does 18" and 19" race fronts.

I've used Pirelli Sport Demons (street compound) and they work pretty decently. If you've got a smaller bike, I have had good luck with street compound Avons.

Sort of depends upon your riding style and how you apply throttle, but I'm usually fine with a street compound rear tire. On a heavier bike I prefer at least a race compound up front.

Tracy