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    #46
    Every thing is either rusted or corroded so time to replace them...

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      #47
      Butter soft is no exaggeration on those rims!! The damn tire was so hard due to being old it was like diamonds...so damage occurred OUCH!!!!!!

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        #48
        But once again " I BRAINY SMURF HAVE SAVED THE DAY!!!" Fixed um

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          #49
          How'd ya fix it?
          1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
          1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.

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            #50
            Air plane knowledge

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              #51
              ...from this

              ...to this

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                #52
                Can`t understand why the front tire won`t hold air

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                  #53
                  That`s all for now...C-YA

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                    #54
                    Kris, I know you know what you are doing but when faced with a tire that is old and petrified, one way to get it off without damaging the rim is to cut the tire off with a box cutter and then dremmel though the bead with a cut off disc. I've used this method a couple of times now and it saved the rims all kinds of abuse.

                    Keep going...
                    Ed

                    To measure is to know.

                    Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

                    Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

                    Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

                    KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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                      #55
                      I was gonna do just that but....the tire was so hard I could not even collapse it enough to get the bead let alone get the tube out. Plus if I got to close to the rim with a dremel it would go right though it like butter...this rim is that soft. But being this soft has its advantages though it was easy to repair The rear won`t be as bad since it got changed more regularly and there is no tube along with a larger tire surface to work with...this will be next

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                        #56
                        Before....

                        ...After what do you guys and gals think??

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                          #57
                          I think it's fantastic. I may be a bit partial.
                          1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
                          1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.

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                            #58
                            Very nice if you like polished stuff. I would have painted it black...
                            1980 GS1000G - Sold
                            1978 GS1000E - Finished!
                            1980 GS550E - Fixed & given to a friend
                            1983 GS750ES Special - Sold
                            2009 KLR 650 - Sold - gone to TX!
                            1982 GS1100G - Rebuilt and finished. - Sold
                            2009 TE610 - Dual Sporting around dreaming of Dakar..... - FOR SALE!

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                              #59
                              Black on top of aluminum rims NEVER!!! only cast aluminum then it`s OK

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                                #60
                                Polished shows all of the irregularities on those rims. How about a brushed look? Keep up the good work.

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