1981 GS450E Rebuild

Congratulations, all the hard work paying off.
Now you going to have to find something else to write on that whiteboard of yours.
I recon, ride it for a bit, let everything settle down and then do the tweaking.

[pete]

WOO HOO

Oh yeah Scott, Woohoo indeed!

Most fun I've had with my pants on in nearly 10 years

CONGRATS!!!
That is such good news, I am sure you will get the idle sorted out as soon as she has time to settle in.

Cheers mate! I'm a happy man! And set to be for quite some time I would imagine... hahahaa

Idle should be good now I think, it's that pesky jetting that needs a fixin'... should get that sorted out soon though

CONGRATS!!!
That is such good news, I am sure you will get the idle sorted out as soon as she has time to settle in.

[cowboyup3371]

WOO HOO

[pete]

Ok I couldn't help myself, had to go and chuck this in :

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=185864

So... got my CTP insurance sorted first thing this morning, then did the last minute oil level check and all that sort of thing before heading off to Dept of Transport.

I had to pull over just up the road as the idle went up to about 4000 RPM's and stayed there! Ugh! Had to shut her off so I could get my glove off and wind the idle screw back out, then she was right.

It seems I haven't been warming her up enough when trying to do the mixture settings... and as a result she's too darn rich on the pilots! I could feel it all the way there and round about today, bogging down off the line dammit, and this is after dropping back another pilot size the other day, so tonight I went back to the original purchase of 2 sizes up... figures!



I noticed tonight it looked like my bike got a little excited:



I saw this the other day and put it down to being a little enthusiastic on the chain lube, but I figured I'd best pull the sprocket cover and have a look tonight.



The light in the part of the garage where the bike is tonight is crap so it's hard to tell properly, but it looks to me like the shifting shaft oil seal is ok and isn't leaking and all of that is still coming off the chain, but I'll have to look again in the daylight at some point to verify that.

The overall feeling today was just awesome.

Those Ikons ride so well, the front end feels a lot firmer and planted than it used to, although I realise some of that will be due to the tyre too. The rear end wasn't harsh either...

The front brake is soooo much better than I remember it now I have the 13mm M/C on there with the braided steel line and everything having been rebuilt.

As for the engine... well the pipe and pods have done something that's for sure. I never used to get really good get up and go until about 5000 to 5500 RPM's, but today it was more like 4000 - 4500 It also feels like it pulls stronger than it used to, although some of this could be imagined purely because I haven't ridden it for so long... love the intake noise of those pods too

The only down side is the speedo seems to be a bit sticky so I need to take care of that soon...

[pete]

(had to steal it Daniel )

That should give you all a rough idea

Cheers Leigh, they changed the forecast... mostly sunny...

That sounds right.
I actually thought of you yesterday afternoon as I cowered in a service station forecourt with a couple of other riders.
I got hit by the hardest rain, hail and winds I have ridden in for years.
I haven't had to seek shelter for a long time but this had me ducking for cover.

I regretted the whole "27 degrees-nice, cold beer" quip I made the other day.
hehehe

Well the sun is shining and the birds are singing AND???

Well? Are you all legal and all that jolly rot?
Or...







Are you out _____________

Life always gets in the way, don't it.

[pete]

Nice, Pete.
Here's hoping for a sunny Friday.
The FZ1 is finally in my name after much wasted time dealing with dull minded drones.

Cheers Leigh, they changed the forecast... mostly sunny...

And nice work getting the FZ1 transferred, I'm not looking forward to dealing with them today! But I am looking forward to afterwards

Post #1901!
Good going! Hope all goes well and she's on your name tomorrow!

Thanks Andre!! Me too and I'm hoping for a nice ride back home afterwards, such a pity I have to come home and work... but then I can ride again

Post #1901!
Good going! Hope all goes well and she's on your name tomorrow!

Nice, Pete.
Here's hoping for a sunny Friday.
The FZ1 is finally in my name after much wasted time dealing with dull minded drones.

[pete]

Then I decided to give everything a quick once over again to make sure it's all good, and in doing so I found a bit of moisture around the T piece feeding fuel to the carbs... turns out I hadn't got the fuel hose down quite far enough and it looks like it worked it's way up a little even with the clamp on it...

I had to take the breather filter off to get in there again...



Best I could get but it doesn't really show the issue...



And after much fiddling and fluffing around I finally managed to get it seated down properly and if you look closely in the little mirror you can sort of see it... should've used that mirror in the first place!



That's the mirror you get in the POR 15 tank repair kit, has been handy on a number of occassions now

And all back together...



I got all my paperwork filled out tonight too so hopefully the weather holds out tomorrow and I can go get her registered

[pete]

I decided I'd better do something about my back protector tonight.

I got a jacket and back protector for our wedding anniversary earlier this year, but the back protector is a generic one that needs to be trimmed to fit my jacket.

Left side is what's in the jacket to use as a template, right side is the protector:



This is how it sits in the jacket and you can just make out the shape of the pocket for it:



Overlaid:



Shape traced:



Just used the box cutter I used for the seat foam and it was nice and easy:



Cut to shape:



And ready to go:



And I also dug out and cleaned up my old disc lock which still works:



Probably should get a more modern one though that has the fancy cord you can loop over your 'bar so you don't forget it's on... and this one was bought in about 1998...