1981 GS450E Rebuild

[Leigh]

Oh, and thanks for your paint mock up too!

Now I'm sitting here chanting rain rain go away...

Bah! It was nothing.
10 minutes work to help you visualise how the bike will look?
A pleasure to do it.

27 here yesterday and I had the day off.
Do you know how good that cold beer at Flinders pub was?

[pete]

Bad luck Pete, shocking rain outside, looks like its set in for the day. Keep dry and upright.

Yes indeed! Didn't stop all bloody day until I was home with a beer... ended up cleaning the house instead of getting rego... how excitement!

At this stage I'll work from home on Friday as they're predicting only a chance of a shower as opposed to showers all day, so hopefully I can get it done then. Itching to get her registered so I can ride any time I damn well like!

Bah! It was nothing.
10 minutes work to help you visualise how the bike will look?
A pleasure to do it.

27 here yesterday and I had the day off.
Do you know how good that cold beer at Flinders pub was?

Two words Leigh... shut up

I would put other words in the middle but they don't go well on this forum

I at least got a nice cold beer here at home today... and I believe it didn't quite make it to 19 degrees either...

Roll on Friday... and hope the weather helps me out!

[Charlie G]

You two discussing 27 degree weather, are not making me feel any warmer while I pour some Scotch and look at the 29 degrees on my thermometer.

Charlie G

[7981GS]

Aren't they using Celsius down under?
27 would be 80.6 F to us.

Daniel

[Hoosier Daddy]

I think that was a tongue in cheek comment from Charlie G....
Congrats Pete, if I haven't said so already, been hectic here.
and snowing!

[Leigh]

Aren't they using Celsius down under?
27 would be 80.6 F to us.

Daniel

That's right, 27 proper degrees



Fingers crossed for you, Pete.
Queensland: Perfect one day.. hehe

[pete]

You two discussing 27 degree weather, are not making me feel any warmer while I pour some Scotch and look at the 29 degrees on my thermometer.

Charlie G

Mmmmm Scotch! What variety Charlie? Like me a good Scotch

Aren't they using Celsius down under?
27 would be 80.6 F to us.

Daniel

Yes indeed! Got a feeling young Charlie was yanking my chain there

I think that was a tongue in cheek comment from Charlie G....
Congrats Pete, if I haven't said so already, been hectic here.
and snowing!

Thanks mate! So close yet so far... one non-rainy day on Friday and I'll be laughin'!

Snow? Man you can have that! Definitely give that a big swerve

That's right, 27 proper degrees



Fingers crossed for you, Pete.
Queensland: Perfect one day.. hehe

Hahaha thanks Leigh, but didn't you hear the new slogan? Raining one day, flooded the next?

[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...

[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

[Leigh]

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.

[Matchless]

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

[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

[Hoosier Daddy]

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

[7981GS]

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







Are you out _____________

[john82q]

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