Got my GS 750's

Been looking for a starter bike for my wife for a while now.Seen this ad http://www.usedvictoria.com/classifi...400s-_13789770 Looked at them today.Think the 85/6(built10/85) has enough to be a good bike Kelly.Picking them up tomorrow and you can bet the pic whore you know and love(I hope) will have some.Will start a new thread on this resurrection as well.
Edit;picking them up for $250

[pete]

They look great! I like that little touch of colour too actually.

I've kept that soda blasting thing in the back of my mind and I'm still wondering whether I should try it or not.

The house mate apparently has a decent sized compressor at his mum's place which I was going to use for spray painting the tank and mudguards, so perhaps I should give the soda blasting a go because they certainly seem to come up real nice.

I'm thinking carb bodies black with polished top and float covers for mine... but I may get lazy yet.

When I get the buffer I'm going to polish the floats bowl to really finish the job.A little detail that will go mostly unnoticed.

[azr]

Nice job, the rack looks great with the bit of added color.

Well it's been a while,by my standards anyway.Got a bit done today:


Three of the carbs before I soda blasted then.With a close up of why I did them.


After blasting them.


Added a bit of color to
Yes pete I do like it

[pete]

Nice one, 50% off is always good

PM you the location.

Nice boots. Where is the 50% off sale? Out in Sooke somewhere?

Quite interesting finding all the hidden bolts to split the cases.All for nothing really as the parts I need to get off where behind the clutch.That was a duh moment.Been doing a lot of there stuff this weekend(mines Friday and Saturday).Did get these:

50% off at my favorite local shop.Was not going to try them as the box said size 12.I generally take 11.Good thing I did try them,they fit absolutely great.I have a fairly hard time with footwear because I have long,skinny thin feet.Rarely find shoe let alone boots that fit as well as these.

[pete]

All I can really say to that is eeewwww... and I'm glad I don't have to deal with it either!

But yeah, I'm learning heaps about my motor and combustion engines in general I guess by doing my rebuild.

Simple things like now getting how the clutch actually works and stuff like that is making some sense.

Been taking apart the 'water engine' from post #72 to get parts for a member but mostly because I never took a bike engine apart before.

The cylinders came off easier than I expected.Pistons actually look OK.

Even this one would probably clean up good.Happy I don't have to!

The bad cylinder

The rest look like this.Still wonder how that much water got in 1 cylinder.Almost like someone deliberately put it in there.
Thanks midnight,love doing things on the cheap.Even if it's mostly out of necessity

nice thread, subscribed! I enjoy reading other member's budget builds , doesn't make me feel so alone!

[azr]

Yeah that's the idea Pete.Thinking you need the bearing to make it work.
AZR you don't happen to know where to find that guy? His ad is gone from UsedVic.

Sent you a PM with contact info.

Went looking for the thread on fixing pipes,found it http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=165772 .Will get one and report back.

Yeah that's the idea Pete.Thinking you need the bearing to make it work.
AZR you don't happen to know where to find that guy? His ad is gone from UsedVic.