1980 GS 450L Project

[John Mellencamp]

Well finally started working on the Bike . The first picture is when I got the bike back in March . Then the front Avon tire 1984 !!!


A lot of work ahead

[pete]

Nice, another 450 coming back to life

What's the plan? Just get it running? Restore? Something else entirely?

Looking forward to watching your progress!

[John Mellencamp]

Pete I read your thread yesterday theres no way I`m stripping it down anymore way beyond my level and would take me more than 5 years Just want to rebuild the carbs , change tires ,new chain not sure if I want new sprockets the bike has 7,000 miles and they look good , already done forks the oil was brown and nasty , not sure about valve check yet I just don`t want to spend forever rebulding it when it was running fine before I got it

[cowboyup3371]

Honestly John, I would spend the time to do the maintenance requirements; and reading through the manuals and talking with people here they are requirements. Valve clearances are to be done periodically while not changing the sprockets when changing the chain will lead to broken sprockets/chain/or both faster than necessary. I was afraid to break into mine as well but I'm knowing full well now that my bike is safe enough to be on the road since it is my life.

Trust the folks here as they know what they are talking about.

[pete]

I wouldn't recommend a tear down either unless absolutely necessary... it's a lot of new stuff if you've never done it before!

I would definitely be checking the valves though if you're doing the carbs, and recommended practise is replace chain and sprockets at the same time to ensure even wear across all.

Good luck, do it well and you will enjoy

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Whoa... We got the same bike

Welcome to the GSR Good to see more GS450's.

[John Mellencamp]

Getting tired of messing with the carbs so did the intake boots tonight and glad I swapped the o rings they were bad . Was worried about the rusty screws but put some Adjustable Curved Jaw Locking Pliers on them and they turned pretty easily .

[pete]

Much nicer with those nice shiny allen bolts there...

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Make sure you apply anti-seize on those bolts!

[Steve]

Then the front Avon tire 1984 !!!

Not necessarily.

Could be 1994.

All you see is that it was the 8th week of a year ending in 4.

That is exactly why they changed to a 4-digit system, starting with 2000.

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