GS 550L Gets a make over

[pete]

Well I had intended to pull the brake calipers out of the Carb dip yesterday ( they have been in there three days now ) but a heart to heart talk was needed with the teenager about how he has complete his homework, and turn it in if he expects to live to see 17. By the time that was done it was time to fix dinner and my life got in the way of working on the bike. But this morning woke up found out my income tax return was in, whoopeeee. So I have been a busy little beaver today.

I have ordered from Eastern Beaver the wiring kit for the R/R.
I have ordered from ANplumbing the items needed to make my own S/S brake lines following Nessims guidance.
I have also orderd from Suzuki Boulevard and Ahsley (bless her heart) the front and back sprockets, bikemaster o-ring chain, EBC Brake pads for front and rear breaks ( significantly cheaper than OEM), and the crush washers form my brake lines.

I am currently waiting for feed back from the company before I order one of these:

http://a123rc.com/goods-130-A123+Motorcycle+Start+Battery+132V23AH-4S1P.html

By my estimates its about 4.2"L by 3.1"W by 1.2"H. Significantly smaller than your standard bike battery.

I have to go home and make sure i have all the gaskets for my carbs tonight and they will go on order if not. That should be the last of the big ticket items to get the bike back on the road. Then it just up to me to get it all put together. But hey its a step in the right direction.

Paul

BTW

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!

Paul, don't do the A123 battery, go for a Shorai or a different lithium one that has built in battery management.

The A123 cells are awesome but unless you have some fancy electronics to monitor the charge in each individual cell you may end up with individual cells being over/under charged.

The end result could just be a flat battery, but it could also be a bit of a fire...

[Sci85]

Not only that, but how is a 2.3 Amp Hours going turn over a cold motor? I can't see that having enough cranking power to turn over anything but a single cyclinder engine if that.

[Redneck]

Well thanks Pete I was not sure. But was willing to give it a try. Guess I won't now.

SCI85, I was kind of following along the lines of what Colorado CJ did on his 550. He used an RC battery with similiar characteristics and said he was having no problems with it.

But I will look into the Shorai.

Thanks,

Paul

[Allie]

Looking fan bloody TASTIC!

[Flyboy]

Paul, me just a grumpy old fart who has a problem changing his ways, but there is no substitute for a good old Yuasa battery, not a days drama in 30 years of using them.
Take it from where it comes.

[pete]

Well thanks Pete I was not sure. But was willing to give it a try. Guess I won't now.

SCI85, I was kind of following along the lines of what Colorado CJ did on his 550. He used an RC battery with similiar characteristics and said he was having no problems with it.

But I will look into the Shorai.

Thanks,

Paul

Cool, I just don't want to see it all go up in smoke on ya, that would suck big time...

Here's a thread about what I was referring to...

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=180350

[Redneck]

Paul, me just a grumpy old fart who has a problem changing his ways, but there is no substitute for a good old Yuasa battery, not a days drama in 30 years of using them.
Take it from where it comes.

My big thing was just looking for a smaller size in order to find somewhere to put all the electronics now that I have the bigger R/R and the Eastern Beaver Fuse Box. I don't want a lead acid battery. I am looking at an AGM battery. The Shorai is just way too much after everything I just spent. I was looking last night but now my problem is finding out which AGM battery is suitable replacement for the lead acid (http://www.batterymart.com/p-yb10l-a...rcycle-battery)

I am going to call these guys and see what they might have that is comparable.

Paul

[Redneck]

Last night after our family Valentine's Day dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, I had a little time to slip down into the garage. I pulled out the rear calipers that had been sitting in the left over Carb cleaner. At first I was like eh... the paint did not look like it had even bubble at all. The good new was that as I was rinsing the dip off water flowed freely through all the ports. So then I picked up a wire toothbrush and started scrubbing. Whamo the paint started coming off like a boiled apple. It was cool. The funny part was that the grease/brake dust on the inside of the caliper arms (the part that sits over the rotor) would not come off, but then again my wire toothbrush was too wide to fit down in there. I will look at finding something else tonight.

Pete's philosophy at work, ever how little as long as its something, even if its just sitting there staring at parts with a beer in your hand.... I mean planning out what you will do next.

Paul

[pete]

Hahaha nice Paul, glad my ethos is continuing... all including the beer

Of course staring at shiny new pipes for hours on end is quite acceptable also

[cowboyup3371]

Sounds good so far and I half agree with you and Pete - it's nice to just sit there and think about things that need to happen. Of course, it gets frustrating after awhile when you can't get back to it for whatever reason.

I'm interested to see what you finally decide on the battery Paul as I started thinking of going that route with mine.

[Redneck]

Okay did a little research and here is what I found for AGM Battery Replacements.

http://www.impactbattery.com/catalog...lt/?q=YB10L-A2+

My choice is the MotoBatt

http://www.impactbattery.com/motobatt-mb10u.html

You get 15CCA more than stock oem replacement.
and the MotoBatt has a 14aH batt life vs the 10aH of the stock or the other AGM.

I am going to look around and find out if I can get it locally or not for the same price.

Comments as always welcomed.

Paul

[pete]

Okay did a little research and here is what I found for AGM Battery Replacements.

http://www.impactbattery.com/catalog...lt/?q=YB10L-A2+

My choice is the MotoBatt

http://www.impactbattery.com/motobatt-mb10u.html

You get 15CCA more than stock oem replacement.
and the MotoBatt has a 14aH batt life vs the 10aH of the stock or the other AGM.

I am going to look around and find out if I can get it locally or not for the same price.

Comments as always welcomed.

Paul

I have heard *lots* of good things about MotoBatt... and when my cheapy eBay special dies I'll be revisiting this whole thing and either going a Shorai or a MotoBatt I reckon.

[Redneck]

Well went into the local parts store and they deal in MotoBatt. They did not have mine in stock so I ordered one. It is twice as much as the OEM one but half the price of the Shorai. Size wise it is the same as the OEM. So I will have to blast and paint my battery box this weekend hopefully.

While I was there I did manage to get my two remaining shims. Thursday night I will be going over to Adam's house and we will put in the two shims and put in the exhaust gaskets. I still have not been down to the garage to check on my carb gaskets. Got home and had to take the dogs out so I am currently getting dinner ready. More to come later.

Paul

[Redneck]

Well since my well intended to do list never come to completion when I state the nice large ones, going to keep this one short.

Today after work hope to get the exhaust gaskets installed. The two shims I needed to replace done and to tap out the paint or what we hope is paint or media grit from three holes in the valve cover, then finish bolting in the engine. I needed to get a couple more replacement bolts.

Modest to do list see if we can get it done tonight.

Last night I managed to get the Carbs put mostly back together before I was called away for bed time stories and tucking in momma, at which point I went to sleep also.

Though I will have to confess my ignorance, I failed to document how many turns the pilot screw went in and the other screw on the bowl side that was suppose to be marked. That just means I will have to be patient when tuning in the carbs later.

Cheers,

Paul

[Redneck]

Well got over and for once accomplished all that I set out to do.

Intake boots cleaned and new orings installed


Some rust resistant SS hardware


Tapped out the intake holes and the valve cover holes


Intalled intake boots



Now i am trying to figure out what this hole is for


Tomorrow finish putting together carbs and install them. Install air box and maybe foot pegs. Going to have the tire put on the back wheel and turn around the one on the front wheel.

Then It will be time to figure out the electronics.

Paul