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Give me a break I couldn't think of another creative title... I promise it will be the last 300 movie reference...
This thread is to track the project of bringing my little GS300L from storage find to road worthy. The direction of the project is to have a small stock bike that will get good fuel economy and is reliable. Modifications I do will be minor and must have a reason to be done. This is to keep me from tearing it apart for stupid reasons.
I found this bike on craigslist for $850 but I was able to talk the guy down. The reason I jumped on it was it is a running, riding bike that needed little more than tires and it was ready to take down the road. However I am not a person who will just do the minimum to get by... I'm going to do this right. The bike deserves better. With 4,000 original miles on it the bike is worth investing some cabbage into. There was rust and corrosion on the bike, can't expect perfection on a 29 year old bike. Especially for under a grand. Using Evaporust, Flitz and spray paint I am going to slowly restore parts. Since it is winter and I don't really have a garage to work from I started by taking off some parts and restoring them in my room before reinstalling them and taking more parts off to restore. Parts that can't be restored will be replaced such as consumable items. The oil in the bike looks new but I'm going to change it so I can start my maintenance cycles.
So far the list of replacement parts is as follows
Air filter element
Oil filter
spark plugs
H4 headlight upgrade
rear brake shoes
fork oil seals
fork dust seals
tires
stock replacement tools
Fluids include
10wt fork oil
5w40 T6 rotella engine oil
This thread is to track the project of bringing my little GS300L from storage find to road worthy. The direction of the project is to have a small stock bike that will get good fuel economy and is reliable. Modifications I do will be minor and must have a reason to be done. This is to keep me from tearing it apart for stupid reasons.
I found this bike on craigslist for $850 but I was able to talk the guy down. The reason I jumped on it was it is a running, riding bike that needed little more than tires and it was ready to take down the road. However I am not a person who will just do the minimum to get by... I'm going to do this right. The bike deserves better. With 4,000 original miles on it the bike is worth investing some cabbage into. There was rust and corrosion on the bike, can't expect perfection on a 29 year old bike. Especially for under a grand. Using Evaporust, Flitz and spray paint I am going to slowly restore parts. Since it is winter and I don't really have a garage to work from I started by taking off some parts and restoring them in my room before reinstalling them and taking more parts off to restore. Parts that can't be restored will be replaced such as consumable items. The oil in the bike looks new but I'm going to change it so I can start my maintenance cycles.
So far the list of replacement parts is as follows
Air filter element
Oil filter
spark plugs
H4 headlight upgrade
rear brake shoes
fork oil seals
fork dust seals
tires
stock replacement tools
Fluids include
10wt fork oil
5w40 T6 rotella engine oil
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