My GS 650 GLZ "fix it up thread" (no 56k)

[pooleo]

Well, I suppose a dedicated thread is in order for this bike I picked up. 1982 gs650glz

Here are some pics from day 1:







First thing it needed was the charging problem figured out. Turn out that the PO had not wired the stator - r/r properly or left a wire(s) un connected. I installed heat shrink bullet connectors to the stator - r/r wiring.

I ordered some new skins: Tour King M-66. Price was $152 shipped.

100/90-19 for the front and 130/90-16 for the rear.




I concluded that my lack of button starting was the solenoid. So ordered a new one out of CA, price was $17 shipped.



That is all for now, stay tuned for more pics of the bike as progress is made.

[tom203]

Looks good, how many miles? Needless to say, review any PO's work or lack there of. Good job on stator wiring, but make sure someone hasn't switched R/R 's thinking that was the charging culprit- there are some wimpy units out there! Spring will come early this year, so get at it.

[pooleo]

I will do that. The bike has 21k miles

[pooleo]

Got my new throttle and clutch cable in today: $33

[tom203]

Stimulate the economy! Hey, where's the snow ?

[pooleo]

I got to looking thru the wiring today, just want to make sure everything is the way its suppose to be. Came across this cluster f*ck. The male side was burned/melted and the female side was cracked right in half. I picked up a pair of 9 pin plugs from radioshack. I will be using some spray tape to coat the plugs.

[pooleo]

Today I cleaned the carbs, cleaned the engine case that is under the carbs and replaced the throttle cable. Sorry, no pics .

Tomaro I will get everything back together and see about getting the new tires mounted.

I also picked up an HID headlight with hi/lo. Going to attemp to install that soon aswell.

[pooleo]

Decided to do the tank up in herculiner. So far, so good. I like how its coming out.

[Go Mifune]

looks like your tank escaped half way between the tar and feathering process.

[Good Times]

Decided to do the tank up in herculiner. So far, so good. I like how its coming out.

This just took an unexpected turn. So I guess you aren't doing a stock refurb. LOL You can now haul firewood on your tank as well.

You might want to pick up some of this too: http://www.goldbond.com/

That is a tough looking tank.

[jdion81]

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You might want to pick up some of this too: http://www.goldbond.com/

That is a tough looking tank.

I about sprayed my monitor with coffee at that.

The Herculiner will definitely prevent what happened to my tank. Gas sloshed a few times and seriously dulled the paint.

[pooleo]

Today I got the tires mounted. Did them myself and was not to difficult. Balancing was super easy. Pics to come!

[pooleo]

Here are some pics as of now.

[pooleo]

Welp, I have sold the bike to a good friend of mine. He seems to like it very much. The bars and the pegs give him a few issues. Hes about 6'2

I have a 2nd set of bars, we are going to try and bend them straight or almost straight, we'll see how that goes.

We're going to try for a swap meet this weekend to look for some forward control linkages and parts to make some up. Its about a 2hr ride though each way and he's still learning the ropes.