1984 gs 750ef

[Karstan]

Hey Johnson, thanks! I don't know how I missed those on the cycleorings site before.


7981G - I don't need that many, and for a few cents more I get to support a site I'm a fan of. Thanks!

[Karstan]

Dragged the frame out for some cleaning today:





Then I thought I might clean the engine up a bit:







I don't know how I'm ever going to get that engine clean enough for painting. It's still all greasy.

[7981GS]

I don't know how I'm ever going to get that engine clean enough for painting. It's still all greasy.

It looks great the way it is.
Just continue to spray de-greaser on it and scrub some more.

Eric

[DannyMotor]

It looks great the way it is.
Just continue to spray de-greaser on it and scrub some more.

Eric

Agree!!!

It looks perfect!

[Karstan]

I wish it looked as good in real life as it does in these photos!

[Karstan]

While I was dipping the #4 carb today, I put the wire wheel on my angle grinder and went to town on the frame:





Remind me to put in ear plugs next time!

[GateKeeper]

OK,,,,put in ear plugs next time......

Hey it's looking good, keep up the good work

[Karstan]

Thanks, GK! I think my ears are STILL ringing from that.

And today's update:

I only spent a couple hours on the bike itself. My carbs are still waiting for some parts to come in the mail (those itty bitty washers). The frame is waiting for some non-humid weather before I lay down some primer. And the engine is waiting for some bolts to come back from being plated so I can do some bench testing (I should have done that before I removed them, but that's how it happens, I guess).

So I cleaned up some parts (my least favorite thing to do):





That was about all the cleaning I had in me, so putzed around on the engine. First I took the intake boots off. All but two of the screws had to be cut with a dremel (I didn't take any photos of these). The boots look to be in really good condition and I already have replacement bolts (from cycleorings.com).

Next, I took a closer look at the exhaust port bolt-holes (I know that's not the right term, but I'm tired and can't think of the right one). I thought I had two broken bolts in there (from the PO) but I turned out to be wrong. One of them appears to have been welded (like GK's) but never drilled and tapped.



I had trouble taking a good photo. That circular region on the left of the weld is a partially drilled (at the wrong angle) hole. I don't think it will hurt me when I try to drill it properly

The other is just a typical snapped bolt. I tried to cut a notch in it to take out with a flathead screw bit (I've been using my ratchet with screwdriver bits for all the screws to get better torque).



The bolt wouldn't budge and just stripped my notch. So, I'll try soaking it for a few days in penetrating oil and then do some heat and torquing before I try to drill it out.

And then I decided to take a trip to Harbor Freight to look at compressors and spray guns. I've been thinking about trying to paint everything myself and I've had really poor luck with rattlecans in the past. I ended up coming home with an 8 gallon, 2hp compressor and a gun to match. It set me back about $150. That was about $80 more than I wanted to spend, but it turns out the smaller compressors don't put out enough air for the paint guns. To try to make it hurt a little less, I got a $6 "engine washing" attachment for the compressor that I hope will help with the parts cleaning.

[GateKeeper]

Every time I come to this thread I almost feel like I am in my own thread just a bit further back.....in time...

Really take your time on that one broken bolt, bad enough having one buggered up hole no need to have a second, and hope you have good luck on that welded one as well, watch the angle of the hole when you go to drill a new one....

your making good progress

[Karstan]

Ha! GK, I have to admit I've been using your thread as a bit of a template.

Well, progress:

Today I got all the bits back from platers. Shiny!



And I spent a good deal of time yesterday and today getting the carbs put back together. Just waiting on the caps to be painted:





I wrapped up the day working on the left cover (stator cover). It had some bad road rash, including some super deep gouges. I tried the wire wheel on it first. But that just seemed to make things worse, adding pits and not really removing the gouges. So I switched over to 150 grit sandpaper. That seemed to work much better. It still needs a lot of work, but it's progress!

[jwhelan65]

If you don't mind me asking how much did the plating run you?

[GateKeeper]

The plating look really good....I was lazy and just got all new bolts, the rest was OK, maybe the longs bolts for the engine could have been plated but ahhh no one can see them....

I am glad to hear my thread is helping and giving some inspiration to keep you going on yours...

the wire wheel on the covers works just enough to get the old crap off, each item will need to be sanded, with paper, and getting finer and finer, you will almost be at a shine just with the paper, then hit the parts with the buffing wheel.....to get that mirror finish

you can see on some of my parts where there are some scratches still, only because I was lazy to go and hit them with the sandpaper more, I still might go back and redo them, before final assembly is done.

[Karstan]

jwhelan: It was $60 for about 2 bikes worth of nuts, bolts and screws. The place I went to had a minimum charge of $40.

[musicman]

where did you take them? I work in Portland, and want some stuff plated for my bike in copper.

[Karstan]

musicman - TFC Plating on Johnson Creek Blvd. They came highly recommended from a friend who rebuilds Porsches and I'm really pleased with the work. Just remember to thoroughly clean the parts first.