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So, I pulled the trigger on a tired looking cheapo GSX, with the plans being to bring it back to life and put the CB1100R full fairing I have on it and using it for two up riding with my GF. So away I went, picked it up and trailered it home...
After standing on the back of the trailer for 250km's of Norways finest salted roads both the car, trailer and bike was looking pretty bad....
The owner was the type of guy who had lots of plans but never followed through, or just failed doing it right, that was my impression.
I'm pretty amazed at how people can just neglect basic maintenance like a wash and wax... I mean how many calories does it take you to just clean the bike once or twice a year?!!
Then maybe your footpegs wouldn't have ended up like this?!
And seriously, woodscrews?
If you broke it then fix it or buy new panels, this is just a hackjob and did more worse than good :/
But, there are some good things though:
-It starts and runs. Starts pretty easy actually
-There is a full set of bags.
-I got an oil filter, a bottle of brake fluid and a new seat cover with the bike
-New brake pads, new choke and throttle cable.
But that's pretty much it. Here comes the bad stuff, and this is only what I have found after about and hour of looking over the bike and a short testride.
-Somthing is seriously wrong with the throttle, you have to really muscle it to keep it at part throttle/cruise. My hand almost cramped up.
If you twist it all the way it will stick in that position.
Something probably needs lubing and a lot of it...(I'm thinking he replaced the throttle cable hoping that was the cure)
-Front brakes are real soggy, gonna need new brake lines. (also a reason why I think he bought new pads, thinking it would solve it)
-Rear brake drags, won't let up fully after use. I'm thinking the rear caliper needs an overhaul or replacing?
-Front brake switch needs adjusting. Easy one.
-Tacho won't go over 5000rpms, any ideas on that one?
-As stated earlier the engine fires and runs but it seems to not want to run on idle without a little bit of choke... I tried to adjust the idle up, all the way up to 2500rpms, but it would just slowly go back down to 1000 and then just die...
Looks like i'm in for a carb clean?? Or any other ideas?
-Also a carb issue i think, it shakes and shudders like a bucking horse when you apply part throttle under 3000rpms, like if you're cruising into an intersection,engine braking to about 1500-2000rpms, coast is clear so you slowly accelerate out of it. Real violent hesitation until you get up to about 2500-3000rpms, then its smooth sailing from there...
-Gonna need a new front fork seal.
-Oil temp gauge not working.
-Instrument lighting not working.
It's got that anti-dive front fork, is that a bad or a good thing?
So as you see it's got a fair few things that needs fixing, but all in all I think it will make a good bike with lots of elbow grease and help from all you great GS'ers
And one last thing...... I dropped it....
Was putting it on the sidestand but didn't fully extend the sidestand so it returned just as I leaned the bike over and by the time I realized what had happened the bike was to far gone and hit the ground with a solid bang...
Results; one cracked stator cover and a broken clutch lever.
After standing on the back of the trailer for 250km's of Norways finest salted roads both the car, trailer and bike was looking pretty bad....
The owner was the type of guy who had lots of plans but never followed through, or just failed doing it right, that was my impression.
I'm pretty amazed at how people can just neglect basic maintenance like a wash and wax... I mean how many calories does it take you to just clean the bike once or twice a year?!!
Then maybe your footpegs wouldn't have ended up like this?!
And seriously, woodscrews?
If you broke it then fix it or buy new panels, this is just a hackjob and did more worse than good :/
But, there are some good things though:
-It starts and runs. Starts pretty easy actually
-There is a full set of bags.
-I got an oil filter, a bottle of brake fluid and a new seat cover with the bike
-New brake pads, new choke and throttle cable.
But that's pretty much it. Here comes the bad stuff, and this is only what I have found after about and hour of looking over the bike and a short testride.
-Somthing is seriously wrong with the throttle, you have to really muscle it to keep it at part throttle/cruise. My hand almost cramped up.
If you twist it all the way it will stick in that position.
Something probably needs lubing and a lot of it...(I'm thinking he replaced the throttle cable hoping that was the cure)
-Front brakes are real soggy, gonna need new brake lines. (also a reason why I think he bought new pads, thinking it would solve it)
-Rear brake drags, won't let up fully after use. I'm thinking the rear caliper needs an overhaul or replacing?
-Front brake switch needs adjusting. Easy one.
-Tacho won't go over 5000rpms, any ideas on that one?
-As stated earlier the engine fires and runs but it seems to not want to run on idle without a little bit of choke... I tried to adjust the idle up, all the way up to 2500rpms, but it would just slowly go back down to 1000 and then just die...
Looks like i'm in for a carb clean?? Or any other ideas?
-Also a carb issue i think, it shakes and shudders like a bucking horse when you apply part throttle under 3000rpms, like if you're cruising into an intersection,engine braking to about 1500-2000rpms, coast is clear so you slowly accelerate out of it. Real violent hesitation until you get up to about 2500-3000rpms, then its smooth sailing from there...
-Gonna need a new front fork seal.
-Oil temp gauge not working.
-Instrument lighting not working.
It's got that anti-dive front fork, is that a bad or a good thing?
So as you see it's got a fair few things that needs fixing, but all in all I think it will make a good bike with lots of elbow grease and help from all you great GS'ers
And one last thing...... I dropped it....
Was putting it on the sidestand but didn't fully extend the sidestand so it returned just as I leaned the bike over and by the time I realized what had happened the bike was to far gone and hit the ground with a solid bang...
Results; one cracked stator cover and a broken clutch lever.
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