That looks like it could be fun. Got a Speedway vibe to it.
A derailleur on the right side? How many gears does it have?
A derailleur on the right side? How many gears does it have?
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what did you wrench on today??
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Steve, it's a hot mess. It started as a 26" mountain bike. It now has 20" wheels. The chain seen in the picture is the engine drive and a poorly cobbled idler pulley for chain slack. The other side has typical pedal crank / sprocket setup, though interesting as most bicycles have the chain on the left. Both chain runs need sorting. The engine has no transmission. Just a clutch, so is go or not. Starting procedure is to pedal then dump the clutch.
After a couple of very short test runs last night I looked at it from that low angle and had to get the camera. With the wrong wheels it has on it peadaling in any position other then bolt upright causes the pedals to hit the ground. The dumpster I pulled it out of also had a gutted E bike in it. I looked at it this morning and snatched it. It has short pedal cranks and actual brakes. It seems that it may turn into a fun zero cost project / welcome mental sidetrack.
After a couple of very short test runs last night I looked at it from that low angle and had to get the camera. With the wrong wheels it has on it peadaling in any position other then bolt upright causes the pedals to hit the ground. The dumpster I pulled it out of also had a gutted E bike in it. I looked at it this morning and snatched it. It has short pedal cranks and actual brakes. It seems that it may turn into a fun zero cost project / welcome mental sidetrack.
Finally changed the front tapered roller bearings & rotors/pads on my daily driver 91 VW vanagon (272,000 miles).
I've had the parts sitting on shelf for a year & half, not finding the motivation till now.
It was actually fairly easy to do, just messy.
The rotors were worn 3mm, with a pronounced lip on the very edge.
I've had the parts sitting on shelf for a year & half, not finding the motivation till now.
It was actually fairly easy to do, just messy.
The rotors were worn 3mm, with a pronounced lip on the very edge.
Helped son change out main bearings on his family's washing machine. He found some kit with bearings and insertion presser tool for 50 bucks. Worked fairly well.
I changed out belts on my 1982 5HP 24inch two-stage snowthrower. I should thought to ask son to repay the favor. Seperating the augar assembly from main machine was awkward doing by myself. And getting it back in place was awkward and strenous.
ANd in both of those projects I had a Dorkburger Moment.
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Other note:
Project with sons washer, the parts kit had a QR code scan thing to a U-Tube vidio.
My project, I retrieved the original 1982 manaul (you know, multiple pages printed on paper, stapled together. Along with original reciept.) that had been stored in file cabinet (you know, the metal thing with drawers, and hanging file folders) along with other appliance manaul from over the decades.
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I changed out belts on my 1982 5HP 24inch two-stage snowthrower. I should thought to ask son to repay the favor. Seperating the augar assembly from main machine was awkward doing by myself. And getting it back in place was awkward and strenous.
ANd in both of those projects I had a Dorkburger Moment.
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Other note:
Project with sons washer, the parts kit had a QR code scan thing to a U-Tube vidio.
My project, I retrieved the original 1982 manaul (you know, multiple pages printed on paper, stapled together. Along with original reciept.) that had been stored in file cabinet (you know, the metal thing with drawers, and hanging file folders) along with other appliance manaul from over the decades.
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Mounted the new horns in their rightful place and took another engine case off ready for its matt black paint . I got the idea of matt black casings from Mr Kaplan who was showing a Gs 1000 with the black casings . With the chrome allen bolts it really sets it off 
Been working on the Voyager some, pulled the wheels off to run down to bwringer's place to mount up my new Shinko 777HDs. Then I went to replace the fork and shock oil (rear air shocks are servicable which is pretty neat!). Rear shock oil looked about brand new when I poured out a few drops so I left them alone. The fronts however definitely needed doing. Well, upon reassembly this damn circlip popped out of my hand and dropped somewhere deep inside the front of the bike. I spent a longer time chasing this stupid circlip down than I did doing the whole fork oil job (it had rolled down into a ledge on the radiator trim). On a positive note, removing all the stuff and removing the rear wheel was actually not so bad at all, aside from a pair of very tight 8mm hex head screws on the rear brake caliper that I stupidly tried to get out driving a 3/8" drive 8mm allen head socket with a 1/2 inch cordless impact driver. Result was one broken (harbor freight) 8mm allen head socket.
Mounted the new horns in their rightful place and took another engine case off ready for its matt black paint . I got the idea of matt black casings from Mr Kaplan who was showing a Gs 1000 with the black casings . With the chrome allen bolts it really sets it off
Retrosteve are you referring to the custom "GSF1200ST" that Ken's head mechanic put together? '79 GS1000 frame married to Bandit monoshock, front axle, etc and a 1216cc kitted black painted GSXR 1110 motor?
I spent the afternoon fartin' aboot with the carb on the DT250.....rebuilt last week (boiled it in lemon juice and water, cleaner than when it came from the factory), but couldn't get it to fire. Finally discovered some idiothad put the floats in upside down (funny, they looked right when the whole carb was upside down on the bench). No factory setting for the idle speed needle, cranked it further in than I thought was necessary, kicked once, and the darn thing started!!!!
Back-yard mechanics........
Huh, found an old post of mine, thought all the old stuff had disappeared. Date indicates that it was originally posted within a year or two of my first being a GSR member.
I'm back in carb hell, agreed to help a friend get his '80 XS1100 Midnight Special on the road, I had gone through these carbs over the winter, I finally have the bike in hand to install them on and see how it runs. Well, it floods out in like 10 seconds of running, just dumping fuel like crazy. This is after passing a leakdown test on the bench just fine mind you. Well, I pulled the identical '80 BS34s off my '78 XS1100E to compare and also to tackle some low-end richness that bike had still been dealing with. Better hope I sort this out or else you guys are gonna see me down at this year's Indiana rally on my 800lb Voyager!!
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Retrosteve
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Hello , it could be that one . Is there anyway the pictures of that bike could be posted on here , it would be good for reference to replicate
Retrosteve
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Fitted sequential led indicators . Still got the original big chrome ones but they need re chromed
Finally got this thing running like it should, last little fix is replacing the rear caliper piston, it's too badly pitted to reuse, sourced a new stainless replacement with new seal. Hauling it out to my buddy at the end of this week hopefully.
I raised the rear ride height by 4mm on my 04 gixxer track bike to see if it'll quell the bizarre tire wear on the dunlop q5s.
On 3/17/24, I had my first track day get-off, after 12 years of riding the Ridge Motorsports Park. 7 years on the Kat & the rest on the gixxer.
The back end just went away on a banked left hander with no warning. My guess is that I was at or near full lean with neutral throttle, not putting enough drive force into the rear tire.
The tire was near done, but had rode a set longer with no issues. Gonna try some Pirelli's next.
20240320_124322 by Carter Turk, on Flickr
20240405_154032 by Carter Turk, on Flickr
On 3/17/24, I had my first track day get-off, after 12 years of riding the Ridge Motorsports Park. 7 years on the Kat & the rest on the gixxer.
The back end just went away on a banked left hander with no warning. My guess is that I was at or near full lean with neutral throttle, not putting enough drive force into the rear tire.
The tire was near done, but had rode a set longer with no issues. Gonna try some Pirelli's next.
20240320_124322 by Carter Turk, on Flickr20240405_154032 by Carter Turk, on Flickr
Triton project? I'm sure many of us would appreciate pictures.
I just got a new computer and have no idea where my photos are at the moment, maybe once i figure it out.
La.st couple days I used text and phone calls to fix something, but I wasnt the one doing the "wrenching".........
My son called to say his Tiger1050 was making a scratchy-ticky-scrapping pulsing noise.
After some discussion he said it seemed to be from stator side, down by the stator.....
Hey, I thought that kinda like what I had on GK after I changed out the stator a couple years ago (with Steve's help/tools, at Brown County, in motel parking lot).
So I asked him "Hey, when you changed out your stator last year, is there some bracket or shield to hold back the wiring in the stator cover to keep the wiring away from the rotor? .... and can that be installed crooked or get loose...?"
So he pulled the cover . . . . .
Ol' Papa gets some credibility points.
My son called to say his Tiger1050 was making a scratchy-ticky-scrapping pulsing noise.
After some discussion he said it seemed to be from stator side, down by the stator.....
Hey, I thought that kinda like what I had on GK after I changed out the stator a couple years ago (with Steve's help/tools, at Brown County, in motel parking lot).
So I asked him "Hey, when you changed out your stator last year, is there some bracket or shield to hold back the wiring in the stator cover to keep the wiring away from the rotor? .... and can that be installed crooked or get loose...?"
So he pulled the cover . . . . .
Ol' Papa gets some credibility points.
Retrosteve
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Managed to wrestle the carbs back onto the bike after warming the inlet rubbers and wd40 . On to the air box de greasing , then painting .