Looking forward to future updates.
1979 GS750E did right
so now that I have the GS in my garage, I can finally start ordering the things I need for it. The PO used if for track days, but due to a TBI from an accident (presumably on a different bike...) can no longer ride. My plan is to catch up on basic maintenance for it, do some suspension improvements and get it on the road. I still need to get a safety wire tool to wire everything down once its all assembled again.
As a side note... I know it may be douchey, but I'm seriously considering leaving the number plates on for the street.
Right now I have the following ordered:
-clymer manual
-Progressive front and rear suspension
-rear caliper rebuild kit
-front fork seals
-all balls wheel bearings
-all balls steering stem bearings
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The rear caliper was "sticky" and after taking it apart, one of the pistons was frozen, and the master cylinder had seen better days (there was actually a plastic o-ring lodged in the hole of the banjo bolt... weird). Luckily, the PO had two other rear calipers in various states that he gave me so I took all three and disassembled and cleaned them in order to put together one good one. A grease gun is the absolute easiest way to undo a stuck caliper!
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So right now, I have three serviceable rear calipers, two good pistons, and one good master cylinder. All that's left is for the rebuild kit to arrive and to get it all put together. Later on I'll upgrade the rear to braided lines.
The next issue was the leaky petcock. The PO had switched from a vacuum one to standard, and had made his own bracket for it. After taking the petcock off the tank and cleaning away the paper gasket and rubber cement gasket I found why it was leaking (other than shitty gasket materials).
Seems that there's a dent in the side of the opening that was a little too much for the rubber sealer to handle. In the next couple days I'll sand the area down and hit it with a coat of JB weld to level it all out, then get a strip of rubber to use as a gasket. This ought to do until I get the second tank cleaned out and painted up.
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Here's the petcock assembly... I've added some O-rings to the screws to hold them on for now. When the petcock is attached to the tank, the O-rings will seat in the recesses on the tank (like stock).
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And at the end of the day (but it still runs with fuel in the carbs):
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As a side note... I know it may be douchey, but I'm seriously considering leaving the number plates on for the street.
Right now I have the following ordered:
-clymer manual
-Progressive front and rear suspension
-rear caliper rebuild kit
-front fork seals
-all balls wheel bearings
-all balls steering stem bearings
The rear caliper was "sticky" and after taking it apart, one of the pistons was frozen, and the master cylinder had seen better days (there was actually a plastic o-ring lodged in the hole of the banjo bolt... weird). Luckily, the PO had two other rear calipers in various states that he gave me so I took all three and disassembled and cleaned them in order to put together one good one. A grease gun is the absolute easiest way to undo a stuck caliper!
So right now, I have three serviceable rear calipers, two good pistons, and one good master cylinder. All that's left is for the rebuild kit to arrive and to get it all put together. Later on I'll upgrade the rear to braided lines.
The next issue was the leaky petcock. The PO had switched from a vacuum one to standard, and had made his own bracket for it. After taking the petcock off the tank and cleaning away the paper gasket and rubber cement gasket I found why it was leaking (other than shitty gasket materials).
Seems that there's a dent in the side of the opening that was a little too much for the rubber sealer to handle. In the next couple days I'll sand the area down and hit it with a coat of JB weld to level it all out, then get a strip of rubber to use as a gasket. This ought to do until I get the second tank cleaned out and painted up.
Here's the petcock assembly... I've added some O-rings to the screws to hold them on for now. When the petcock is attached to the tank, the O-rings will seat in the recesses on the tank (like stock).
And at the end of the day (but it still runs with fuel in the carbs):
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theres a what? Thats a hole which they put a weldnut over to attach the tap. I'd be a tad upset if you developed a groovy new way to jihad a suzi four pot by giving it a leak source of raw petrol above hot things that make for flat black paintjobs with no discernible plastic parts left on the bike.
number four does all your upper sealing and a pair of number sixes take care of anything that wicks down the threads. I've seen fibre, copper, and alloy all used in the material of said washer and they're under the tap so that number 4 gets a clean flat unobstructed shot at sealing the top half of it.
Not saying your plan won't work, but if i have the choice of trying to reinvent the wheel, or becoming a fireball, i'm pretty happy with wheels as they are.
Yep, I say keep the stock tail and that stepped seat.
I seem to recall that some of the GS1000S models had a stepped seat like in this pic:
This one appears to be a redone stock humped one.
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Danger, is my business."
I seem to recall that some of the GS1000S models had a stepped seat like in this pic:
This one appears to be a redone stock humped one.
Danger, is my business."
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