Graham,
Must be nice to have a stash of old bike parts! Do you
occasionally scrap ones that are too far gone after stripping parts or
do you get all your parts as needed?
I think we can all agree that the 80s vintage bikes are going to
suffer from a lack of parts availability sooner rather than later. (in
some cases - already!)
-Joey
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Joey, keep us informed on your GS project. I have a '79 GS1000 that I'll be
> starting on soon. Just got a brand new seat for it on eBay for $60. Now I
> need to get the tank cleaned and painted. I have a GS750 tank that if an
> exact fit. Both have rust inside, but the GS750 tank has just a light rust
> film. That's why I'm interested in a one stage treatment like Lie asked
> about. Someone mentioned Evapo-Rust. I'll check that at NAPA today. I
> imagine the GS850 is the same tank also, Graham
>
> On Apr 13, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joey Kelley wrote:
>
>> All,
>> Well I can't rag on the PO too much - he is a friend of the
>> family.... and to be fair, he had two other bikes so I'm sure some
>> things got overlooked.
>> Allen - thanks for the tip on GSResources - right on the main
>> page they have an event up here in Maine (about 2.5 hours away - close
>> by Maine standards) that I'm now thinking of going to!
>> Anyway, I shall try not to clog up the NH Group with my GS
>> problems, but a few of them are generic enough to provide some
>> knowledge to everyone (I think).
>> Next, I'll be flushing out carbs trying to get all four
>> cylinders firing properly.
>> -Joey
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Didn't we have a thread about names to call "Previous Owners" before?
>>>
>>> -Kyle
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>> Trying to keep you all Current on my electrical situation. To
>>>> put it mildly, I've been rather amped up over it.
>>>> Since my last public announcement on the issue I've eaten a
>>>> total of six fuses between troubleshooting and attempting to ride the
>>>> bike. The issue got progressively worse, the last time I attempted to
>>>> ride it I got about 30 feet before the fuse blew. I determined that if
>>>> I shut off the running lights (this particular bike, a 1978 Suzuki GS
>>>> 1000 has a light switch that can do that) the fuse would not blow.
>>>> This ruled out my early guess that it was somehow related to the brake
>>>> switches (one or both). When I got home from work today (took the bike
>>>> to work) I began really troubleshooting. I confirmed that the fuse
>>>> would blow as soon as I turned the running light switch on. I should
>>>> say that the running light switch turns on the low beam of the head
>>>> light, the front turn signals / running lights and the rear tail
>>>> light. So in my best troubleshooting fashion - I disassembled the tail
>>>> light and pulled out the two bulbs from the rear of the bike. Put a
>>>> new fuse in and bam - it blew again. Next phase was to attempt and
>>>> isolate the headlight from the rest of the system. I found a plug that
>>>> hooks the fairing into the Bike's electrical system and unplugged it.
>>>> Amazingly - everything worked. Ah HA! Problem in the fairing.
>>>> Investigation revealed a chafed wire on the left turn signal / running
>>>> light. This is what it is supposed to look like:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QAmuQy_k8YRRLC5GyWnkS4vxhaeLKDR2qLIMrkM6qEc?feat=directlink
>>>> Here it what is looks like:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1Z4-v7CuukyG6-WJDZW84ovxhaeLKDR2qLIMrkM6qEc?feat=directlink
>>>> OH! Fortunately I believe I can get a new bulb socket locally and get
>>>> the existing wiring plug soldered in to the replacement socket.
>>>> The bike will be down a day or two to get parts and get
>>>> the fix made.
>>>> At least I found it!
>>>> As soon as I figured it out - I was very relieved - I even
>>>> said "Ohm my God I'm glad thats it".
>>>> And you thought I was done with the puns!
>>>> -Joey
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