Graham,
Wow! I really do have to make a visit sometime!
-Joey
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Joey, I have two, two car garages. One bay of the first garage has Joan, my
> wife's car and the other bay is where I work on bikes. I have a lift and
> tools, etc there. The other garage, attached by a breezeway, is a little
> larger than the first. It has two bays also with a little more room
> besides. One bay has my truck and the other is full of motorcycles. The
> whole upstairs (I had attic trusses installed to give me the upstairs), is
> the parts dept. I've never scrapped a bike yet. I give them away. I first
> get what I can off the bikes. In one case that was a GS650 (frame, engine
> and wheels-a rolling carcass). In another case it was frame,engine and
> wheels of a 650 Nighthawk. Right now in the breezeway I have the GS1000 and
> the carcass of a 1984 650 Nighthawk. I am slowly stripping it as I need
> parts. I will eventually give away the frame, wheels and engine to whoever
> wants to come and get it. I usually just put an ad on CL. I remember two
> kids that showed up for the GGS650 in a van. They were so excited. They
> told me they were going to get it going, etc. etc. I just shook my head and
> said good luck. It was nothing but a chassis, engine and wheels. No carbs,
> partial wiring. We got the thing into their van and off they went. I kept
> the pipes, carbs and anything else worthwhile to me. I don't like to keep
> non running bikes around too long, at least ones I don't think are
> worthwhile putting the time and money into. Here's a pic of the house and
> garages, Graham
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Joey Kelley wrote:
>
>> 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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