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thought I recognized that bike..
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thought I recognized that bike..
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@Pendulum. I've poked around the GS Resources some, but they mostly seem to think that anything but a restomod is sacrilegious. Granted, I'll probably poke around some more. I hadn't seen/heard about bikecliffs' before, I'll have to dig around. Thanks!
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Yeah! He was awesome to work with, and I love the pics he took. His pics of your bikes are pretty great too. He has a great eye for contrast and lighting.Comment
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sean's awesome.. Trying to get him over to my buddy Andy's place in uptown to shoot his garage.. 8 bikes and 5 are all custom built chops.. mine being one of them.. we are doing the exhaust there. small, smokey, full of beer cans and warm enough..Comment
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You're not joking about that lol. It's weird though... I've seen some pretty modified bikes get lots of love over there. I think if it's a show quality build, most of those guys appreciate the work even if it's not their thing. Rat bikes don't get that treatment, though.
I just don't even talk about choppers on that forum. I treat it as a great tech resource with a helpful community, but not somewhere to discuss styling/aesthetics... I'll talk choppers with all you unhelpful, non-technical, crusty rapscallions over here.Comment
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Hey, we aren't all non-technical, I'm an engineer. Not to mention all the kick ass machining so many guys here do. (Damn I need to get a mill...)
I like the community here because it's so much about being hands on and getting dirty, figuring out how to rig it up just to get that first ride on a custom machine, and the work to perfect em. I can respect the retro-mod community, but there's something so much more exhilarating about chopping into something.
I can't comment so much on the crusty rapscallion part though...Comment
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Hey guys, not a whole lot to update, just some tinkering with the carbs.
She was running weak around the 1/4 - 1/2 throttle, so I shimmed the needle, and it seems to be doing better. For those curious, I've got a couple test videos, where I ran through the Throttle positions. I still need to upload the test video with the shimmed needle, but when I do, I'll post it here.
Test 1:
Test 2:
Test 3:
Test 4: now with 100% more needle shims!
Coming soon!
Also, fuck these MN winters. I want to ride, damit.Comment
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Hey, I have a 81 GS 450 that has developed some nasty electrical issues. It runs for 5 -10 mins thens loses sparks. I am getting tired of chasing bad spots in the old harness so I am thinking it is getting chopped this summer. How did you do your wire harness? Do you have a diagram?
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I can post what I've got, although it didn't end up exactly like that, for connector reasons. It should be a lot easier to follow than the stock one though, so I'll post it up tonight.Comment
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Much appreciated.Comment
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This is about what I went with. Some changes were made in the heat of the moment, mostly for making it easy to disassemble. If you get it all put together, and she cranks, and you get spark from each plug, swap the plug wires, and try again. There isn't really a good way to check which wires out of the ignitor module operate which cylinder.
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Hey man all you ended up having to do was shim the needle? Also how short is your exhaust?Last edited by DINGO; 02-18-2015, 10:31 PM.Comment
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Yeah, that was all I had to do. When I tore into the carbs, I saw that the previous owner had upped the main jet to a 135, up from the the stock size of 120 (I think), and I didn't check the pilot. I may end up having to go back down on the main, it smells like it's running rich. But with how cold it is here, I just wanted to make sure it was running ok through all the throttle before trying to fine tune it in the spring. To shim the needle, you'll need some snap ring pliers, and some reeeaaaaalllly tiny stainless washers, as the American gs's don't have the adjustable needles. My exhaust is a 2 into one built out of some of the stock exhaust. It dumps about 6" behind the foot peg. The muffler that I'm using is this one (http://www.dimecitycycles.com/chrome...y-muffler.html) and it sounds way meaner in person than in the videos.Comment
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Dang, it's been a while since I updated... Well, this weekend I finally got around to putting up a paint booth in my garage, and stripping off the paint. I also put on the first layer of primer onto the frame, and tonight will wet sand that, and prime the tank! Pics to follow soon.Comment
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So I had a buddy convince me to spend a crapload of money, and not rattle can. And holy crap am I glad about that. He and I spent yesterday painting, full primer-base-clear on my parts, and a primer on the parts for his GS750 cafe build (he's still got some body work he wants to do).
Frame turned out amazing!
Killer contrast!
There are a couple issues to be worked out with the clear, but overall, my buddy kicked ass on this.
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I'm so close to having her on the road. I need to put the tank on...
I go to give her a test crank and... No spark. Fuck. Looks like I'll be doing some electrical troubleshooting today. I hope it's not the igniter module, they run for like 400 bucks.Comment
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