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PostPosted: 22:22 - 09 Apr 2007    Post subject: Gs500 Reply with quote
ok went to look at one today and it looks like what i'm looking for, the only problem was that the engine sounded a bit more rattly that any other bike i've owned on tick over. It wasn't like a rattle that pre-empted a problem with the engine just more noisy than i consider normal, is this apparent with other gs500s as well?
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PostPosted: 22:35 - 09 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
what yeah gs500 was it??
they are kinda noisy when they are cold but quieten down a bit when everything has warned up and expanded.
the older ones were particually bad, at start up,
it might be a case of the valve shims needing doing, or possibly the cam chain.
you'll safely get over 60000 miles out of a gs500 with out any thing being done except oil and filter changes
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 09 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmmnz wrote:
what yeah gs500 was it??
they are kinda noisy when they are cold but quieten down a bit when everything has warned up and expanded.
the older ones were particually bad, at start up,
it might be a case of the valve shims needing doing, or possibly the cam chain.
you'll safely get over 60000 miles out of a gs500 with out any thing being done except oil and filter changes


And chocolate bolts :>
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 09 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
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toby has had a rough time of his gs Very Happy but mine hasn't missed a beat in 40000 miles
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PostPosted: 22:48 - 09 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmmnz wrote:
Mr. Green
toby has had a rough time of his gs Very Happy but mine hasn't missed a beat in 40000 miles


Tell me about it, read my latest? Rounded of the fork top bolts Sad
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PostPosted: 13:39 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Toby R wrote:
hmmmnz wrote:
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toby has had a rough time of his gs Very Happy but mine hasn't missed a beat in 40000 miles


Tell me about it, read my latest? Rounded of the fork top bolts Sad


lol, why doesnt that surprise me toby Very Happy
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PostPosted: 14:02 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
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lol, why doesnt that surprise me toby Very Happy


No idea Wink

BTW Hmmnz did you ever get the ISO codes for those rear suspension bearings? I read on GStwin you were getting some ages ago?
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PostPosted: 15:56 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah i did mine when.... why did i do them again??? i dunno why i did them, i posted a link to the gswiki with the bearing sizes, ill see if i can find the iso numbers among all my gs stuff Very Happy and ill add it to the wiki for ya Very Happy
edit.. done
https://cgi.stanford.edu/~sanjayd/gs500/Main/SuspensionLinkageAndSwingArm
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PostPosted: 16:00 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmmnz wrote:
yeah i did mine when.... why did i do them again??? i dunno why i did them, i posted a link to the gswiki with the bearing sizes, ill see if i can find the iso numbers among all my gs stuff Very Happy and ill add it to the wiki for ya Very Happy


Ta mate, that would win, do they have O-rings?

I have up and down play in my rear wheel Sad
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
nope no orings just the bearings then a spacer that fits inside the bearings, then the bolt that goes inside the spacer,
what do you mean up and down on your wheel??
surely its not your wheel, but movement in the whole swing arm???
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PostPosted: 16:08 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
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nope no orings just the bearings then a spacer that fits inside the bearings, then the bolt that goes inside the spacer,
what do you mean up and down on your wheel??
surely its not your wheel, but movement in the whole swing arm???


Yeah sorry it is...

MOT guy said it's the rear suspension bushes Sad
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PostPosted: 16:13 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
well since the gs doesnt have "bushes" im assuming he is meaning the bearings or the spacers (which i suppose you could call a bush)
you'll never know till you have a look Very Happy
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PostPosted: 16:16 - 10 Apr 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmmnz wrote:
well since the gs doesnt have "bushes" im assuming he is meaning the bearings or the spacers (which i suppose you could call a bush)
you'll never know till you have a look Very Happy


Will do but having issues getting the bolt off, going to go to a bearing shop and get new ones, and drop the whole linkage into a mechanic for fitting I think.

Anyway this isn't my thread so I'll leave you guys to it Smile
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