New addition to the garage - now with bonus MOT

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

I'm really pleased that you got it all going Gerry. I hope the fork oil replacement goes smoothly. Remember to remove the fork cap before you drain the oil, else you might find you can't remove the cap and you've got no oil left!

I'm slightly envious of you that you've managed to take a bike that was not in a good way and make it into a useable pretty Japanese classic.

I have a hankering for a traditional looking air cooled bike now...
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

Fizzer - I remember just what a difference balanced carbs can make from my experiences on the Bandit. Unfortunately, I don't have a temporary tank yet - I've got a fairly high-capacity petrol-resistant funnel that I can use, although I'll need to make up an adapter pipe for it.

Shaft - that sounds beautiful. I'm still in two minds about the whole idea, because if I can get the CV carbs sorted I won't need to touch them again for some time, but a pair of sidedraft Webers does sound awesome in pretty much every available way Laughing

MarJay - Cheers Very Happy

It was a worthy learning project, I think, especially after my initial sodding about with smaller bikes. I can't help but think that it gives off this slight air of 'old man', but since it's such a composed ride, I genuinely don't care Laughing

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Thinking about the fuelling issue, it could be electrical. Certainly sort out the random killswitch failure first. I'm not sure of the setup in your killswitch, but it might not be corrosion - if it relies on any kind of spring to make the magic happen, it may need to be tugged out a bit to make a better connection.

Then carb balancing and mixture screw setting. At least the mix screws are easy to get to. I think we just set them to two turns out at a guess, seeing as the workshop manuals are a bit shit it would be worth colourtuning.

Oh, and the air filter. Have you oiled it yet, or is it meant to be oiled, and does it seal well? It would be amusing (and typical of the project) if the whole thing was down to a poorly fitting air filter.

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neil. · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Karma :

I have a theory. Suppose you were to leave the idle running as rich as it is. Suppose that when you pull up to the 'ring of steel' at work, and they ask you to remove your lid, do a strip search etc, you leave the bike running... It's possible that they'll soon pass out/throw up. Shifty

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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

In unrelated news, I've just sorted the fuel sender. I now have a working fuel gauge. Very Happy

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Self amalgamating tape is excellent stuff.
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Shaft · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Karma :

What's needed here is self amalgamating wiring!
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

*Groan*
What's needed here is for the GS to not piss the entire contents of its petrol tank all over the floor of my garage overnight. I have a suspicion as to what the cause might be, but I need to spend some time on Friday looking at it.
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Casper · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Karma :

This should not happen but it did. I had my Katana tank of the bike once and all was fine. I opened the cap and the fuel started to piss out the tap. Even after i shut the lid. It only stopped when i stuck it back on the bike and fired it up to get the vacume back. Your filler cap rubber may be buggered or the springs under it not giving enough preasure. After i got a new rubber all was good again.

If you do get a new kit for the tap pay the money and go to Suzuki. The Wemoto ones are rubbish.

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Casper · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Karma :

Only place i could find for taps was this But they are not cheap.

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Suntan Sid · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 May 2009 Karma :

Finally found the photos of my 550, I'll scan'em in at work tomorrow!
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

I think I've sorted the whole 'dropping an entire tank of fuel in my garage' thing - I pulled the fuel cap apart, and it was gummed to buggery, including a couple of breathers, so I'm hoping that should fix it. I'm about to go out for a ride, so will report back later.
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

Nope. Turns out it's a problem with the fuel sender gasket. I'm probably just going to coat it in mastic at this point.
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

Oh, it gets better. On the ride home from Rainham, it decided to shed a downpipe. Yes, a downpipe.
Managed to recover it ok, bungeed the downpipe to the luggage rack once it had cooled, and then proceeded to push the bike back home.

All 240kg of it.

In full leathers.

At the only point in the day when the sun elected to shine upon us.

Never before have I felt like I've deserved a beer as much as I do now. Thank fuck for off-licenses, is all I can say.
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