The Bikeshite Thread

[Jerzy Woking]

I've never claimed on my car or bike policies - the three collisions I have had (1 bike and 2 car) were the fault of the other party and recovered all my costs from them. Fourty odd years of paying out for something I've never "used".

[strangeangel]

I've never had a problem with CN on renewal, this year it went down from £370 to £260 by moving to a worse postcode...

 

I've never paid more than £200 FC w/Euro breakdown for 5-7 bikes. Mind you, I've never set foot in Doncaster, never mind lived in it

[Guest Hooli]

I can only congratulate you on the last part.

[drum]

I stripped the carbs of the '83 GS650GT to clean them up.

The bike has been off the road since 1990 and the carbs were in a Lidl bag, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to find someone had been in there before me.

A float bowl screw missing and a float needle valve gone.

 

One of the diaphragms has come away from the slide. Can that be repaired?

 

A replacement slide and diaphragm is £80!

 

Does anyone know if carbs off a different model would do? Maybe a katana?

[Guest]

Can you get any numbers off the carbs?

[drum]

The only numbers I can see are cast on the inside of the float bowl and top cover.

 

They're Mikuni.

[Guest]

They look like BS32SS Mikuni's. I'm sure all the GS' used these, just jetted different. 550,650,750 and 850. Not sure about the GT

 

You can change the diagphragm rubbers on their own on most carbs, but it's really fiddly.

 

Here is a slightly cheaper slide/diagpragm

 

http://www.nrp-carbs.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=gs650&product_id=1324

[DodgeRover]

Allens performance in Nottingham used to be able to supply Mikuni parts

[plasticvandan]

I need to change the drive belt and rollers on my mrs's 2003 Honda SH50 Express,is there any of the twist and go guys on here who may be able to give me a quick run through?never had to do one before (and its long overdue!)

[Dave_Q]

Not done a Honda but sure they're all the same. 

 

Transmission case comes off with a series of small bolts. 

 

You will need a variator locking tool or an impact gun to get the bolt off the variator.

 

You may or may not need to take the rear pulley/clutch thing off, you might be able to wangle the belt off with just the vario off. 

[gtd2000]

I stripped the carbs of the '83 GS650GT to clean them up.

The bike has been off the road since 1990 and the carbs were in a Lidl bag, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to find someone had been in there before me.

A float bowl screw missing and a float needle valve gone.

 

One of the diaphragms has come away from the slide. Can that be repaired?

 

A replacement slide and diaphragm is £80!

 

Does anyone know if carbs off a different model would do? Maybe a katana?20180129_213731.jpg

 

This is a pretty decent site for technical information:

 

http://thegsresources.com/

 

I was a regular visitor when working on my 1983 GS450GA

[Jerzy Woking]

This was the GS650 that had been parked up in the basement of my office for years. A mate wanted one to do up as it was the bike he had when he first met the woman he was to marry (ah, bless). Hadn't been run for at least 20 years.

 

Managed to find out that it could be purchased for the price of a donation to charity (£50).

 

Mate restored it and it looked brand new. I'll try to find the after photos, but this is what it was like before I took it.

 

[Fabergé Greggs]

This was the GS650 that had been parked up in the basement of my office for years. A mate wanted one to do up as it was the bike he had when he first met the woman he was to marry (ah, bless). Hadn't been run for at least 20 years.

 

Managed to find out that it could be purchased for the price of a donation to charity (£50).

 

Mate restored it and it looked brand new. I'll try to find the after photos, but this is what it was like before I took it.

 

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Can you find me one for £50 quid too?

[Jerzy Woking]

Although you can find cars around for £50, the days of £50 bikes are long since gone. Not even seen incomplete basket cases for less than double that now. Sign'O the Times.

[hairnet]

not been out on the bike for nearly a week

 

had temp of 35C apparently thats not good

 

and the weathers been sunnier than a daytime tv presenter (fuk me daytime telly is shite)

[DodgeRover]

not been out on the bike for nearly a week

 

had temp of 35C apparently thats not good

 

and the weathers been sunnier than a daytime tv presenter (fuk me daytime telly is shite)

Are you in NZ? I had a friend telling me it had hit 46 degrees and humid...

[hairnet]

No that's my temp not the country

[Arthur Foxhake]

First time out with my CR125 is booked for Sunday.

Still not really ridden it apart from a brief blat across a field where i bought it from.

Going to Weedon track. More of an old skool scrambler track really, no proper big jumps but what i need after nearly a year of not riding MX at all and learning a new bike.

Can't wait.

[Dave_Q]

Just found this on my regular trawl of bottom of the market 2 wheeled shite.

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112804298177

 

I initially thought that "Gilera Ultimate Weapon" was the model name and this was a new and interesting kind of rank ped I'd not heard of before.

 

Actually, its an SKP, so I guess Ultimate Weapon must just be the sellers description.

[John F]

drum, on 30 Jan 2018 - 7:08 PM, said:

I stripped the carbs of the '83 GS650GT to clean them up.

The bike has been off the road since 1990 and the carbs were in a Lidl bag, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to find someone had been in there before me.

A float bowl screw missing and a float needle valve gone.

 

One of the diaphragms has come away from the slide. Can that be repaired?

 

A replacement slide and diaphragm is £80!

 

Does anyone know if carbs off a different model would do? Maybe a katana?20180129_213731.jpg

 

Kat carbs should fit, the engines are essentially identical apart from cams & an oil cooler.

[lisbon_road]

Just come back from a trip to China. Where I was, I did not see a single petrol two wheeler. All were electric, every single one. No idea about quality, but plenty seemed to be moving.

[lisbon_road]

Just come back from a trip to China. Where I was, I did not see a single petrol two wheeler. All were electric, every single one. No idea about quality, but plenty seemed to be moving.

[John F]

IIRC motorised bikes are banned from a lot of cities in China. There'll be loads in smaller towns & out in the countryside though.

[UltraWomble]

 

 I guess Ultimate Weapon must just be the sellers description. A description of the seller

FTFY

[strangeangel]

Just found this on my regular trawl of bottom of the market 2 wheeled shite.

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112804298177

 

I initially thought that "Gilera Ultimate Weapon" was the model name and this was a new and interesting kind of rank ped I'd not heard of before.

 

Actually, its an SKP, so I guess Ultimate Weapon must just be the sellers description.

 

You should buy it and paint that on the side.

[Jerzy Woking]

Managed to find a complete Ventura rack and fittings for my KTM RC8 which is just four pieces and took me 10 minutes to fit - no cutting of panels required and I can remove the whole lot in 5 minutes.

 

Brilliant system, first came across one in New Zealand in 1995 fitted on my hired VX800, The RC8 is the first bike I have owned where I've needed one - especially as I'll now be able to ride the RC8 to Slovakia (via a bit of Austria and Northern Italy), as carrying luggage otherwise would be a right pain due to the design of the rear end of the bike.

[Guest Hooli]

Those are the ones that carry a rucksack over the pillion seat aren't they? they look damn good kit.

[Jerzy Woking]

They are indeed. Didn't take my phone into the garage, but will get a photo. So easy to fit (although the cross piece I managed to fit the wrong way round because I had no fitting instructions). Offers the choice of swapping between a grab rail, small traditional rack, or a "roll bar" over which a ruck sack can be fitted. Better still, a normal rucksack can be adapted to fit if I can't find a Ventura on cheap.

 

its not exactly pretty but undo 4 torx bolts and the side rails and rack attachment are off.

[John F]

Look forward to seeing a piccy of that...

[drum]

The clutch on my project GS650 is seized. By looking through the oil filler hole I can see the pressure plate moving when the clutch lever is operated. The friction plates have glued themselves together over the 28 years since it last was on the road.

 

Is there a lazy way of freeing them without stripping the clutch out? Like spraying wd40 through the oil filler opening on to them and trying to bump them loose? The carbs are still off so I can't use the engine to help me.

 

I expect the answer will be to pull it apart but thought I'd ask anyway.