What have you done for your bike today????

[adidasguy]

Looks Great!!!

Thanks for helping swap the wheels. I think Trey looks so much better with the silver rims than the white ones.

[mister]

Hey Addy: Those seats you got, they Look like they are some kind of material - and thus probably not suited to riding in the wet. Are they?

Michael

[adidasguy]

They're an imitation leather. Been fine in the rain - just the usual wet butt but then haven't we all had wet butts?
Contact the maker for more specific details. He was very nice, made a GS500F seat (even though not advertised) and has pretty good English.

It looks like 2 different materials because of the difference in texture. Without the photo flash, the materials look abut the same.

[murf425]

I painted the front cowling (and the rear fairing, but no pics of that):



Tonight I'll be doing the side fairings and the front fender.  Then, on to the tank...

[Cosimo_Zaretti]

I changed the contaminated oil hoping to fix my clutch slipping issues, then I took it for a pretty good ride up some nice hilly corners up south head to Watsons bay at 1AM, stopped for something to eat on the strip in Kings Cross on the way back.  Nothing else is really open in the eastern suburbs at that hour on a wednesday morning, and you always get some good street theatre in the cross.

The point of the ride was to test out the clutch through the hills as well as some urban riding in the small hours.  It will launch hard enough for the front end to feel light (I haven't learned wheelies yet  ) without feeling like it wants to slip, and I can downshift hard, although I didn't try and compression lock it or anything stupid like that.  If I get it into 6th gear up a slight incline at say 3000 RPM then grab wide open throttle, this is asking a bit much of the bike so it hesitates, hesitates, starts to accelerate, and then the clutch lets go, it revs out and then the bike starts to accelerate and evertthing balances itself out.  Unless I deliberately provoke it like that the clutch is fine, but I think I will be budgeting some plates sooner rather than later.

[tt_four]

My bike is in what should be it's final tear down! I changed the oil last night, I pulled the carbs tonight and have them beginning their 24hour pinesol soak. Will be followed by a thorough cleaning, new brake fluid as soon as I get some rubber hose, and a valve adjustment as soon as I pick up some thinner shims. Any spare time I get after that's done will go into cleaning up the tail swap and trying to think of a nice way to cut my undertail shallower so the seat I have on it will sit right. I currently have a hole cut and duct tape over it haha. I feel like a plastic welder would be the answer, but I don't have one and won't have one in the next few weeks.

[amodea1]

FENDERECTOMY!!!!

[redhenracing2]

(I haven't learned wheelies yet  )

It's safe to get a feel for it on the gs, but I would highly suggest going down two teeth in the front. It will just about power wheelie after that. With stock gearing, you can clutch it up at anything less than 20 mph. Go about 10-15mph, pull in clutch, go to about 3/4 throttle, and right before it hits redline dump the clutch.

[zirconx]

FENDERECTOMY!!!!

Speaking of that, I have a chopped fender I would be interested in trading for a good condition complete fender. PM me if interested.

[adidasguy]

FENDERECTOMY!!!!

Speaking of that, I have a chopped fender I would be interested in trading for a good condition complete fender. PM me if interested.

Good luck! I had a couple chopped fenders I replaced with un-cut ones. Couldn't give the the cut ones away - yet people keep chopping off the fenders. My trash bin sometimes is pretty full. LED turn signals: trash bin, too. Yet people show pictures that they just paid top dollar for the same thing I was going to give away. Too bad my garbage bin isn't into making GS500's.

[scottychop]

Just finished up a rear wheel swap.  The PO had a 150 tire on the stock rim and it handled like crap.  Nothing like a 2-3 inch wide flat spot to corner with.  Put on a Katana rear shock, new plugs, SS chainguard, Jardine exhasut, and tail light from adidasguy, and started pulling the carbs apart.  Tomorrow it's on the new sonic springs and a K&N lunchbox with rejet.  Finally Ju-Ni-Shiho is going to be on the road!







Sorry, no pics on the Jardine yet.

[centuryghost]

Ju-Ni-Shiho FTW 

[tt_four]

Speaking of that, I have a chopped fender I would be interested in trading for a good condition complete fender. PM me if interested.

Oh! too late! I just chopped one in half today. I can mail you the back end though if you want to glue it back onto your bike!

As far as my day, I learned how to fiberglass! There's really nothing to learn, but I will need some practice before it actually looks good. Now that I've done it once I'm gonna start fiberglassing everything! I also never really took pictures when I did my tail swap originally. I'm cleaning it up a little bit so I'm taking pictures this time so I can post up a how-to for anyone who wants to stick a new tail on their GS. Should have that all together in a few days.

[Anaconda]

went on a 200 mile ride through the santa cruz mountains today and learned at the end of the ride to put the petcock into Prime, so it doesnt starve itself to death when riding an incline on the freeways!  My butt has been killed by the hard stock seat, so I may be looking into adding some sort of gel cushion to put some comfort to the buttocks.

On a side note, riding along liter bikes are insane b/c I never saw them after my first few turns... though it was my first ride in that route

[nikfleisch]

FENDERECTOMY!!!!

Speaking of that, I have a chopped fender I would be interested in trading for a good condition complete fender. PM me if interested.

pictures?

[ke7syv]

Lookin for more accessories, specifically Nelson Rigg saddle bags and bar risers. I took it out the other day with the new 15 tooth. Nice change, very nice...but now I'm wondering if a 17 tooth would be more appropriate with the rising fuel costs. I lubed the chain yesterday as well. Not the most exciting shiite be hey. 

[tt_four]

My butt has been killed by the hard stock seat, so I may be looking into adding some sort of gel cushion to put some comfort to the buttocks

Get yourself a pair of these. I've got 5 hours straight on the highway with a seat much harder than the GSs and didn't have any soreness. It's much easier to put on a pair of bicycle shorts under your pants than it is to rip your seat apart.

[Anaconda]

My butt has been killed by the hard stock seat, so I may be looking into adding some sort of gel cushion to put some comfort to the buttocks

Get yourself a pair of these. I've got 5 hours straight on the highway with a seat much harder than the GSs and didn't have any soreness. It's much easier to put on a pair of bicycle shorts under your pants than it is to rip your seat apart.

great tip tt_four, I'll definitely look into that.  Can you tell me what these shorts are called? my terminology on bicycle gear is Nill

[mister]

My butt has been killed by the hard stock seat, so I may be looking into adding some sort of gel cushion to put some comfort to the buttocks

Get yourself a pair of these. I've got 5 hours straight on the highway with a seat much harder than the GSs and didn't have any soreness. It's much easier to put on a pair of bicycle shorts under your pants than it is to rip your seat apart.

great tip tt_four, I'll definitely look into that.  Can you tell me what these shorts are called? my terminology on bicycle gear is Nill

Padded Bicycle Shorts 

Michael

[tt_four]

yeah they're just 'bicycle shorts'. I'm sure there's a real name for them, but walk into any bicycle shop and you'll see 20 pairs of them hanging on the wall. Even if you order online it wouldn't hurt to go in and try a pair on first. If you're wearing pants over them and are just riding a motorcycle they don't really need to be as snug as they would be otherwise but get everything positioned just right and you'll be in shape.