Getting a GS this weekend . . .

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 21, 2004, 08:57:47 AM

When I posted about wanting a GS, I was contacted by Can Can, a member on this board.
We've talked for a while, and this weekend we're getting together, and barring any unsuspected surprises, I will be getting a 97 GS500 on Saturday.

This will be my 3rd - and really for my wife, but Im pretty excited about it.

Wish me luck!

cozy · January 21, 2004, 09:24:01 AM

Glad to hear it. I wish i had a baja bug...

scratch · January 21, 2004, 09:26:13 AM

Allriiighht!!

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 21, 2004, 09:50:09 AM

Quote from: cozyGlad to hear it. I wish i had a baja bug...

Come and buy it from me.

I wish I had room for my motorcycles and a workbench in my garage.

Actually, I just finished putting a cool camo job on it, and Im in the process of tearing down the engine (again) to fix an oil leak.
After I finish it and reinstall, Im putting it up for sale.

My Specs on it:
76 Bug.
New 1776cc Engine w/ Engle 110 cam, hemi-cut heads, solid rocker shafts, cool stuff like Empi hi-lift aluminum valve covers, alternator kit, chrome bosch 009 dizzy, aluminum crank pully, Kennedy 1700lb pressure plate, bobcat exhaust, and a Weber Progressive 2bbl carb.

New everything from engine, to entire brake system, built for offroading front suspension, rims, tires, floor pans, rocker panels, Grant GT steering wheel, etc. etc. etc.

It's been fun, but I've just lost interest in finishing it. Bikes are my big draw now. I would like to put some money into my SV, and it's all tied up in the Bug.

JLKasper · January 21, 2004, 07:08:31 PM

Do you ride much in Indiana? SR62 from New Albany to about SR45 is great. It will evantually intersect with SR66. When you first get on 66, there is a sign with the winding road symbol, and underneath it says... "NEXT 26 MILES". YESSS!

You wind up in Cannelton. If you see a guy on a red '96 GS coming the other way, give a wave-- it'll be me-- grinning. It beats the Hell out of I-64 from Evansville to Louisville!

JohNLA · January 21, 2004, 08:09:10 PM

Congrats Red and CanCan,
This talk of bugs remided me of something I wanted to post.
A MC mechanic told me the GS valve shime are identical to the ones used in the old bugs and available in more sizes.

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 22, 2004, 07:40:16 AM

Quote from: JLKasperDo you ride much in Indiana? SR62 from New Albany to about SR45 is great. It will evantually intersect with SR66. When you first get on 66, there is a sign with the winding road symbol, and underneath it says... "NEXT 26 MILES". YESSS! You wind up in Cannelton. If you see a guy on a red '96 GS coming the other way, give a wave-- it'll be me-- grinning. It beats the Hell out of I-64 from Evansville to Louisville!

That's a route I plan on exploring much more this coming year.
I typically ride a circle up Corydon Pike in New Albany (a really nice windy road up the knobs), then out 62, and turn off onto hwy 11 to Elizabeth. This is a nice twisty road .. . .

Then I turn (dont know the road name), and head toward Corydon. Lots of caves and sinkholes in this area, so the road does a rollercoaster up/down the whole way, and there's nothing like wheelieing over a hillcrest

Then I usually come back home on 62.

But I plan to do some longer riding trips and see how far I can take 62 out. I've been as far as some small town with "The Overlook Resturant", but again I cant think of the name. Beautiful riding road.

My brother lives in Evansville, so I may try taking 62 the whole way there.

If you see me, you'll see me on a Blue Naked SV650, followed by my wife on a GS500.

QuoteA MC mechanic told me the GS valve shime are identical to the ones used in the old bugs and available in more sizes.

Im not sure he knows what he's talking about. They have screw-type adusters on the rockers, not shims. There are some shim-like spacers on the rocker shafts, but I doubt that is what he means. :dunno:

The Buddha · January 22, 2004, 09:27:49 AM

Quote from: JohNLACongrats Red and CanCan,
This talk of bugs remided me of something I wanted to post.
A MC mechanic told me the GS valve shime are identical to the ones used in the old bugs and available in more sizes.

Well Bug shims are not it... I am not sure I'll check this weekend for sure but I have picked up shims off cars (newish jap cars that do have the hydraulic valves etc) that were an identical match for yamaha shims that I am determined to find which car has GS shims and plunder it.
Cool.
Srinath.

AndyMC · January 22, 2004, 09:58:15 AM

hey big red you want twisty try spickard knob in new albany

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 22, 2004, 10:10:27 AM

Quote from: AndyMChey big red you want twisty try spickard knob in new albany

Twisty, Yes.
But, the road condition wasnt so great last time I went through.
If you're from Washington, how do you even know about Spickard Knob?

AndyMC · January 22, 2004, 10:19:20 AM

i lived in nalbany till i joined the navy so im from there i once went down spickard knob on a skateboard in my younger drunker days ha

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 22, 2004, 10:36:59 AM

Quote from: AndyMCi lived in nalbany till i joined the navy so im from there i once went down spickard knob on a skateboard in my younger drunker days ha

Do you still have road rash to prove it?

So from here huh?
You go to HS at New Albany/SilverCreek/FC?

AndyMC · January 22, 2004, 11:03:13 AM

have a nice patch on my back from that misadventure i went to new albany high even though i pretty much lived right across from fc

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 22, 2004, 11:06:36 AM

Pretty cool.

AndyMC · January 22, 2004, 11:13:51 AM

ahh to be seventeen and invincible again

BigRedMonkeyButt · January 22, 2004, 01:18:56 PM

If I had a nickel for every stupid stunt I pulled when in HS. . .

I was invincible too, yet somehow I never got hurt. Maybe I really was.

AndyMC · January 22, 2004, 02:20:24 PM

and then of course the greater threat of growing up in indiana no helmet law took me two wrecks with no helmet to penetrate my invincibility shield and decide a helmet might be a good thing

JLKasper · January 22, 2004, 06:28:39 PM

You would be talking about Leavenworth, with the Overlook Restaurant at the top of the hill with the great view. It draws a lot of traffic, but I've never been impressed with the food. There's a bar on the river called the Dock (I believe) which is where the Harley guys go. You pick up 66 not too far west of there, which cuts through the Hoosier National Forest. 62 is also cool, but loses the plot around Dale. Either road will take you to Evansville.

JLKasper · January 22, 2004, 06:29:09 PM

You would be talking about Leavenworth, with the Overlook Restaurant at the top of the hill with the great view. It draws a lot of traffic, but I've never been impressed with the food. There's a bar on the river called the Dock (I believe) which is where the Harley guys go. You pick up 66 not too far west of there, which cuts through the Hoosier National Forest. 62 is also cool, but loses the plot around Dale. Either road will take you to Evansville.

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