my 89 GS500e

[GS500Schultz]

Are those Pirelli tyres?

Yes they are. Pirelli Rosso II. 110/70-17 and 140/70-17  are the sizes.

[gsJack]

Pirelli's track tires for Ninja 250 & 500 and GS500, etc.

http://motoseries.com/old/articles/2012_pirelli_specs.pdf

[GS500Schultz]

Just a little update. I pulled my rear wheel off and all the spacers are there. The idiot before me used longer bolts to hold the sprocket to the hub.


They must have rubbed the swing arm and the guy never cared. Also looks like he over torqued the axle nut as the adjuster is bent to all hell!

Luckily my new swing arm, chain, and brake pads all showed up yesterday. How ever as the current temp is 9 degrees. I will be not be in my garage freezing

[GS500Schultz]

yay for a new swing arm! came off an 09 with only 1100 miles on it. It looks pretty much new! 

I'm surprised on how easy it is to tear down this whole bike,  it was harder pulling off my pit bike swing arm than this one.

[GS500Schultz]

slowly but surely getting the parts together on my bike.
New tank, sprockets, chain, swing arm, wheel bearings,and brake pads were done today. (even though I need new rotors the bike won't be ridden until then)

[GS500Schultz]

sparkle spinkle  Just waiting on my jets from Buddha 

(also why are there bolts missing? i hate owners who lose crap)

[GSRiderDad]

Nice job. What type of gauge is that ?

Ditto on the gauge. I'd love to find one like that for my project. No luck searching for it yet though. 

[GS500Schultz]

the gauge is an ebay special

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161390410322?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


That's the link for the exact gauge I bought

[GSRiderDad]

the gauge is an ebay special

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161390410322?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


That's the link for the exact gauge I bought

Awesome! Thanks a lot.

[GS500Schultz]

not a problem!

Just remember when wiring it in you need to wire "Memory" and "power" together or it will not light up.

[GSRiderDad]

Will do. Thanks! Was it easy to mount?

[GS500Schultz]

i had to make a custom bracket for it out of  aluminum stock.
Right now it's just a prototype. How ever I might actually be making a 1 piece bracket + hardware and selling it if people like these gauges

[GS500Schultz]

here is a bigger picture (i think)

[GSRiderDad]

I love the look. Thanks for the extra pic. I would definitely be interested in the bracket if you decide to go ahead with it.

[GS500Schultz]

cleaned my carbs and tossed my jets in for my new filter and exhaust set up.

only problem is I have no idea how to set the float no matter how much I read the walk through my brain just won't fire on this level :-/ 

The bike fires right up and runs like a beast! Just leaks fuel everywhere after I shut it off because of the floats being out of wack (guess it's time i let the professionals deal with it) .

Now to move onto:
new rotors
toss on my tires
some cleaning/powder coating
finish making my windscreen bracket
new clutch perch (didn't realize mines bent)
install delkevic exhaust system.

[The Buddha]

Your floats are leaking or are they high ?
There is an easy enough solution for both.
You jetted it, you can get it right in both cases.
First, with the carbs on the bike, take off the float bowls. Put a block or something under 1 float assy holding it in the fully up position.
Put the petcock in prime with you on the side that is not blocked and you hold the float up till it just closes. If it closes the spigot, but then you get fuel seeping out from around the base of the spigot - you have O ring that's dead. If your float is too high when it closes, make note of it, and block that side and go on to the other side. Repeat.
At this point you'd know which carb is leaking, and which carb is high.
If its O rings - you have to replace them, then adjust the level. So replace those if needed, and continuewith adjusting.

Adjusting = bending the tang till the float closes as it is parallel to the carb body. On the 89-00 I set em a wee bit lower, as in, it should close before it gets to parallel position, just a degree or 2. Cos they drift high over the course of a year or 2. You can set it level and should work great right now, just that you could have it drift out by next summer.

If you jetted it, you can do this. Its a whole order of difficulty less than doing needles or air screws or synch.
If you get one side a bit off, it wont be the end of the world, you can always adjust it again.

Cool.
buddha.

[GS500Schultz]

yea the problem is I already sent my carbs to my buddies custom shop a state over.

jetting is the easy part. unscrew jets, put in new jets then Drill little plug out and twist the screw 3 turns out.  I don't have the patience to set the float and it only being 20 degrees in my garage isn't helping much.

[GS500Schultz]

finally got around to making a halfassed windscreen bracket until spring time when I can ride it over to my friends shop.

random bolts I found in my garage are being used here.







Ran to the hardware store and got the correct hardware (all stainless and rubber washers ect)

[GS500Schultz]

nothing like an update to give the bike a 21st century look...still need to strip everything down for paint and powder coating. next winter though.
This winter is all about the mechanical!

[DevilDesire]

Very good looking bike, mate! It looks like a mad scientist in the front end. Keep the good work up!