This will be an ongoing thread about my 92 gs500 (blue demon).
So far I have already removed the headlight fairing and belly pan. Also I have changed the handlebars from the standard style to clipons from my 89.
before:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0477-1.jpg)
after:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0486.jpg)
Yesterday, I made room in my basement for the blue demon and proceeded to remove both wheels.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0491.jpg)
Then I removed the rotors from the two front wheels I have. I did that because I found an imperfection on the blue demons wheel. So I will have a shop take my best wheels put new tires and wheel bearings in them and use the others on the parts bike for ease of mobility. The 89 I have has the sexy rear shock knuckle. Im considering switching those while I wait for the tires.
Ill post more info and pics when I get home.
i installed my new progrip 717's
Before: ready for install
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0489.jpg)
installed:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0501.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0503.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0502.jpg)
while the wheels are off, i decided to try and see if the exhaust bolts would come out. (two snapped off on my other project)
hurray they did!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0498.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0499.jpg)
some of them were stubborn coming out so i used this...
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0500.jpg)
to restore the threads in the cylinder head. i will use fresh new bolts to reinstall the exhaust after cleaning it. (the very same as in the picture.) it took alot of patience and pb blaster to get those exhaust bolts out. turn a few degrees back a degree, turn a few degrees back a degree, pb blaster, repeat.
(had the front wheel loosely on so i could lower the floor jack to remove the exhaust.)
Nice tap and die set, are you a mechanic by trade?
-Jessie
mucho buenooooo! Necessitos mas vidarlo pronto!
yes i am jessie, currently employed by a local toyota dealer.
nice!
Now lets see whos gets finished first!
Mine or yours?
Im thinking yours. hahahahahaha
Small world, I'm a Toyota MDT :laugh:
-Jessie
im planning to get reloads fork brace. i cleaned all the wheels yesterday. ready for new tires and wheel bearings. will have the shop re install the rotor before balancing the front wheel. gotta have the shop use my best front wheel which is off the 89. the best rotor was on the 92. the wheel from the 92 has a slight dent on the left side. the lip is bent flat and away from center. not alot, but enough to concern me. ill have them check it and if its useable ill put it on the 89.
anybody have objections to using a touch of super glue on the little foam pads between the fender and the forks? i have just filled and charged a brand new wallymart battery. the es12bs, a sealed no spill AGM style battery. will use the one in the 92 on the 89. specificly to test the engine after completeing its rebuild. still have to put the generator magnet bowl on then seal that side up.
things left to do...
1. turn signal bulbs for some aftermarket rears. hard to find a small 12v 23w bulb.
2. swap shock knuckles. i want that aluminum knuckle!
3. have tires and wheel bearings installed.
4. front brake pads.
5. change the fork oil
6. Insure it.
7. register it
8. inspect it
Quote from: Tombstones81 on April 01, 2012, 01:58:58 PM
nice!
Now lets see whos gets finished first!
Mine or yours?
Im thinking yours. hahahahahaha
You were wrong! :cheers:
Quote from: shonole on April 03, 2012, 06:38:05 PM
Quote from: Tombstones81 on April 01, 2012, 01:58:58 PM
nice!
Now lets see whos gets finished first!
Mine or yours?
Im thinking yours. hahahahahaha
You were wrong! :cheers:
hahaha yes I was Totally wrong.
but I did not expect mine to get running when I started work on it yesterday.
Only knew it would when cranking it by hand went soooo smoothly compared to the previous cam shafts.
Well, if she stays 100%
I will be seeing Oz most likely the 2nd or 3rd weekend in May when I ride the bike out to Pitt to visit my brother again.
and whoever else nearby.
Hopefully ya get everything together by then Oz! :thumb:
Preparing the exhaust for some nice hight temp paint. Still want to grind the pock marks smooth so the paint will lay nice.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/IMG_20120404_142437.jpg)
and pretty much done on the prep for paint on the exhaust.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/IMG_20120404_173115.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/IMG_20120404_173102.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/IMG_20120404_173136.jpg)
hmmm
that suckers lookin quite nice and shiny!
just curious, would a high temp clear coat keep it lookin that way?
i think it would. but if i were to do that it would have to be perfect. that would be alooooot more grinding.
i used what you can see under the exhaust in the prep picture. and some smaller discs in the tighter areas.
there are some reallly deeep pock marks. and just clearing over that would look uncool.
i ground off as much of the roughness as i could in hopes of having to use fewer coats of paint.
dunno man, if I had power tools to make it look THAT good...
I would just finish it and leave it all nice and shiny and finish it with a clear.
but thats just me.
Polished up the rear shock knuckle yesterday. Sorry for crappy pic.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/IMG_20120405_212019.jpg)
Also yesterday my title came. So today I will register and insure it. Then as soon as I get my parts from reload and have the tires and wheelbearings on ill be riding.
nice!!!! :thumb:
got everything buttoned up, picked up my tires this morning along with new spark plugs and some VHT flat black paint for the exhaust. i didnt repaint yet though, i didnt want to take the time for it to cure first. so i started re assembly then had to go move furniture for my PT job. came home got back to work, got everything torqued down to proper specs then took a nice hour long test ride. my first ever ride on my own motorcycle on public roads. it was so wonderful, even with the chill tonight. 46 deg. F.
i think my gloves are a tad to tight and perhaps some long johns on the next ride. lol brrr. i did wear my leather jacket gloves and my helmet. :thumb:
ill post some pics in the morning.
(edit) eh, short video instead of pics
http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/?action=view¤t=DSCN0508.mp4
Very nice!!
and some riding pants might be better then long johns.
my friend I went riding with recently has a nice pair that he wears over his jeans and said hes never cold.
even rides to work in 30 degree weather!
im def looking into some now
well im off my feet for a few days. a coworker ran over my foot at work today. its not broken just strained and sprained badly. treated as a contusion.
OUCH!!!!
hope they are covering time off from work if you have to take any.
i hope so too. im mad though, my bike passed inspection yesterday. and i was lookin to ride more when the weather broke.
i received the fork brace and front brake pads from reload today. :woohoo:
ill be putting those on asap.
Hi oz,Looks like your bike is coming along good. Hate that about your foot, it seems like its always someone else you gota look out for. Just curious, you said you removed the belly pan,are you gona reuse it? If not would you be interested in selling it?
sorry rex, yes i plan to reuse the bellypan. the headlight fairing....not so sure. gotta think about it more.
update: my foot is well enough to ride. rode alot yesterday, and rode to work today. riding to see my sisters tomorrow then from there to see my niece.
belly pan And a headlight cowl....
I vote you repair the headlight cowl since you have both!
Quote from: oz353 on April 13, 2012, 03:39:43 PM
sorry rex, yes i plan to reuse the bellypan. the headlight fairing....not so sure. gotta think about it more.
update: my foot is well enough to ride. rode alot yesterday, and rode to work today. riding to see my sisters tomorrow then from there to see my niece.
Ok, Cool thanks for letting me know something quick.Glad to hear your riding again,if you decide not to use the cowling I may be interested in that, I want to convert my F model to a E im looking for a oem suzuki round headlight to buy ,if thats what i get that cowling would fit right on. :D
GS cockpit Fairing available in White, Red, Black, yellow, Green, Blue. will fit most bike with 7.25" headlight at $175
http://www.streetfightersbydesign.com/streetweb/skidmarx_page/skid%20fairings%20htm.htm
there ya go for both of yas.
since ur unsure if u want to repair or replace it Oz.
got that link from someone on this site.
Its in the US too, unlike the main site to buy from.
Thanks tombs! My bike is runnin great! Cant wait for you to come out and ride
The Skidmarx is nice. That's what Junior has. Very close in design to the OEM.
Quote from: oz353 on April 20, 2012, 12:06:58 AM
Thanks tombs! My bike is runnin great! Cant wait for you to come out and ride
well I guess you actually did beat me to finishing yours.
Since mine didnt Stay 100% for very long. hahaha
But, headed to NJ tomorrow morning after work to pick up that 01 engine with 6K on it only, that had a video of it running and sounding 100%!
So hopefully I will be all ready to go come May!
Already put my time off request for the 17th and 18th of May as im off the 19th 20th and 21st.
I plan to sleep through the night of Thursday the 17th and leave first thing Friday morning.
Had to request the 17th as I work graveyard and I cant ride out there friday morning after working all night.
I plan to pinch my pennies next pay and then I get paid on the 18th that im headed out, so I will have some money to go with me.
If its nice out, plan to have a cookout at my brothers with his family, most likely on Saturday. (my treat)
So if we ride Saturday as well, i'll see if you and whoever else rides is welcome to come over for eats!
thats as long as lady luck sticks by me! hahaha
i'll keep ya posted!
if you decide to get ride of that belly pan...please let me know:)
Ok, I had to do it....
Before.
http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/?action=view¤t=DSCN0522.mp4
After.
http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/?action=view¤t=DSCN0529.mp4
Before.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0486.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0496.jpg)
After.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0531.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/DSCN0536.jpg)
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I had to remove the center stand :cry: Oh well, it sounds mean as hell now. More befitting of its name. (Blue Demon) I haven't rejetted yet :mad: So i will most likely revert it to stock while i finish it up. I have to grind the welds down re-weld if needed and re-grind then paint.
Cant decide if I want to paint entirely black or just up to the beginning taper of the muffler.
Quick "paint" job.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/flat-to-chrome.jpg)
or
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/All-flat.jpg)
UPDATE: lunchbox, carb screw kit, carb gasket kit, jets, and two sets of these pegs on the way http://www.amazon.com/Suzuki-GSXR-1000-Black-Rear/dp/B000VY2VUM
Im excited!!!!
Nice!!
but what happened to that nice shiny exhaust???
leave it out in the rain?
also, not 100% sure yet how its looking on riding out there next Friday for the weekend now.
atm, on the hunt for employment as of yesterday......
not sure if I will get benefits either.
(edit)
cant make it out to Pitt for at least the rest of this month now. ><
called my brother and let em know I might not make it.
told me to wait until after this month tho as he has to work every weekend now to make up a week he had to take off.
so he pretty much wont Ever be home for the month.
Damn! well hopefully you will get here safely. with in the next week.
Update: I have finally recieved all my parts for the rejet and exhaust. And on saturday they were installed.
I did a quick carb clean, rejet, K&N lunchbox, and installed my custom exhaust.
Ended up with a throttle cable issue, reving when turning handlebars.
I had disconnected the cable from the controls so as not to disturb its already perfect adjustment.
Turns out the cable jacket was twisted after reinstalling everything. A couple twists and all was well.
Then I had an issue of bogging with partial throttle from idle. Installed second set of washers on the needles, no more bogging.
Test riding produced impossibly wide smiles and lots of woohooo's.
There is alot of popping on decel so I started looking for a problem. Found both carb boots leaking on the engine side.
I still have gaskets from the kit I bought to rebuild the 89's engine. So I will try replacing those seals first and if no joy I shall be in need of some good condition carb boots.
I had also ordered a ss screw kit. I had thought it was just for the carbs... Nope. It is for the carbs and engine! Bonus!
Ill post some pics once I get around to transfering them to my computer.