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:

after:

Yesterday, I made room in my basement for the blue demon and proceeded to remove both wheels.

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

installed:




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!


some of them were stubborn coming out so i used this...

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   

-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!   

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!   

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! 

Preparing the exhaust for some nice hight temp paint. Still want to grind the pock marks smooth so the paint will lay nice.

and pretty much done on the prep for paint on the exhaust.

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.


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!!!! 

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.
ill post some pics in the morning.

(edit) eh, short video instead of pics
http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g422/oz353/?action=view&current=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.