Stared at it while flushing the pitch black ATF out of the Xterra. Took 15 quarts of Nissan Matic J.

Heard every bike go by wishing, hoping, but no ride for me.

Just bought my first bike a 93' GS500E on Thursday pretty good condition just needed some love. Spent literally 6 hours yesterday cleaning every nook and cranny on it and it still needs some more cleaning. Wheels took the longest seems the PO never cleaned it. Tons of grease and oil on the white wheels to the point they were mostly black/gray, but now they are nice and pretty.

Removed the lower half of the fender to give it a more open look and not a huge shovel looking thing.

Replaced all of the indicator light bulbs and cleaned the colored plastic pieces for each indicator. Replaced the Speedometer/Tachometer bulbs as well as fixing the broken needle in the Tachometer today. Much brighter and visible even during the day. Still lots more to do this week though

Installed a new brake lever since my old one was a little bent.  Niche Supply on Ebay is a really good seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GS500E-89-95-Brake-Lever-/150688709415?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item2315bf3b27

Well, this didn't all happen today...but this is where I am now with it...

I went from this...




To this...




So whadda ya think of the new colour scheme??




Later.

@madjak30 - prefer the new color scheme.

Went for a ride with Slips and Cods. First we had this....



Then later in the day after this...



We stopped for another photo op...

Had a good morning with the above

Flick got a great bath, his new shoes broken in and his chain lubed! He is one happy man now!

Mary

What was that beverage in the pic?  Never seen anything like it.

Quote from: jestercinti on May 13, 2012, 06:28:02 PM
What was that beverage in the pic?  Never seen anything like it.

Looks like a Cappuccino with chocolate (maybe caramel?) syrup and chocolate powder?  Or I could be way off, lol.   

Quote from: madjak30 on May 12, 2012, 11:50:20 PM



Later.

Looks good Mad, but, I think your gear shift lever is broken!

Got to ride into work for the third day in a row. running good

That beverage is a hot chocolate. Cappuccino style milk on the top, chocolate sprinkles with Chocolate butterfly from a cafe called flutterbies.

Quote from: mister on May 13, 2012, 09:22:50 PM
That beverage is a hot chocolate. Cappuccino style milk on the top, chocolate sprinkles with Chocolate butterfly from a cafe called flutterbies.

Man that sounds good.

Junior got all spit polished, cleaned and lubed up for his first real test ride with the frankenstein of a motor. WOW! 
Test rode Junior. Blue skies, 70* and oh, damn, the ferry to Vashon leaves in 10 minutes. I better get there fast.
Oh, well, made it but a GROUP showed up and the ticket taker knew I was alone but the loader guy thought I was part of the group (not enough room for all the bikes) so I had to wait 20 minutes for the next boat. While waiting, I met a friend from the gym who just recovered from an encounter with a stupid cager on a cell phone and a broken wrist. New Duc! Then I saw a GS500! I forget his handle here but he's from mercer Island and lurks on the board. Looks like the West Seattle GS500 Club has a new member!

And I think Junior is sexier without the belly pan.




The GS500 I met waiting for the ferry (left) and friends new Duc from the insurance settlement (right). Who would figure meeting people at the ferry dock? That's Seattle biking! We legally go around and bypass the cars and get to load first!

Quote from: adidasguy on May 13, 2012, 11:36:18 PM

And I think Junior is sexier without the belly pan.

I disagree
Bellypan is definitely a better look for Junior

I cleaned her a little yesterday and then rode her to work this morning in the 3 degree (Celsius , not farenheit!) fog and drizzle. The cold isn't nice but the ride to work is more fun than in the cager!

Took off the wheels, once UPS gets here I'm off to get my new Pirelli Diablo Rosso II's installed.

Well yesterday I pulled my petcock apart looking for the source of my starvation, ended up pulling my carbs and discovering a layer of rusty powder inside my bowls do cleaned them up, discovered my po had also cleaned the carbs and broke off the plastic tabs inside the slides and re glued them, despite my efforts I wasn't able to. So with that I went onto my valves and all of them are sitting on .03 so time to open them up plus a new gasket and orings for the bolts are in order. What a morning.

Cut down a cafe fairing and stuck it on

First commute of the year this morning...finally got the repairs completed and couldn't resist riding into the office...time to get back into taking pics while touring on the bike...and the wife better get used to me being out on the bike on weekends!!   

Later.