scared some birds with it:

...had my new Bridgestone BATTLAX BT45's installed!!!

Now onto the brake pads and fluid...........

Finished spraying my clear coat on all my pieces I'm painting. Now it's time to let it cure for two days, then I can wet sand it and polish before before I go to the next step. I'll u/l pics later

I do love it! Thanks for the link... I did not remove the tank or battery tray. I already had a lunchbox on there so no need to remove airbox.

I think this picture says a lot!


BrianRC spent the day working on Quin. Lots will be in the Restoration of Quin thread.
At the end of the day, things were back together with new turn signals and other stuff. Brian got to take Quin into the Bike Cave - quite a privilege to have your bike there!

When time to move him in, I suggested "Why don't you start him up and ride him into the Bike Cave?" and so he did. This is the FIRST ride on Quin. Only 20 feet - but his smile says it all.

Quote from: LoBuk on March 29, 2013, 05:59:04 PM
Finished buttoning up the bike and went to take it for its first real ride since I've taken ownership and fuel started puking from the carbs. Additionally the bike would not go into neutral when running. Pulled the tank off, again and broke down the carbs. They were full of all sorts of gunk so I cleaned them out. Found that the jets had already been upgraded to 145's so one less thing to do! Put the carbs back on along with the nice new K&N Lunchbox and buttoned it all up.

I then checked the oil level and had to remove at least a quart of oil.

Fired it up and took it for a quick ride around the block and all was well. Got fully geared up and took it for a nice 20 mile local ride. Not a bad bike! Rear brake will need to be bled again as it was really mushy. The carbs will need to be fiddled with a little bit more as it bogs a little around 5k.

This throws up a red flag to me. If your carbs have been overflowing, it's likely the gas has made it into the cylinders. So that 'overfilled oil' is probably gas. Which would be very bad to your engine, as it lowers the lubrication properties of oil... And the GS engine does not do well in low lubrication situations. I would be changing the oil ASAP if this is the case.

- Bboy

Junior got the first ride on the new toy in the Bike Cave of West Seattle.
A million thanks to AuburnGSfan for picking it up at HF and helping set it up.
I rode Phenix to HF to meet him and buy it. Gee - like 270 pounds. Pretty good deal for $329.

Thanks to Adidasguy's excellent instructions, I now have a dash full of LEDs. Now I can actually see the indicator indicator flashing in full sunlight.  Couldn't get green LEDs so I just used white for the Neutral and Indicator lights.


Also did something else I've been thinking about for the last year and that is put an accessory socket up the front so I can power my GPS on long trips. Bought a drop in convertor so it can be USB as required (eg with GPS) but a normal socket when needed.

Quote from: adidasguy on March 31, 2013, 09:51:42 PM

Love it

New 18t sprocket and did a quick clean of the gunk in the sprocket cover. Hopefully it'll keep the engine a bit happier and burning less oil on my long highway trips.



Well... it shows it in the right orientation in photobucket...

You should smear some grease on the splines of the shaft and gear and a little grease on the clip. Makes them last longer.
Oiled the chain lately? Looks a little rusty.

Quote from: BockinBboy on March 31, 2013, 08:16:45 PM

Quote from: LoBuk on March 29, 2013, 05:59:04 PM
Finished buttoning up the bike and went to take it for its first real ride since I've taken ownership and fuel started puking from the carbs. Additionally the bike would not go into neutral when running. Pulled the tank off, again and broke down the carbs. They were full of all sorts of gunk so I cleaned them out. Found that the jets had already been upgraded to 145's so one less thing to do! Put the carbs back on along with the nice new K&N Lunchbox and buttoned it all up.

I then checked the oil level and had to remove at least a quart of oil.

Fired it up and took it for a quick ride around the block and all was well. Got fully geared up and took it for a nice 20 mile local ride. Not a bad bike! Rear brake will need to be bled again as it was really mushy. The carbs will need to be fiddled with a little bit more as it bogs a little around 5k.

This throws up a red flag to me. If your carbs have been overflowing, it's likely the gas has made it into the cylinders. So that 'overfilled oil' is probably gas. Which would be very bad to your engine, as it lowers the lubrication properties of oil... And the GS engine does not do well in low lubrication situations. I would be changing the oil ASAP if this is the case.

- Bboy

Very good point! Time to dump the oil. It was on the list of tasks that needed to be done.

Quote from: oz353 on March 30, 2013, 06:41:29 PM
I do love it! Thanks for the link... I did not remove the tank or battery tray. I already had a lunchbox on there so no need to remove airbox.

Did u need or wanted to grind?

Quote from: Zwerski on March 30, 2013, 08:16:21 AM
You're going to love the new R6 shock. Be sure to download the manual for the R6 so you can read up on how to fine-tune that bad boy 

It's tricky to install if you haven't watched a tutorial. It *almost* fits in there without taking off the tank, air box and battery tray, but not quite. Also, did you need to grind anything off the swing arm to get the new shock to fit?

I have heard it depends on the year, also if you clock the shock 180 degrees when you lower it in you can get away with just removing the airbox..

Yeh, I think it was 09? when they changed the reservoir on the R6 shock to a much smaller one. So if you buy 09+ you don't need to remove airbox, it can fit in to slide through the side. Makes install faster, but shock is the same other than the smaller reservoir.

- Bboy

Sorry i meant to answer that.... no i did not need to grind nor do i want to... there is enough clearance


also as i promised the pic of the new tires 

Quote from: adidasguy on April 01, 2013, 11:52:43 AM
You should smear some grease on the splines of the shaft and gear and a little grease on the clip. Makes them last longer.
Oiled the chain lately? Looks a little rusty.

All just a bit of surface rust. There's gear oil on the splines.

The chain is a bit of a story. I've found that using the super tech (walmart) 'equivalent' of wd-40 causes any dirt that sticks to the chain to get flung off into the front cover very well. The oil dries within a week so it leaves an easy to clean layer of flaky dirt in there. On the other hand, it dries within a week so if you don't ride a lot it probably wouldn't do much good. As far as wear goes, I've had extremely good wear when dry, and about the same as using gear oil in wet conditions (It's parked outside and I commute to work and only have the bike, so I ride in absolutely any condition... hence the bit of rust)

Taking advantage of the warmer weather lately.  Hammered through a full tank already this week and its only Wednesday.



- Bboy

Rode to work. 28 degrees this morning. Chilly ride. Nice warm ride at lunch and cool ride home

cleaned out the float bowls and the float assembly area after a "gas from the pee pee hose incident".

i think the bike itself appreciated the love