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Is a GS worn out at 100,000 miles?

Started by gsJack, April 30, 2014, 04:34:56 PM

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Atesz792

#40
May 18, 2014, 04:43:49 AM
Some Penrite 25w-70 would probably help, too :D
'04 GS500F with 50k miles updated July 2022.
Ride it like a 2 stroke:
1: Rev high
2: Add oil
3: Repeat

gsJack

#41
May 18, 2014, 04:53:38 AM
Quote from: Badot on May 17, 2014, 08:10:49 PM
Haha, now if only there was an easy way to stop the oil consumption you might get another 100 out of it  :icon_mrgreen:

I was suggesting my bike might be good for another 100k not the rider.  :icon_lol:  As far as GS oil consumption goes though I've said many times:

Quote from: gsJack on September 09, 2013, 10:22:23 AM......................................As with all GSs oil consumption goes up with high mileage.  Best as I can remember it began using a bit of oil after 1.5 k miles after change and was down to add mark at next change up to about 30k on the clock.  By 50k miles it needed a pint or 2 between changes.  Somewhere between 50 and 100k miles it self converts from a 500cc engine into a 500cc oil pump but continues to tick right along if you keep oil in it.
407,400 miles in 30 years for 13,580 miles/year average.  Started riding 7/21/84 and hung up helmet 8/31/14.

robfriedenberger

#42
May 18, 2014, 07:02:47 AM
Convert it to run on used cooking oil  :D

Blueknyt

#43
May 18, 2014, 06:56:12 PM Last Edit: May 18, 2014, 06:57:29 PM by Blueknyt
hey jack, stick a DC motor in the frame with some LIPO batterys and enjoy it as an Electric Vehicle.   call it the suzuki G-Shock :bowdown: :bowdown:


Kinda like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HVS5foMyBM
Accelerate like your being chased, Corner like you mean it, Brake as if you life depends on it.
Ride Hard...or go home.

Its you Vs the pavement.....who wins today?

robfriedenberger

#44
May 19, 2014, 08:04:10 AM
That might be the worst investment ever lol, 48mph and 200lbs heaver, maybe should of put a gear box in there.


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Blueknyt

#45
May 19, 2014, 06:36:42 PM
Um, dig alittle deeper, that was an example. lipo bat pack and right motor could be fun.

not like im saying build this ----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwHCnIJ0-Zw
Accelerate like your being chased, Corner like you mean it, Brake as if you life depends on it.
Ride Hard...or go home.

Its you Vs the pavement.....who wins today?

The Buddha

#46
May 19, 2014, 06:52:30 PM
Quote from: gsJack on May 17, 2014, 11:32:29 AM
It starts and runs.   :thumb:

And doesn't knock anymore! 
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Ready for another 100,000 miles.

Awesome, another goats the buddha version averted. 
I stared it with the thing clanging for almost a year before it "goated".
Cool.
Buddha.
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HPP8140

#47
May 21, 2014, 11:44:44 AM
My 95 GS with 73K had similar symptoms below 3k rpm, but has stopped.

I finally broke down and opened the left cover to fix a charging issue. Phew...no goats and the starter clutch is stable...doesn't wiggle. The generator coils were burnt...replaced it for the 2nd time.

Maybe noise is loose pistons. According to some prior pics in this thread, the starter clutch bots have backed out a little, but it looks the same as when I took a pic around 40K and I can't wiggle it by hand...feels tight.



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2002 GS500 105K mi

HPP8140

#48
May 29, 2014, 09:42:57 AM
well...the noise was the failing cam-chain  :icon_sad:

Dang...almost made it to 100k
2002 GS500 105K mi
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