got it running smoother today.

had to adjust the float levels a tad. still need some tweaking. but my idle is correct and the two sides seem to be really well balanced.

also fixed both of the leaks... how long the fixes will hold? who knows..

original rim color has been changed... WONDER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE BEING PAINTED.... 

*maybe its fluro pink...*

Naw I think you went with koolaid orange!

Quote from: Janx101 on March 17, 2015, 09:23:36 PM
Naw I think you went with koolaid orange!

I couldn't wait! the paint is still tacky some what, but had to peel the tape off to see what it turned out to look like! not bad! kinda thinking I should of just stayed with yellow.. ill see when it goes on the bike. one red up front, one yellow out back? 

Plus I still need to clean up some of the red paint that got under the tape... hard to make straight tape, round... lol And of course fit a new tire on there and get rid of these old dry rotted ones... and polish the rims!

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Hmm yeah. .. looks good! ... but. . Its missing a 'zing' ... maybe coat the central rib in white? To outline the red a little.... or... either use much brighter red/basecoat it in white first to lift the red you have?

Quote from: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 02:11:30 AM
Hmm yeah. .. looks good! ... but. . Its missing a 'zing' ... maybe coat the central rib in white? To outline the red a little.... or... either use much brighter red/basecoat it in white first to lift the red you have?

reds a really hard color to work with... im not sure what it's missing, I know what you're talking about, because once I took the tape off I wasn't like "YEAH!" I mean its a good paintjob, thats mostly what im happy about. but idk the color with the polished aluminum. I thought the dark red would be better with the polished rims then the yellow..

ERM worse comes to worse, I can just re-do it. plus I have to do one tire at a time, so its not like I did them both... lol

What was the base colour that you sprayed onto? .. if it's dark it will show thru unless you coat it more... paint man told me that when I was doing walls in a cabin

Quote from: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 10:54:45 AM
What was the base colour that you sprayed onto? .. if it's dark it will show thru unless you coat it more... paint man told me that when I was doing walls in a cabin

I left the black on the rims, because when I do red colors, I like them to be "deeper" and more rich, normally I use black primer. as with blues. its got 3 coats, and I can't physically see any the black showing through. so I'm happyish. lol  the black was missing in spots so theres some bare metal areas.

Basically my thought is, if I want a different color, I'll do it when I get new tires. and the tires are dismounted.



The front fender im gonna chop up a bit, thats why it's not the green the tank is... and the rear section, is a freakin mess. but it will be green as well and that's it for the green.

now im starting to know why I abandoned the GS500 in the first place... they are wonky bikes. IVE WORKED WITH THE GS's CARBS BEFORE. WTH why won't they just be nice and tune themselves perfectly...

GS carbs = 5 days to get right

SV650 carbs = 5 minutes.

CBR600 carbs = 15 minutes

TL1000 = 30 minutes...

its like you take the carbs off, adjust the one side. and all the sudden THE OTHER SIDE IS WRONG NOW?! WTH.

No idea what's involved .. But isn't there a synch process to do?

... you know, finding a new tail light that will look good is harder then it seems.....

Problem I'm having here, is brightness, I need something REALLY bright while traveling down a local road, that has terrible drivers, in the mornings, with the sun IN FRONT OF Me. that means the guy behind me is blinded too. and he doesn't have a tinted visor!

lots of eBay lights are FILLED with skulls [srsly, skulls are tacky....] or they are strangely pointy.... Go forbid we make ROUND tail lights any more?!

also turn signals. [while not actually required in my state..] I would also like bright ones.

of course, its not about how bright your signals are, but WHERE they are... I've learned, that putting turn signals upfront near your headlight, is a big no-no because they're hard to see. [must be why the DOT has that "silly" 5" rule. lol.]

Sounds like a job for an add-on modulator also!

Quote from: J_Walker on March 20, 2015, 04:41:54 PM
now im starting to know why I abandoned the GS500 in the first place... they are wonky bikes. IVE WORKED WITH THE GS's CARBS BEFORE. WTH why won't they just be nice and tune themselves perfectly...

GS carbs = 5 days to get right

SV650 carbs = 5 minutes.

CBR600 carbs = 15 minutes

TL1000 = 30 minutes...

its like you take the carbs off, adjust the one side. and all the sudden THE OTHER SIDE IS WRONG NOW?! WTH.

Whaaaa ... no V twin will ever make it to my list of "easier than a GS" on anything.
You're doing something wrong ...
Unique to a GS - even compared to other bikes that use the same carbs - the pilot jet change. Its the only bike I know that reacts favorably to that. Other than that and the fact that most jetting guides are written for 4 cyl bikes - there is no real big issue - IMHO -
What is the exact issue ?
I am no mechanic really, I see a CBR600 and I cringe ... and when someone shows up with one of those for me to work on - I pretend I dont speak english. FZR600/yzf 600 same thing. What a POS. One fool round here has a chromed and stretched and slammed ... and his friend has a CBR with the same crap. I pretty much run and hide when those 2 call.
Cool.
Buddha.

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Quote from: J_Walker on March 20, 2015, 04:41:54 PM
now im starting to know why I abandoned the GS500 in the first place... they are wonky bikes. IVE WORKED WITH THE GS's CARBS BEFORE. WTH why won't they just be nice and tune themselves perfectly...

GS carbs = 5 days to get right

SV650 carbs = 5 minutes.

CBR600 carbs = 15 minutes

TL1000 = 30 minutes...

its like you take the carbs off, adjust the one side. and all the sudden THE OTHER SIDE IS WRONG NOW?! WTH.

Whaaaa ... no V twin will ever make it to my list of "easier than a GS" on anything.
You're doing something wrong ...
Unique to a GS - even compared to other bikes that use the same carbs - the pilot jet change. Its the only bike I know that reacts favorably to that. Other than that and the fact that most jetting guides are written for 4 cyl bikes - there is no real big issue - IMHO -
What is the exact issue ?
I am no mechanic really, I see a CBR600 and I cringe ... and when someone shows up with one of those for me to work on - I pretend I dont speak english. FZR600/yzf 600 same thing. What a POS. One fool round here has a chromed and stretched and slammed ... and his friend has a CBR with the same crap. I pretty much run and hide when those 2 call.
Cool.
Buddha.

Since I posted that, I've decided to rebuild the carbs and all its fixings.. and up jet it a slight tad. [easier to run leaner, then it is to run richer] they need it, 12k almost 13k miles on the bike, and it's sat a for a few years.. the gaskets for the bowls are in like 3 pieces now.. lol

One question though, adding a washer to the float needle, does that allow more fuel? or airflow? that thing always confuses the heck out of me.

I believe you're thinking of the wrong needle.....I don't think it's even possible to add a washer to the float needle.

Now the needle in the carbs slide on the other hand - adding a washer there will raise the needle up ever so slightly, allowing more fuel into the engine.

Quote from: Big Rich on April 06, 2015, 04:28:03 PM
I believe you're thinking of the wrong needle.....I don't think it's even possible to add a washer to the float needle.

Now the needle in the carbs slide on the other hand - adding a washer there will raise the needle up ever so slightly, allowing more fuel into the engine.

sorry I was thinking the right needle, said the wrong name, yup that needle. lol

So I've been doing a lot of stuff to the bike. and haven't been taking many pictures.. well I'm taking them, just not uploading them. 

so here's a set from today, Chopped the front fender up. but I also added a little "mud" flap out of a old bucket. I gotta hit it with a little heat and form it a little bit, but that's it, its done. just needs paint.

[also this 1000kb max for photos...  ]

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are these new website ad's everywhere a virus on my computer, or is everyone getting them @ has something to do with the site being down?

edit; nvm it was me, SOMEONE installed some google chrome extensions that were ad-spam.

I get some bloody gambling ads thru tapatalk on here now!