Take copious photos and detailed notes. If successful it would be a great wiki article.

Wiki has been restored. Only issue is uploading images and am working on that. Also a new SSL certificate has been installed. I had to relaunch chrome to get it to see it.

* Edit: Photos fixed on wiki. So it is fully functional.

If you run into issues please respond here.

The wiki has been restored.

I nominate herenow

Looking into it. It is a host-side security issue. All I know as of now.

Update: The server security software hosed the original wiki. So I installed another wiki folder of the same software, got it whitelisted, and will attempt to graft in the files within the next day. I had a backup.

We have had some moderators drop off. People move on, or pass away, or just lose interest.

Please nominate a person you think would be a good moderator. Somebody trustworthy or deserves the recognition. The job is very easy as the board is not super active and most people are good here. Really the only thing that needs to be done would be lock/remove a thread on rare occasion or move it to the TF. We do need the help. It would be good for the long term existence of the board knowing there are eyeballs on the forums. Manjul, Buddha and I will still handle the server stuff, and I will keep paying the bills.

If we can get a couple good people nominated that would be great.

Yep, another of my tools I use every five years  , along with the clutch lockign tool that I use once a decade.....

Hello everyone, first time poster here.
I got my 1998 (i think?) GS500 about a year ago now and a couple of months ago i started looking into building a fairing set for the fun of it and maybe as an actual option to spice up the bike, especially after seeing the price of this gpcycleworks kit (https://gpcycleworks.com/collections/suzuki-gs500-1989-02-titan-fairing-kit?currency=USD) .
I got the idea of modeling the front fairing after the 1988 gsxr 750 since i wanted to base it on an oil cooled bike in order to ensure adequate airflow
and i liked the styling.

At the moment the fairings are quite barebones and they need a little adjusting in some spots, although the main problem for me right now is figuring out the mounting points, does anyone know how and where the fairings are mounted on the newer F versions? Any help would be greatly appreciated as this pic is all i could find regarding mounting brackets, and they're from the titan kit.

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I still haven't made a choice regarding materials but I am considering 3d printing as a strong option, i have seen some people do wonders with carbon fiber infused filaments out there so that could be an option, either that or 3d printed molds and then fiberglass fairings made from those.
I'll try to update the project as soon as i break some new ground, if anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated,
Cheers

I checked valve clearence few days ago and for intake valves clearences are within spec, but exhaust left side is way too tight and right has no clearence at all. I tried zip tie method, but it seeemed there were just not enough space to get shim out so im trying to find a tool to buy or borrow. I know i could take off camshaft to get it out, but with no experience every little mistake can lead to more expensive repairs  .

UPDATE: i ordered tool.

Check the manuals I posted on the other thread.

Carefull, you should never run an ignition system without plugs connected and grounded. If you disconnect the plug, all that voltage created in the ignition system needs to go somewhere and it can fry the system. The best thing to do is to remove the plugs keep the wires on them but lie them on the head so that they are grounded then use the starter and check that the plugs have spark.

If you are getting shocked, possibly the spark is jumping from a damaged cable to the bike frame?

When you check the valves, the feeler gauge has to go completely inside between the shim and the Cam. If you can not fit the filling gauge in between, that means that your valves are being held open and the chamber on that side can not fire, or runs very badly. Overtime valves recede into the seat and so clearance slowly disappears, it might well be that your valves have never been adjusted and you have no more clearance and valves are sticking open,  this will cause the exhaust valves to burn in short order.

For the RPM problems, once you have adjusted your valves, if the problem is still there, Josh wrote the book on getting carbs sorted.


https://joshkarnes.blogspot.com/2017/09/fixing-common-gs500-carburetor-issues.html?m=1