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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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The Revival guys need to come up with different shirts. They have beards that completely cover the word "Revival" on their shirts. Actually looks like a good setup. How spends is it?
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77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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sorry what means "how spends is it" ?
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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I read "what does it cost"?
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Durned spell checker! I typed how spendy is it.
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77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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They go for about $300 US for the unit....
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yes 250 euros or 300 dollars... quite expensive, but for me its worth the time saved and the overall quality of it.

Should you add the m-buttons the price grows, but I ordered stainless buttons for 2 euros each, and i'm building my own comodos. One more thing that I have to share with you later ;)

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Hi guys, spring is here, so the work can continue on the build.

Progressive springs installed, quite easy, took me 15 min to do it by my self. I read here that it was going to be a pain, but if you use like me a impact wrench, lower the pressure to a few bars so that the rotation become slow, and use the good handling of the tool to compress and engage the caps with your body weight.

also, I struggled, but i mean epic fight to remove the paint from frame and swing arm with brushes. at some point I just decided to stop and leave some parts peinted where its hard to access. anyway, most of it will be masked by the other parts.
Put some varnish and now I got this :

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Good to see you back. Looking forward to more.
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77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
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Hi, I painted some parts with my "grained" paint. It was supposed to become a mat finish, but didnt work and came out bright... also, not enough grains to have the perfect finish I wanted. Anyway, I added a light cover with mate black and ok i'll accept it and see on the bike if its good :

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Also, i can share my seat base, that follows the frame very close so I will be able to have a nice leather starting on the inner side of the tubes :

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Still not sure of what i'll do with the rear end, but i'll have to cut a little bit

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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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Hi guys, long time no see, i'm finishing the bike. At least I thought i was....

I unliked the brakes. Rear one bled in no time, works fine. But front.... its something else.

Thing is, when i bought the bike, i had only the front brake working, so I knew my front left caliper was fine. I connected the 2 calipers via a double banjo on the left caliper, and impossible to bleed the system. I have a large brembo front master cylinder so its not the issue. I tried almost everything including raising or lowering the calipers to bleed, lever is still very soft. So i connected only the right one, worked fine in 2 minutes, connected only the left one, lever is a sponge...

Do you think i messed something on the caliper ? could it still be some tricky air somewhere ? ( never see that i believe i know how to bleed properly ). I cant see any leak on the pistons, do you think a rebuild kit is worth it?

thanks for any help im sick of finding new problems every time i have some time to work on the bike....
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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If it's not leaking anywhere and you did get a firm system with just the right caliper attached - I'm going to guess you still have air in the left caliper/line somewhere - or at least you did when you work working on it as air can move around.

I've found a Might-Vac to be helpful when used in conjunction with pumping the M/C. Then tap and rotate the caliper around to knock air pockets loose and get them to the bleed screw.

Also, considering the left non-linked caliper was solid when riding it home, I'd rule out a rebuild kit at this point.

SS braided lines are always a good idea.

To get the correct pressure ratios, you should swap in 82 master cylinders for both the hand and foot lever as well as left front and rear calipers. Otherwise, your foot M/C will press too much and your hand M/C too little.
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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Hi thanks, after one night with the lever pumped, the left caliper seems ok, so yeah some air probably, im use to sport bikes calipers, mostly brembo ones and never get this king of issue, but hey, theses ones are 30 year old so....

I use a set of brembo master cylinders from a moto morini corsaro for clutch and brake, and a classic maaster cylinder for rear brake, so once i'll get it REALLY bled, im good to go.

By the way, with all this mess with the lockeed, i ruined the calipers paint...so back to work again.... but i will finish it eventually ;)

Anyway, i get my own buttons to work, combined with the m-unit it's really convenient, i hope a lot more pics soon
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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Almost done, forgot to share !


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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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no start button, I put an RFID sensor under the fake tank, so to start i just put my key holder somewhere i know and it starts
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Re: GL 1200 Sniak

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Wow! That is a nicely turned 1200 with a LOT of nice touches. In no particular order, I like:

- the little fender flaps on the rear of the seat
- the slant cut on the exhaust tips
- the cutout features on the shelter
- headlight

Of course, more pictures would be nice. I'm guessing that there are other nice touches that are in there.

One nit: I don't think I care for the front brake line arrangement after unlinking them. Why not just use a common manifold and two lines down from that to each caliper? Like the factory does it.

You have a good eye and the motorcycle is really good looking. I love the 1200's.
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