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Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 3:00 pm
by Steven UK
ritalz wrote:Route the cables outside the frame and hook them up before bolting down the carbs. Makes things a lot easier.
Do you have a photo of this cable routing?
Regards Steven
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:54 pm
by ritalz
Not right away I don't. My 75 is done that way but it is buried in the shed right now. I sold the 82 recently so it won't help. Fairly straight forward change and imho doesn't change the looks very much.
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:29 pm
by Steven UK
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 10:51 pm
by robin1731
So the shop cleaning broke the body? I know if I broke one the customer would be getting another one from for no cost. Or a repair if possible again at no cost.
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Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 12:09 am
by Steven UK
robin1731 wrote:So the shop cleaning broke the body? I know if I broke one the customer would be getting another one from for no cost. Or a repair if possible again at no cost.
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The guy that ones the shop is pretty cool, Steve Milton of Milton Cycles in IA. He will get me a replacement. He tends to go the extra yard.
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 10:54 pm
by Steven UK
Happy happy joy joy.... actually it feels like I got kicked in the balls a few times... Got the carbs back today... plus four more from an 82. Slightly different but I think I can make it work... I found a blocked jet and one of the pilot needles were assembled wrong. Just another step on the road to getting on the road...
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Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 7:58 pm
by Steven UK
Managed 65 miles of riding this weekend and it even got me home. I’ve just read some threads on using 1500 coils and because I’m definitely dropping cylinders at low rpm I’m going for it. I had assumed that this was due to marginal compression (115psi) but the 40 year old coils probably aren’t helping... just keep throwing money at it.
Also the 30 amp fuse was hot to the point it was getting soft. I’m assuming this was due to a bad connection so I’ll swap it for a molded in unit. It currently has low quality & rusty crimped 6.3mm flat connectors.
Keep plugging away...
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:20 pm
by Steven UK
Just got off my rearend and changed the fuse, huge difference to everything electrical. I still have the missing at low rpm though.
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 9:08 pm
by Explorer
If you think that made a difference, you won't believe the difference that changing out the glass fuse box for an automotive set does to the electrics, a whole new world of reliability.
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:07 pm
by Steven UK
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:58 pm
by sparkyrasmus
Looking good. What are the circular pieces?
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:50 pm
by Steven UK
sparkyrasmus wrote:Looking good. What are the circular pieces?
they are trim pieces for a steel bed I made fifteen years ago...
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Try and keep the wife happy... try!
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 1:10 am
by Explorer
That's some awesome paint fella, it's like it's 3 dimensional, well done!
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:24 pm
by Steven UK
Re: Steven UK’s GL1100
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:32 pm
by Steven UK