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Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:03 am
by robin1731
SlyDogJeff77 wrote:snip........ It slips out of 3rd gear when you hit it REALLY hard.

Can you explain this in more detail please?

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Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:39 am
by SlyDogJeff77
45mph in 3rd gear.. twist the throttle all the way and the clutch slips without pulling the lever.

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:15 pm
by robin1731
SlyDogJeff77 wrote:45mph in 3rd gear.. twist the throttle all the way and the clutch slips without pulling the lever.

OK, that is clutch slipping then. You said "slips out of gear". I was thinking it actually came out of gear. ;)

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Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:16 pm
by SlyDogJeff77
Nope. Just slips a little and then re-engages when you let off the throttle..

I can confirm. It will just need new clutch plates soon.

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:18 pm
by Rat
Most obvious in 5th usually ....

Gord

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:14 pm
by SlyDogJeff77
Glory shots!

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:16 pm
by SlyDogJeff77
Glory shots!

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:16 pm
by SlyDogJeff77
Glory Shots!

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:21 pm
by pidjones
Nice! IMO, they look soooo much better with 1000 valve covers. BZ!

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:47 pm
by ritalz
Be sure you are using the correct type of oil and the adjustments are all by the book before diving in.

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:16 pm
by SlyDogJeff77

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:07 am
by Paola Zago
SlyDogJeff77 wrote:Glory shots!
Hi, I apologize for the perhaps stupid question, looking at the fourth photograph, but the one "resting" on the base, between the carburetors and the petrol tank, is an air filter ??
Paola

Re: 3rd GL1100 project. I'm getting faster.. (1983 this time)

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:45 am
by SlyDogJeff77
Yea. Rather than run a hose up to the air box and back down to the oil breather thingy by the center stand (which is always disgusting btw) I use a chrome breather filter.
Looks SO much better.