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Why is it you seem to find good things when you are skint . Never mind ,I still think the $2000 was well spent . Also it was only 5 hrs drive away .
AS it came . Suzuki gsxr 1100 , 1987 slab side .Been in a shed for 6 years , unloved but not seized .New owner had powder coated wheels , bought
new disks and $400 worth of bearings and seals .THen bought 2 gsxr 750's and lost interest in this one .

Soon as your ready to give up on it, I`ll take it off your hands!!!!

You said he`s selling the 750`s as well??

What years were they, if you know?

With all the pieces around the benches I forget to get 4 new spark plugs . If it has been sitting in a shed for 6 years it might help . Luckily the shed was a long way from salt air .
Time came to get it started even with the old plugs .I was just about to give up when she catches and shoots out black soot from the exhaust .
Not much of an idle happening but revs nicely .
I crack a beer and take a photo , quite happy with myself .  Photo is a bit flattering with painwork .

It looks really good Gus. Will you keep it or move it on?

Well done Gus. If the previous owner reads your post, he'll be feeling a bit down! Great job on restoring an old beast to life again.

Its 30 yo so club rego is available . It a keeper .
The Ducati (2002  900ss) and a nice TL1000s are up for sale .

Good score...it`s even got the original exhaust.

That would be keeper in my books!!

Gus, that looks awesome. wow!

looking good Gus

That looks great, another dose of "Gus Magic" has been woven

The fairing finish is poor ,looks nice in the pic though .
The top clear coat is pealing  ,the tank has petrol stains and Alloy frame is pitted .
If I can get it rideable I can work on all that later . Brake lines are shot ,soo much lever travel .Spent the day bleeding brakes ,clutch and fixing blinkers .

Which ones are you going to leave in Tassie Gus? This one of them?

Have you checked the valve clearances yet?

While your in there, have a good look at the cams, and see if there`s any pitting on them. It can be a common problem with them.
I assume, that's not original km`s on the dash, if it is, its had a hard life.

I`ve got an old set of 750 cams off the DOT heads, from the 88/89 models, which have the biggest lift and duration out of any of the SACS engines, and there pretty stuffed.

You can still get cams for these. I bought brand new 89 1100 cams for my bike when I rebuilt it.
I`m going to slowly stock up on things like this, while I still can, as it won`t be too long before they stop suppling them.  They won`t do it for ever, and they`ll be worth money down the track as well.

I assume your going to pull the carbs and clean them...while your in there, remember to look at the emulsion tubes, and check for ovalling, as I`m sure you know, this will play a big part of tune if they`re stuffed.

Depends which one is registered gets to Tassi .lol
The gsxr had a backward step today . I had it running but it was all over the place . Then it stopped and refused to start again .
I was trying not to pull the carbs apart but they are on the bench for a look tomorrow .
The float bowl height looked very small but at the moment i'm not sure what is correct .

After 3 days of head scratching ,cleaning every connection , carb clean and adjustment ,valve adjustment it would still not start easily or idle .Starter clutch was banging its head off .
I was getting spark but was backfiring and rough before konking out .I starting to run out of ideas .
I checked the leads were not around the wrong was 1-2-3-4 all good .But
The lead marked 1 was exiting the rhs of the coil and 4 was exiting the lhs of the coil so they crossed over themselves . The other coil was the same .
This meant the wiring should also be around the other way . Of coarse I wired them up as per Suzuki diagram , not in reverse ..
Hit the button, bike starts ,no backfiring , settles into an idle . Fn chuffed , I was starting to think bent valves .

Go to the head of the class! Well done Gus. 

gus wrote:After 3 days of head scratching ,cleaning every connection , carb clean and adjustment ,valve adjustment it would still not start easily or idle .Starter clutch was banging its head off .
I was getting spark but was backfiring and rough before konking out .I starting to run out of ideas .
I checked the leads were not around the wrong was 1-2-3-4 all good .But
The lead marked 1 was exiting the rhs of the coil and 4 was exiting the lhs of the coil so they crossed over themselves . The other coil was the same .
This meant the wiring should also be around the other way . Of coarse I wired them up as per Suzuki diagram , not in reverse ..
Hit the button, bike starts ,no backfiring , settles into an idle . Fn chuffed , I was starting to think bent valves .

Good find

Seems like these projects are not a challenge anymore - how about your next project you do it blindfolded?

No challenge eh .Read on .
How to set a Gsxr 1100 on FIRE .
Take a bank of carbs that unbeknown have stuffed needle and seats .Set tank to PRIME ,then ON ,and attempt to start . After about 6 goes ,remove
plugs and notice plugs are wet .
Think, "plugs are wet so must be no spark".
Put 4 plugs into caps and lay on top of motor to check spark .
Press starter button .
2 plug holes shoot out a spray of petrol 2 foot into air .
4 plugs have great spark because they ignite the atomised fuel with a
WOOOOFFFFFFF
Success, your bike is now on fire .

No damage, but a smell of burnt hair in the air .

Think that would not be the only smell in the air 

barry_mcki wrote:Think that would not be the only smell in the air 

barry_mcki wrote:Think that would not be the only smell in the air 

Look on the bright side Gus ...............you also saved money on a haircut .

Plenty of sympathy from the brothers^^^^
A day in the life of Gus is never boring.  
Glad you're OK young fella.