Aussiejohn
Active member
Hello everyone so I picked up a new toy for exploring on our youth exchange holiday in Canada and to give me an excuse to have a beer and swing wrenches. She is a 84 gl1200 picked her up yesterday after sitting for two years put some air in the tires and fresh gas in the tank and rode her home about two hundred kilometers and to my surprise she ran like a champ the whole way. The idle was rough for a while but after the ride she now idles fine at around 960 rpm so I'm very happy. Basically just need some advise on what to fix on her to make her a reliable weekend tourer for me and my wife some things already on my to do list
Front breaks are soft and hardly work
Timing belt just because I'm not sure when it was last done
Fork seal leaking
Seat leather is cracked and stitching coming apart so new or replacement seat
Seems to have an oil weep around final drive but haven't had a good look yet
Needs a good cleaning and going over
Any advice probably needed and appreciated any problem areas I need to look at and check?
Ps first time forum user so let me know if I'm not posting correctly etc I'm pretty hopeless with computers haha thanks in advance john
Front breaks are soft and hardly work
Timing belt just because I'm not sure when it was last done
Fork seal leaking
Seat leather is cracked and stitching coming apart so new or replacement seat
Seems to have an oil weep around final drive but haven't had a good look yet
Needs a good cleaning and going over
Any advice probably needed and appreciated any problem areas I need to look at and check?
Ps first time forum user so let me know if I'm not posting correctly etc I'm pretty hopeless with computers haha thanks in advance john