Today's progress on resurrecting the 81 GL1100

[chuck c]

I got some good progress on the Goldwing today. Radiator and carbs off, new timing belts on. Tomorrow I'll take the cars to work to measure them so I can finish designing the new single carb manifold. I'll be delayed because the guy I bought the carb from messed up the shipping. I was glad to see the radiator was in very good condition.

 

[joedrum]

and the game is on great about the radiator

 

[Omega Man]

opcorn:

~O~

 

[Steve83]

opcorn: opcorn:

 

[chuck c]

Those carbs are a real pain to get out. Now, I did not remove the heat shield which I believe also hangs the engine. That made it harder. Still, we had to take the covers off the top to get enough room to get them over the coolant tubes. And the throttle linkage was a :sensored: . I can't imagine getting them back on.

 

[slabghost]

After a few tries they aren't too bad getting in or out. First time is a bear though.

 

[tuna boy]

Ditto on getting the carbs in/out. After a few times it gets easier. I too am interested in the single carb swap. There is so many posts its a job to wade through. The plastic intake looks interesting. Would like the cliffs notes version on what works best for the shade tree mechanics.

 

[Ansimp]

tuna » Mon May 05, 2014 8:52 pm[/url]":19i882d4]
Ditto on getting the carbs in/out. After a few times it gets easier. I too am interested in the single carb swap. There is so many posts its a job to wade through. The plastic intake looks interesting. Would like the cliffs notes version on what works best for the shade tree mechanics.

+1

 

[chuck c]

I know what you mean. There are several other websites, some youtube vids plus all the talk about it here. On top of that people get differing results, some good some disappointing. I think consensus is it will never perform as well as the original 4 when they are working perfectly after 30+ years of use. So what if top speed looses 10mph? I'm not going to race the thing, I just want it to be simple, dependable and easy to fix. How many 30+ year old sets of 4 carbs work like they did new, or how much will it cost to make them that way? Especially if you're rescuing one that's been sitting for years!

 

[skiri251]

chuck c » Mon May 05, 2014 3:21 am[/url]":38gdibx7]
Those carbs are a real pain to get out. Now, I did not remove the heat shield which I believe also hangs the engine. That made it harder. Still, we had to take the covers off the top to get enough room to get them over the coolant tubes. And the throttle linkage was a :sensored: . I can't imagine getting them back on.

My exact sentiment.
Fortunately I won't have a chance to get used to stock carb rack installation. :hihihi:

 

[joedrum]

once you been webered you can never go back to stock LOL ... i just love the room i have in there now :hihihi:

 

[chuck c]

Today's progress: eliminate alternator connector and check water pump. Pump is good and tight. One less thing to spend money on :yahoo:

 

[chuck c]

The Solex came today! I can finalize the manifold design now and start cutting metal next week!

 

[dan filipi]

Cool!

 

[chuck c]

Okay, so I didn't get to it as fast as I'd hoped. I'm still toying with building one out of hardware store parts just to test the carb and see the old beast run. Maybe with this long weekend.....

 

[joedrum]

hope so ..it fun to create

 

[dan filipi]

joedrum » Thu May 22, 2014 6:17 pm[/url]":1kexsze5]
hope so ..it fun to create

And it's fun to follow along.

 

[toytender01]

Wait!!!!!!! I can't keep up