- Joined
- Dec 3, 2009
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- Location
- Duncanville, Texas
- My Bike Models
- 1981 GL1100 Innerstate("The Turd")SOLD!!, 1996 GL1500 Innerstate
Got a little over 1000 miles on the Turd so far, since the major re-hab over the winter. So far, so good. Nothing has fallen off, broke, or misbehaved, at least up to this point.
Still no leaks. :BigGrin:
Starts right up and idles nice every time, regardless of ambient temps(46* here this am).
Tires still holding air, and aren't worn out yet.
So far, it hasn't needed any oil at all...oil level still pretty much where it was when I changed the oil a couple weeks ago. I am now regretting painting the engine black...dang thing just too hard to keep clean. Should'a known better. It does LOOK neat, just shows too much dirt and crap.
No coolant loss, tho I do smell a faint coolant smell at times, mostly after the first start of the mernin. Got enough miles on it now at hiway speeds that I would think all of the coolant from the exhaust pipe(s) would have burned out by now, but not sure.
Steering head bearings made a HUUUUUGE difference in the handling. I can now release the bars while riding if I want/need(I rarely do, tho), without fearing the death wobble as before.
All of the fairing repairs have held up so far.
Best I can tell at this point is fuel mileage is around 38-39mpg. I haven't actually done any figuring, since I always forget to check when I fill up... :blush: While the ride to this job is less than 20 miles(19.4) total, only half of that is on the hiway...the rest is in town...with traffic lights every couple of blocks. At least now I'm not having to fill up every single day just to go to werk & back. I can ride ALLLLL week on a tank now! :music:
I was having trouble with the starter solenoid when I got the engine back in, but I took it off, opened it up, and did some cleaning on it. So far, it hasn't missed a beat since then.
Now for the not-so-gud stuff...
Still have clutch slippage at times, even with the cable backed off so far it's sometimes hard to downshift. Pizzes me off that I NEVER had any issues with the clutch before, and I dint even do anything to it during the rehab. I'm wondering if not using gaskets on both the rear cover, and the clutch cover has taken out too much clearance between the clutch push lever thingy and the clutch release. I plan on crawling under it soon , removing the plug in the center of the clutch cover, and seeing if the lever is tight against the release, and if so, possibly I can adjust it a little looser from there. Otherwise, I'm baffled as to why I now have slippage. If adjusting the pivot lever doesn't do anything, then I'm just gunna be stuck with it until I can get a set of clutch discs, and the time/energy to pull the friggin engine back out. :Awe:
I keep smelling raw fuel when I park in the garage at home. I see no fuel leaks anywhere, from the carbs, fuel lines, or tank. This one has me scratchin me noggin.
My dang neutral light flickers all the time now. Dint really even notice it until the time change, since it's darker now in the mernins. Haven't checked to see if my new connection for it is shorting somewhere or not, but at least it's not something that will strand me, or cause a failure. Hoping it's not the switch. I can live with this one, at any rate.
Time to git back to werk. :builder: :mrgreen:
Still no leaks. :BigGrin:
Starts right up and idles nice every time, regardless of ambient temps(46* here this am).
Tires still holding air, and aren't worn out yet.
So far, it hasn't needed any oil at all...oil level still pretty much where it was when I changed the oil a couple weeks ago. I am now regretting painting the engine black...dang thing just too hard to keep clean. Should'a known better. It does LOOK neat, just shows too much dirt and crap.
No coolant loss, tho I do smell a faint coolant smell at times, mostly after the first start of the mernin. Got enough miles on it now at hiway speeds that I would think all of the coolant from the exhaust pipe(s) would have burned out by now, but not sure.
Steering head bearings made a HUUUUUGE difference in the handling. I can now release the bars while riding if I want/need(I rarely do, tho), without fearing the death wobble as before.
All of the fairing repairs have held up so far.
Best I can tell at this point is fuel mileage is around 38-39mpg. I haven't actually done any figuring, since I always forget to check when I fill up... :blush: While the ride to this job is less than 20 miles(19.4) total, only half of that is on the hiway...the rest is in town...with traffic lights every couple of blocks. At least now I'm not having to fill up every single day just to go to werk & back. I can ride ALLLLL week on a tank now! :music:
I was having trouble with the starter solenoid when I got the engine back in, but I took it off, opened it up, and did some cleaning on it. So far, it hasn't missed a beat since then.
Now for the not-so-gud stuff...
Still have clutch slippage at times, even with the cable backed off so far it's sometimes hard to downshift. Pizzes me off that I NEVER had any issues with the clutch before, and I dint even do anything to it during the rehab. I'm wondering if not using gaskets on both the rear cover, and the clutch cover has taken out too much clearance between the clutch push lever thingy and the clutch release. I plan on crawling under it soon , removing the plug in the center of the clutch cover, and seeing if the lever is tight against the release, and if so, possibly I can adjust it a little looser from there. Otherwise, I'm baffled as to why I now have slippage. If adjusting the pivot lever doesn't do anything, then I'm just gunna be stuck with it until I can get a set of clutch discs, and the time/energy to pull the friggin engine back out. :Awe:
I keep smelling raw fuel when I park in the garage at home. I see no fuel leaks anywhere, from the carbs, fuel lines, or tank. This one has me scratchin me noggin.
My dang neutral light flickers all the time now. Dint really even notice it until the time change, since it's darker now in the mernins. Haven't checked to see if my new connection for it is shorting somewhere or not, but at least it's not something that will strand me, or cause a failure. Hoping it's not the switch. I can live with this one, at any rate.
Time to git back to werk. :builder: :mrgreen: