1983 GS750ESD

[Suzukian]

The Alumiweld came in only 2 days!!  The rims should be done glass bead blasting by the end of the week.  This guy charges really good prices, so he's always backed up.

[Suzukian]

Got the rims back.  Hand then Glass Bead Blasted. They have that MV Augusta raw look to them.  I'll have to polish where the wheel beads seal up. I'm very tempted to leave them raw instead of polishing them, with a coat of very flat clean, or Satin, and leave it like that.  Too much cost to Powder coat them.  I will polish the wheel seal bead areas and leave the rims with the sand blasted look.

 

I need it to get a little warmer to do the Alumaloy fix, then I'll start looking for bearings. 

Edited April 20, 2023 by Suzukian

[Suzukian]

I disappeared for a while. Got a little ill.  All is fine now.  I haven't forgotten you guys.  I found a brand new Bridgestone 16" Battleax tire for my Suzuki so that gives me time before I switch over the front end.  I plan to build the front end off the bike, with my Son and Godson, to teach them something, then do the swap, probably in the Fall.  I have a bundle of Alum-Aloy, and ran into a problem when doing a Heli-Coil on the top cover gasket hold down boss.  It cracked when tapping it.  I took the valve cover back off.  I had to remove the camshaft hold down backet on the intake number two cylinder, and used Alum-Aloy to build up the area. 

I had managed to put the Heli-Coil in there, and for good measure, I threaded the shoulder bolt in too.  If this didn't work, I would have had to machine out the old piece on my milling machine, press in a new Boss, and then mill to size.  Luckily, everything worked and bolted back down tightly.  Since that piece is line bored when the bike is made, finding another one wouldn't work, as the odds of it fitting would be slim.  The mounting holes could be widened, or slotted, depending of how, and in what direction it was off it, but they are not to be had anyways.  So I fixed what I had, and I lucked out  All the valve cover screws are now Heli-Coiled.  I think they were originally made of Play Dough.

 

Working on the other bike I own (ZZR1200) in parallel is tough when you find that you have turned into an old fart.

:)

[Captain Chaos]

7 hours ago, Suzukian said:

I think they were originally made of Play Dough.

people always over tighten them. 10Nm max.

Although Suzuki says 13-15Nm, that doesn't feel safe to me, especially on a 30-40 year old bike.

[Suzukian]

On 7/13/2023 at 12:59 PM, Captain Chaos said:

people always over tighten them. 10Nm max.

Although Suzuki says 13-15Nm, that doesn't feel safe to me, especially on a 30-40 year old bike.

I agree.  They're shoulder bolts anyways.  They don't take much torque to hold them in place.  I think Suzuki should have used a "Form Thread" instead of a conventional one in that part of the bike.  I know what to do if I have a failure though, onto the milling table, a little Lathe work, and I'll have a new piece ready  go into the cam cover.

Edited October 5, 2023 by Suzukian
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[Suzukian]

I hope you guys will forgive me for this.

 

My sister had been very ill.  The doctor's said the medicine had stopped working and she needed a Heart and Lung transplant.  We prayed much on this, she was put on top of the list, and the first two times, she was almost opened up, surgically prepared, but the lungs failed.  On the third attempt, she was called in, this time stressed beyond all belief, she went in.  Everything worked out 100%!!!

 

My sister, 9 days following the surgery, walked 1 mile, unassisted, and has been waling a mile a day, every day, with her newly implanted donor lungs.  She told me she felt fantastic.  As a family, well feel blessed.  The young girl who passed, and checked that box that allowed her Lungs and Heart to be harvested, well, I just don't know the words.  I never will know this donor of her family, but in their time of grief, their daughters heart and lungs live on in one of the beautiful, spirit filled people you could ever meet.  I wish I could tell the donor family how thankful our family is, but that isn't allows.  This young lady checked the box, and allowed someone else to live.  I just find this whole experience hard to fathom.  My sister feels ever minute she has is a gift, and is doing everything so she can have a full life, for the time she has left.

 

This has occupied my time for the last few months.  I hope this post doesn't violate any forum rules.  I ask for nothing.  I just wanted to share some wonderful news. 

 

 

[Fazz711]

1 hour ago, Suzukian said:

I hope you guys will forgive me for this.

 

My sister had been very ill.  The doctor's said the medicine had stopped working and she needed a Heart and Lung transplant.  We prayed much on this, she was put on top of the list, and the first two times, she was almost opened up, surgically prepared, but the lungs failed.  On the third attempt, she was called in, this time stressed beyond all belief, she went in.  Everything worked out 100%!!!

 

My sister, 9 days following the surgery, walked 1 mile, unassisted, and has been waling a mile a day, every day, with her newly implanted donor lungs.  She told me she felt fantastic.  As a family, well feel blessed.  The young girl who passed, and checked that box that allowed her Lungs and Heart to be harvested, well, I just don't know the words.  I never will know this donor of her family, but in their time of grief, their daughters heart and lungs live on in one of the beautiful, spirit filled people you could ever meet.  I wish I could tell the donor family how thankful our family is, but that isn't allows.  This young lady checked the box, and allowed someone else to live.  I just find this whole experience hard to fathom.  My sister feels ever minute she has is a gift, and is doing everything so she can have a full life, for the time she has left.

 

This has occupied my time for the last few months.  I hope this post doesn't violate any forum rules.  I ask for nothing.  I just wanted to share some wonderful news. 

 

 

Glad she is getting better.

Hope for full recovery.

 

[Captain Chaos]

2 hours ago, Suzukian said:

hope this post doesn't violate any forum rules

Actually it does. But i don't care, wonderful story. 

[Captain Chaos]

It's kind of what we do here on OSS. Your sister is now also modified with newer parts 

[slayer61]

Glad to hear all is good. Excellent news indeed!  

[Suzukian]

Thank You all very much.  She's my little sister, always dear to me.  And yes, she has had to ultimate upgrade!!.

[geogsxr]

Just catching up with your build, sorry to hear about your sister, hope she is ok. G

[Suzukian]

My sister is running at 100%.  Everything is healed, no rejection.  Full Heart and Lung transplant.  She looks wonderful. The most extreme upgrade!! May the donor and the family of the donor be blessed.  The Heart and Lungs are 20 years younger than my sisters were.

 

Still working on my bikes, just had to slow up due to the freezing Winter.   I have all the parts for a 16" to 17" wheel conversion for my 1983 GS750ES, however, I just picked up a very nice 16" tire, so I will wear that down first. 

[DAZ]

Glad your sister is still doing well , as for the bike ,absolutely nothing wrong with riding it now if the weather is good, if you wait till the weather changes to pull it to bits you'll have the enthusiasm to finish it before the next riding season 

[krazy kat]

keep that little sister close, good to hear she is doing well, should be good riding in Connecticut for over a month now, be well

[Suzukian]

I am sorry for the slightly Off-Topic post.  Yesterday, my sister completed her 1-year anniversary of her heart and lung transplant.  Absolutely no serious side effects or problems.  She has actually gone for many 5 mile walks.

 

I just wanted to post this so that others may find hope it what may sometimes feel like a hopless situation.

 

On another note, my GS750ES (1983) had a solder come loose intermittently on the kill switch.  What a PIA, stopping all of a sudden while going 60 mph.  I knew it had to be something simple, but finding it, well, I thought too hard about it.  When I took the right switch apart, everything was together, when I pulled on the harness, the soldered piece separated from the Kill Switch.  I drilled out the solder on both pieces, stuck in two new wires and soldered them back in place.  It's probably the 5th time I've had a problem with the bike since I purchased it knew in 1983.  I really feel this motorcycle has given me so much.  The bike is running great, and with the new clutch, clutch plates and springs, it really grabs hard now.  When you hit the power band, it becomes quite beastly!

[krazy kat]

Nice to hear all going well, keep riding. Tinkering seems the norm with these old machines. You will be puttin up for winter in no time.

[Suzukian]

I have to get a Lumbar Puncture next week, (S3).  I plan to ride into November, then the Suzuki GS750ES, and the ZZR1200 will be put up for the Winter.

[Guest chriexa]

Hi there from New Zealand. I have had katanas and now have several gsx750esd and rate them. Love the inline 4 sound and their reliability, sold my original still going strong at over 100k and have put an 83model together to get vintage[cheap] rego here. Enjoy the thread

[Suzukian]

For the record, my sister who had the heart and lung transplants is thriving!!  She even looks different.  So much blood pumping now and oxygenated, she looks wonderful.