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Re: 82 GS450t UPDATE - Neighbor drove into bike, knocked it over - Q's Awesome.

Re: 82 GS450t UPDATE - Neighbor drove into bike, knocked it over - Q's So a lot has gone down in the past weeks. She's running! Did a clumsy carb sync that is working until I get some adapters so I can connect my homemade manometer. That's stopped the bouncing idle issue. Got the idle dialed...

Love the XS650s. That tank is a beauty too! What are your plans for the seat?

Awesome! Hope you're enjoying it.

I love the simplicity of your seat. Did you secure it elsewhere on the frame? It looks like they come with those little tabs that will swivel around so you can secure the rear of the can to the frame for stability. My brake pedal has been bent to hell and back anyway. Somewhere in the...

It's a vacuum-type petcock. No doubts there. Regardless of what setting I've selected (prime, full/on, reserve), and regardless of whether the engine is running or not, there is no fuel passes beyond the petcock into the carbs. I'm going to dismantle the petcock again after work and see if I...

I threw it all back together to see if I could use a vacuum gauge that my cousin conveniently forgot to tell me he had...now the petcock won't function at all. It won't feed fuel into the carbs. I disassembled it and looked for buildup/corrosion and didn't see anything that I was able to...

You've really taken it a long way from the zombie you first picked up. I really dig that color scheme!

These are my boots. They're definitely old but I don't know if they're so far gone that they need to be replaced/are causing the problem. One of the issues where I live is that getting parts/equipment is ridiculously difficult. There are a few small hardware/auto stores, none of which are...

Removed and checked the boots and they seem fine. No obvious cracking or splitting, I don't think there's an air leak. Pretty sure my POS petcock is the POS, vacuum-operated stock one. It could be that the idle screw was the only problem...but while I have the tank and carbs off, I figured I...

She looks good! I actually think I might prefer the flat, brat-style seats. The cowls are just everywhere! How do you like those shorty mufflers? I'm working on a GS450T and considering getting those. Are you running em as slip-ons? Are they mounted pretty much where the stock mufflers attached...

So in between work and getting sick, I've been working on the bike. Got the seat mounted and the rear signals fitted. The tail/brake light needs a more secure setup than I currently have, though. I've ridden it up and down the block now (woohoo!) and there's some kind of issue with the...

Looks good! What are your plans for the exhaust?

My mufflers were all kinds of pitted, corroded, and rusted through in some spots. Didn't seem like I could do much to salvage 'em so I just chopped 'em off. I'm still working on getting a video with decent sound quality. I feel like I need to take it around the block a few times to really...

For the clutch cable, I ended up taking a different route under the tank, and now it swings fairly wide below the right side clip-on (to the right of the steering assembly, as recommended) before looping over to the actual perch/lever. The action is much smoother and it has a steadier pull than...