Recent content by 2wheelkid

Have you solved the ignition problem yet? My bike will rev great in neutral all the way to 12 grand. That's kind of why I was ruling out ignition issues. Sent from my SM-G870W using Tapatalk

Hey guys, got a 1979 GS550 all stock motor except for k&n pod filters, 5 steps up in main jets. Runs great and pulls hard until it hits 6k rpm. And it just Falls flat on its face. Already checked & replaced plugs, checked valve clearance, coils. Cleaned the carbs really good and replaced all the...

Got the paint stripped off the tank of the 750 where it was dented. Got the bondo on the smaller dent, still gotta pull out the larger dent and fill it.

Pulled the carbs apart last night and they are a lot cleaner then I thought they would be judging by the amount of crap in the tank! The bike only has pods and stock exhaust and its running 130 mains, seems a bit to big but we'll see what happens when its put back together.

Hey everyone, just wanted to start a build thread that included both my GS's, the first one is a 1979 GS550L When I got it: After ditching the wheelbarrow bars for the drag bars and mocking up the "Brat" seat pan All I'll have left is to get different pods that are shorter so I can put the...

Fuel bowls are full of fuel.

My bad. Was looking at the wrong line. The vaccum line runs from the carb to the petcock.

There is a line running from a brass pump to the petcock. There's two wires that run from the pump to under the seat. Possible that the pump isn't working properly? I have since been cranking on it with the electric starter and it melted a ground wire.

Hey guys, be nice to me, I am quite mechanically inclined but this is my first bike.. Just picked up this 79 gs550. Started and kinda idled but would die out so I figured I'd clean the carbs up. After putting the carbs back on I put fresh fuel in it and opened the petcock, heard fuel running...