Recent content by Northish

Hey nice to hear from you! Glad to hear the build has been helpful. You're almost a stone's throw away from me St. Paul. I actually work over in Woodbury (well did before Covid.) I'm pretty jealous of the "E" gas tank. Your build is going to look awesome. Loving the blue. Hope to see your...

I've gotten a few requests for more detail on how I leveled or re-mounted the tank on the L to get rid of the rake so I'm attaching another angle to hopefully better describe the changes. There is another photo here with: http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=70280.msg826423#msg826423...

Yeah, I remember there being a lot of differing information on float height for our 450's. Mine was set to 23.4 mm when I opened it up originally, and then I tried 26.3 mm for awhile based on some info I read somewhere but didn't have much luck, so reverted back to 23.4 mm.

I don't have that measurement and the bike is drained for winter now, but I did record my float heights. I finally settled with 23.5 mm for them after checking my notes, so that is the one difference from my noted settings.

Hey, thanks for the kind words, good to hear from another GS450 owner! Yes, I'm still using those settings. I've been pretty happy with them for my setup.

Riverduk - thanks for saying Hi! Glad you found all the notes helpful; that was my hope. Also glad to hear from another GS450 guy. I hope your build goes well for you; riding the finished bike is great, but the build is the most memorable part. Best of luck; hope to see your build on DTT...

Hey scramblerguy - glad you found my ramblings a bit helpful. I started at 145 on the mains based on other builders' information they posted. I was using K&N pods and a more free-flowing exhaust so figured I'd be pretty lean if I didn't make a big jump. My stock main jet on my "L" model was...

Thanks for the kind words and glad to hear you're tackling the GS450. Which version GS are you working on?

Maritime - your paint turned out great... love that color combo. Makes the bike look younger too I think. Bummer you had to re-do it but so glad you stuck it out, turned out great!

Had a very cool experience with the bike this summer. Decided to see what the Rockers Spring Social was about in Minneapolis. I had heard about it from a co-worker who said it was a neat cafe style gathering, so rode the bike there. Wasn't planning on entering it into the show (I'm kind of...

Was able to get out for the first decent ride of the year and really test the state of the carb tuning with the A/F meter. Two big observations from a couple hours of riding - The carbs are a bit lean in the mid-range and a bit rich on full-throttle. At cruising speed (~3.5k rpm) I'd see an...

Awesome, another cruiser to scrambler! I like where this one's going; I'll tag along for some inspiration. Liking the homegrown rear suspension setup so far.

Finally got some time to tear down the carbs fully after finding that the bike wasn't running quite right after winter storage. Found that one of the mixture o-rings had been smooshed and split into 3 pieces, probably my fault when I had replaced it last year. So, more o-rings ordered from...

You sound about particular as I am so I appreciate the insight and experiences. My bike ran fine enough once I had rebuilt, re-jetted, re-leveled, and synchronized everything but the engineer in me knows that it can probably tuned a little better yet. All the tuning I did last fall was...

Hey trek97 - Thanks for passing on your experiences with AF measurements. After reading your exhaust leak comment I went back and re-tightened the headers to make sure they were well seated. Would you mind telling me how much of a difference you found between your two carbs? I'm trying to...