Learned so much about the GS...

Styve100

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I have just finished a marathon renovation of my GS.
I have learned so much during this process as the bike decided it wanted one hell of a lot of TLC, so many things went wrong and so man thins went right.
Found out that if you dont bleed BMW forks after being apart they chuck oil out the top when you ride.
Some aftermarket oil filler caps are rubbish, they allow oil to bubble out.
Gear indicator switches can be repaired, take apart and clean and reposition....
Headers can be cleaned up and polished like new, but there is a life too and you cant spend forever cleaning an exhaust pipe.
The net is a great source of info and this forum has helped me and I hope I can help others. :blagblah
 
tried to put pics on last night, but I dont think I can? says, I may not post attachments :comfort
 
Styve100 said:
tried to put pics on last night, but I dont think I can? says, I may not post attachments :comfort
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You'll have to host them on a free picture sharing site (flickr, photobucket, picassa etc) and link to them from your post :thumb2
 
Attempting to show some pics through photobucket...
Its a shame I didnt take any phots before, I didnt realise it would get as serious as it did, the bike was pretty tatty, big chunks of paint flaking of and been ridden through concrete slurry... oh yes, the stuff is as corrosive as acid, (onlyt he other way round, its alkaline).

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Be warned, showing us all picture of such a tidy, clean garage will get you chucked off the site, makes the rest of us feel inferior, but we are happy surrounded by rubbish and old bike bits and beer cans!.
Dave GS
 
Thanks for the warning dave.
Garage is only a couple of years old old so does that exclude me for now?
It was going to be bigger than it turned out so a bit of effort needed to get access to all the various hobby stuff...:thumb
 
Packer, I cleaned them as best as I could, without too much time and knowledge or having dne them before, I have seen oon the forum that smooth hammerite does well, as long as you warm it gradually.
I had lumps pealing off, I scraped a nd brushed as best as possible, i dont think they are the easiest to clean up well, blasting is a major job and you would have to make sure they were clean after, also could ruin the faces.
I basically used a combo of wire brush, drill with wire wheel in and then brush painted.
 
Looks a fantastic job, want to do something similar to mine when there's time to not rely on it for transport. Did you do the same thing with the rest of the engine as you did with the cylinders. For a wirebrush/hammerite job it's come up an absolute treat.

Oh and what make of crud catcher have you got on it?
 
I was just going to clean my heads and cylinders. Smoothriting the crankcases though as they would have holes in another year or two the rate they were rotting:D

It's a riding bike for me, not a piece of art.

Your looks good though. Post a followup when you've done some hot miles so that we can see how the paint holds up.:thumb2
 
crud catcher is from ebay, a couple of guys who make stainless stuff i believe.
will post more pics later, just done 700 miles on the bike since last wednesday and everything ok, except for chucking oil out the filler cap still, I seem to have cured that now by using the silicone gasket stuff, i think maybe the O ring is too small?
 
Styve100 said:
crud catcher is from ebay, a couple of guys who make stainless stuff i believe.
will post more pics later, just done 700 miles on the bike since last wednesday and everything ok, except for chucking oil out the filler cap still, I seem to have cured that now by using the silicone gasket stuff, i think maybe the O ring is too small?
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New O ring under the plastic seating and on the cap all will be well.
 
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