Baby's on fire

Not really. Although I did get a pretty raunchy backfire out the velocity stack portion of the air box.
Got the starter working on the GS. Been sanding and putting dielectric grease on all the connections.

Decided to do a comparison of how differently the bike runs with a change in intake. First I tried it without the air cleaner box. I run it like this while working on the bike since it frees up a lot of space. Bike runs pretty well this way, no hang ups.
Put the air cleaner on. Idles the same. Then I put on some throttle, dies. Bike now won't start.
Minor freak out.

Tank still removed. No gas.
Duh Patrick.

I think I just need to go for a ride.


Currently Spinning: Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno

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She runs!

Got the GS 1000 out of storage last week hoping to sell her. She was running last fall, just with a couple of issues.
Got the new starter in, new o ring chain, new rear tire, and a better battery.
Got all that done and she won't start. I was pretty close to taking the carbs off since my brother Alex and I wernt able to drain them all this winter. Decided to make a little aux gas tank to bypass the damn vacuum petcock. It did the trick!

Now to figure out why the starter button isn't working (controls are fine) and why the headlight sometimes gets more power when I use my front brake.

luckily I have Bella the beast to help me on the tough problems

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