hiya lowlife,welcome from this side of the pond.
i use this place a lot for information
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| Author: | TheCrusher1234 [ Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hi from Arizona |
hello everyone new to this forum. caught the link from chopper charles. look like almost everyone from there is on here. i'm almost done with my project 81 gl that is getting ratted into a hard tailed low bike. there is a ton of pictures on c.c. forum if anyone is at all interested. my screen name there is lowlife1220 |
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| Author: | Gman [ Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Welcome.This forum doesn't get a much traffic as CC's but here's here to be used.You are welcome to post pictures/rides in the,"Best rides" section. |
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| Author: | spanish bandit [ Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
hiya lowlife,welcome from this side of the pond. i use this place a lot for information
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| Author: | azgl500 [ Mon May 24, 2010 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Hi! I'm from Arizona also(Apache Junction). A guy was moving, and he had his 81 GL500 on craigslist, I offered 500, and it was mine! So, I have a project bike. I'm not going to be able to put a lot of money into it, but I want it to be as reliable as I can make it. The engine was black with oil and crud, and the fan was making a horrific sound. I've taken the fairing off, radiator, thermistat, and now waiting to go get a bolt to pull the fan off. The front of the fins are work/broken, and the back of the bottom of the radiator looks shiny, like the fins have been rubbing on it. Can't tell yet if the impellor was working, the radiator was full to the top, so I didn't see any fluid movement. The tank was sun faded down to almost bare metal. I did a 5 dollar Krylon paint job, and it actually looks quite nice(surprise, surprise). I look forward to researching info on your site, and asking occasional questions, as I'm quite the novice at mechanical repairs. |
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| Author: | Gman [ Mon May 24, 2010 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Don't worry.There's not a lot I don't know about these bikes and along with other contributors and links we'll get it going good as cheap as possible 
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| Author: | azgl500 [ Thu May 27, 2010 7:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Well Shep, I cleaned her up, painted the tank, and covers etc. Tore the fan off, and put an eletric fan in. Starting to work on electrical. Flasher relay pops the 10amp fuse, so gotta figure out that one. It's noisy, so I need to figure out what is making the racket. It runs strong, but I think the valves need adjusting. Probably cam chain too, but one step at a time. I've never delved that deeply into repairs, so It's going to to be fun for me. I'll have to post a picture of my fan. Almost looks like it belongs there....Almost |
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| Author: | Gman [ Thu May 27, 2010 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Yes.Pictures please.As for noises here's a few to help, http://www.pdsrecording.site90.com/cxgl500/noises.htm Also can you record yours and post it? |
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| Author: | azgl500 [ Thu May 27, 2010 6:11 pm ] | ||||
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona | ||||
Here are a couple of Pics, and a sound file. Hope the quality is good enough. Greg
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| Author: | azgl500 [ Thu May 27, 2010 6:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Trying the sound file |
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| Author: | Gman [ Thu May 27, 2010 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from Arizona |
Looks great.So you mounted in front of the rad. Funny that you have a,"Black Wing".Some one I know well will soon have one<grin> and I know he'll see this  PS How cool to live in a place called,"Apache Junction" http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 18&t=h&z=6 |
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