Robots Throwing Rocks

New bike!

grant — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:26:33 +0000

Update

grant — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:56:46 +0000

Almost Ready to Ride!

grant — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:37:27 +0000

I dropped it off at Southside Cycles today. I’m getting the carbs synched up and the coil looked at in an effort to get all cylinders running. I’m also having the tail chopped off about here:

adding pod filters (prior to carb setting), having the front forks looked at and my seat put on.

After I get it home and all is running well, off comes the gauges as soon as it’s inspected.

New Helmets

grant — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:32:05 +0000

Business:

Full face flat black Zox Azuma with tinted and clear shields. No pictures yet, but it’s your standard matte black full face helmet. $49. Hell yeah.

Party:

New Seat Came in the Mail

grant — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:23:36 +0000

Need to chop off all that rear end and figure out a fender solution

It’s Alive!

grant — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:18:27 +0000

Changed the plugs and fiddled a lot…

F U Petcock!

grant — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:35:49 +0000

Fuck you petcock:

One should be in Friday… for $100.

Any suggestions while I have it torn down a bit?

Headlight Painting

grant — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:30:26 +0000

I got bored while waiting for someone with more bike knowledge than myself to help me prioritize the mechanical issues, so I pulled the headlight off and gave it a quick rattle-can paint job. I highly recommend matte flat camo paint.

FUCK. That is a lot of wires.

1979 GS550 project

grant — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:24:12 +0000

I was browsing for craigslist bikes (surprise surprise) and I came across a 1979 GS550.

1979 Suzuki GS550

This bike runs, drives and shifts well. It starts immediately and accelerates strongly. I have rebuilt a lot of the bike in order to make it road-worthy.
It has:
Brand new tires
New clubman handlebars
Rebuilt front brake master cylinder (new piston, spring, o-rings, flushed and bled)
Rebuilt rear brake master cylinder (new piston, spring, o-rings, flushed and bled)
Rebuilt all 4 carburetors (cleaned, dipped, new jets, o-rings, seals etc)
Custom Cafe-style seat
New mirrors
New chain
New air filter
New spark plugs
New battery
Clear title in hand.

This bike also comes with a Rubbermaid tub with spare parts (spare set of carbs, front fender, inner tube, etc) and a repair manual. I have a ramp to load the bike into a pickup or onto a trailer and the ramp goes with the bike as well.
$1000 Cash OBO. Also willing to consider a utility trailer as partial trade.

I drove to Columbia, MO in a borrowed panel van, offered the guy $800 and took home my first bike!

I don’t know what the guy was thinking with that seat, or the side panels, but both are going to need replacing. yikes. I should also probably consider an exhaust at some point as well. First though, I need to get a helmet and some gloves and get the mechanical nightmares sorted out.

Any tips or help is more than welcome!

I thought I was brilliant

grant — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:22:03 +0000

Turns out I’m just a fucking retard.

I thought I’d get rich making a 99 cent iPhone app for wordpress. One already exists. And it’s free. Oh well, this is my test post. Hopefully I’ll update more. I like to pretend people read this (they don’t).