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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #225 on: March 29, 2011, 10:42:14 PM »
Damn, yer getting good. I liked #3 better.
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #226 on: March 30, 2011, 05:17:26 AM »
Quote from: fastbroshi on March 29, 2011, 08:27:29 PM
The guages have to be synced?  I thought as long as they're all built identically this wouldn't be necessary?

If they or one are off, so is the sync you think you have right.  You are trusting words on paper. 
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #227 on: March 30, 2011, 05:19:15 AM »
Quote from: seaweb11 on March 29, 2011, 09:37:35 PM
Quote from: TipperT on March 29, 2011, 06:57:17 PM
Sounds like the idle is a bit high, maybe a few hundred rpm. 

All the manuals indicate 1500-2000rpm at operating temp for the vacuum sync.

If that is what the manual says, that is what the manual says.  Then you did good.
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #228 on: March 30, 2011, 02:18:50 PM »
I hope i am not pointing out the obvious here but after syncing you can put the idle back down where it belongs..... ;)
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #229 on: March 30, 2011, 04:29:56 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on March 30, 2011, 02:18:50 PM
I hope i am not pointing out the obvious here but after syncing you can put the idle back down where it belongs..... ;)

you are ;)
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #230 on: July 03, 2011, 11:16:28 AM »
I have been riding this bike for a while now with no problems and had it all dialed in "I thought".

Decided to take a good long hwy ride yesterday to. Bike ran as usual for about an hour. Then it started bogging down seriously ::)
The 1st time it happened I was able to get it back to normal without stopping by twisting the throttle back and forth, at least that's what I did. 2nd to 10th time It died and I had to pull over. I noticed it happened AFTER coming down very steep hills under engine compression. The fix was a 10-15 min wait and then the bike would start and run fine, for about 15 mins of riding before it died again. 8 stops on the way home.  On one stop, after a wait I stood the bike up off the side stand and fuel started free flowing out the bread box drain? That only happened the one time and petcock was in the free flow position that time.

I'm just heading out to the garage to pull the air filter box and check the gas vent routing, carb bowls and gas lines.
P.S. it did not matter which direction I had the petcock turned, it happened in all 3 positions.  If just one bowl flooded, would this cause my issues?

Any thoughts? .... I think I answered my own question, but why just coming down hills with no throttle on?
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #231 on: July 03, 2011, 11:22:34 AM »
coming down a hill with throttle closed creates vacuum in carbs, raising fuel level in bowls. it's early morn here so I could be wrong.
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #232 on: July 03, 2011, 02:46:33 PM »
Luckily bike died a few 100ft before my house.
Checked carb bowls, just a dribble.
"problems located"
* kinked fuel line. I guess once bike really warmed up for an extended time the hose got softer and bent on corner.
* 1 stuck float
* petcock was set in (open flow) most of times it occurred. Without carb suction, no fuel was getting through crimp.
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #233 on: July 04, 2011, 02:32:14 AM »
G'Day Derek, you should only use the "Open flow" position for starting your bike, don't leave it in that position once it's running or it'll flood, for sure. Cheers, Terry.  ;D
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #234 on: July 04, 2011, 08:15:07 AM »
YEAH! (like I know anything about Suzukis  ;) )
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Re: 1982 Suzuki GS1100ES
« Reply #235 on: July 04, 2011, 01:11:23 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 04, 2011, 02:32:14 AM
G'Day Derek, you should only use the "Open flow" position for starting your bike, don't leave it in that position once it's running or it'll flood, for sure. Cheers, Terry.  ;D

Yeah, I thought I had it in the correct position, but on the EZ version the petcock is a bit different from the generic manual I have.
Running great now.
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