Sunday, November 27, 2005

This is now a motorcycle blog

specifically, it is a blog about 1978 suzuki gs 400s. yeah, i know. pretty ordinary machine, but i got one cheap so that's how it is. i will post some pictures sometime. i took some with an antique film camera and i have to get them digitized first. anyway, i need some advice. i got the thing running, but there are still some minor problems:

1.) the cables need to be lubed. what is the best way to do that?

2.) it has wire wheels. do they require any special care?

that's all i can think of right now. there will be more, i'm sure.

8 Comments:

Blogger willjs said...

lol, i have NO clue how to lube a motorcycle, only lube other things.

8:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cool motorbike man. My brother-in-law had a Honda CB400 'bout the same vintage and it was a blast. He's on a yellow, lowered HD Fatboy with 30 inch 60's Ape-Hanger bars now...

I'm on a Beemer R100R ('93). Captain Sensible-Mobile I guess, but after my Ducati I need something low-maintainance and reliable. Never owned a car, hate 'em. Makes getting my 16 foot canadian canoe around a big pain, but there you go! Thank the fates for spouses with cars!

Blog on, cowboy!
.

4:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Forgot the useful bit: Re cables, if you can afford, replace at least the brake cables (safety first). Re lubing, it's difficult to lube them in situ, but even if you just lube the bits you can see, it will help, as that's where most of the shit gets caught. Give them a squirt with WD40 or CRC etc (use the little tube thing to help squirt it down the cable housing as far as you reasonably can), and wipe the obvious crud off. Then apply a little grease (use your fingers and don't put great gobs on, it'll just attract dirt.

Re the spoked wheels, check occasionally for roundness and that the nipples are tight (I'm blushing), by pinging the spokes lightly (eg with a light hammer of screw driver) and listening for dull sounds. Other than that, get a bike shop to replace any broken or seriously damaged spokes. Badly dented rims should be scrapped, but might be repairable. Generally, spoked wheels need no pmaintainance other than being cleaned (sponge, warm water/detergent), and a wipe over with WD40 (to inhibit rust and make 'em easier to clean next time...)

Spoked bits aside, all wheels need their axle bearings to be greased, correctly adjusted and in good order (ditto with steering-head bearings)
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4:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A good bike shop will have a cable lube clamp. Loosen off the bike's cable adjuster, put the clamp on (it's a metal covered, soft rubber pipe about half the length of your little finger. There is a slot length-wise that closes when clamped). The hole in the center is big on one end, small on the other. Put sheathed end of cable in slot with just cable sticking out the small hole. There is a small hole sideways in the middle that you stick one of those red straws that come with nearly every can of spray lube. I don't recommend WD40 or any penetrating type spray. It will soon dry out the entire cable, try a moly or graphite based drive chain spray. The second time you use it it shouldn't take more than a minute to do a whole cable from start to finish, no mess, no fuss.
If that's too hi-tech for ya, you can take the end of the cable off, tye wrap a small baggie of light oil over the sheath, then elevate for a few minutes. Messy and slow but cheap and effective, just like I describe myself to the girls... heh

5:08 PM  
Blogger Tlazolteotl said...

telltaleheart is correct - keep the spokes clean and protect from rust.

I don't ride anymore, but used to. Have fun with it, and ride safe!

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