*This thread was split becuase it went off topic. -Omega
when I bought my gl1100 the engine was very tight... the guy said it was running and it locked up, shortly after it had been rebuilt... they decided to try to pull start it.. but nothing would break it loose...
they sold it to an ambitious guy who never got around to work on it... so it sat for a couple years in a garage covered... with some oil in the cylinders...
I got the whole bike for 500$
after tinkering for a bit I got down to pulling the motor... when I slid it out of the frame I noticed the inspection cap was all tornup and there was a bolt sticking out of it...
the local salvage yard had a cap for 1$
and a $4 tube of locktight... fixed the engine
I lucked out!
the guys who owned it was amazed , and tryed to buy it back LOL
admitedly its not the nicest bike... but 500$
and I could still see the crosshatch in the cylinders...
sorry
Jim
when I bought my gl1100 the engine was very tight... the guy said it was running and it locked up, shortly after it had been rebuilt... they decided to try to pull start it.. but nothing would break it loose...
they sold it to an ambitious guy who never got around to work on it... so it sat for a couple years in a garage covered... with some oil in the cylinders...
I got the whole bike for 500$
after tinkering for a bit I got down to pulling the motor... when I slid it out of the frame I noticed the inspection cap was all tornup and there was a bolt sticking out of it...
the local salvage yard had a cap for 1$
and a $4 tube of locktight... fixed the engine
I lucked out!
the guys who owned it was amazed , and tryed to buy it back LOL
admitedly its not the nicest bike... but 500$
and I could still see the crosshatch in the cylinders...
sorry
Jim