Check the rubber skirts under the main bodywork that
seal around air pick up and some lines--they hardly
ever get this right!!!
Been there, done that...
FL Kev
--- Kelly Cash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, after six long months I have my GTS back.
> It's gotten:
> o Bored .010 over
> o New pistons and rings
> o Valve job (since the oil consumed gummed up
> some valves)
> o New air filters (they LOST the ones I'd
> recently put in)
>
> I was given a 60-day, unlimited warranty on the
> motor (which
> has only 32,000 miles on it.) I'd asked for the
> measurements of
> piston to cylinder clearance, and ring end-gap, but
> they
> didn't do it. @#$%^&*
>
> I'm now in the process of breaking it in, I have 200
> miles on
> it so far. I haven't yet taken it to 5000 RPM, so
> am not sure
> if the buzz/vibration in the seat is there or not.
> Indications
> seem to be that it's still there. I'll check more
> thoroughly
> after it's broken in.
>
> I'll also take it to a different dealer after some
> more miles
> and have a compression and leak-down test performed
> just to
> see if it's where it's supposed to be.
>
> There's a buzzing in the fairing, but that's
> probably due to
> the missing screws in the center grey portion.
> (perfect.)
>
> They didn't route the wiring for my PIAA on/off
> switch, so
> I have to pull the console apart to do it myself.
>
> I was promised that they'd detail it inside and out,
> even
> before the motor went back into the rolling chassis.
> They didn't even WASH the friggin' thing, let alone
> clean the chain.
>
> The seat wasn't properly latched when I picked it
> up. It
> was jammed on and took me five minutes to get it off
> and
> mount it properly.
>
> More updates as I find things.
>
> In the meantime, it's interesting getting back on
> the thing
> and re-learning how to ride it. The clutch is WAY
> different
> than the Vmax and Venture. (oh, and I had to remove
> and re-attach
> the gear shift lever- it was at an impossibly weird
> angle)
> I had forgotten just how great the GTS is in
> traffic- It's nice
> and narrow, easy for getting between the cages.
>
> Oh, and one other thing- I seem to have forgotten
> where
> the choke lever is; I can't find it anywhere.
> ;-)
>
> -K
>
>
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> Kelly Cash
> Direct: 408-845-5762
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> Main: 408-845-5700
> Solid Data Systems
> FAX: 408-727-5496
> 2945 Oakmead Village Court
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Santa Clara, CA 95051
> www.soliddata.com
>
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