Photo Album - Topic - how many pieces are in a GL 1200?
Answer? Not many I haven't seen or modified. The test subject is a 1986 GL1200
Aspencade.
Can you tell its Blue? The shop rag on the lower part is where the left head
used to be.
It's stripped down to the frame and engine block; the garage looked like
a bomb went off.
And the next spring, a view of the NEW rear tire - BALD in 5000 miles.
This thing was dangerous in the rain, just breathe on the throttle and the
rear wheel
tried to pass the front wheel! The torque left 0.040" deep impact marks in
the
driveshaft splines and thats with the dampers in the rear end. 60+ feet of
black
rubber on the pavement in 2nd gear, all with no aftermarket parts.
Thats the rear end at the right of the tire, home of a leaky axle
seal
that lets water in the bearings and the rear end with insufficient Factory
oil fill level, overheats
the rear end bearings. I designed a modification to the rear end to correct
this problem.
Ask your mechanic if he's ever seen the pump inside the rear end.
Stock GL1200 carb meets die grinder for more airflow. Everything
that
can be tinkered with in this carb was, including resizing the air bleeds
(little parts that are "not serviceable") Carbs were O.K. except the
diaphragms harden.Good design for fuel mileage.
Here's where the magic starts. Recalibrating the main jet circuits and
balancing the carb floats, in addition to about 30 other "adjustments"
that arent in the "book." Floats set within 0.020" of each other
and a special synchronization procedure perfectly balances air flow
in the engine.
Front of the engine block where timing belts used to be. Get the timing belts
off by 3 teeth
and kiss the valves and pistons good-bye - it's not a "clearance" engine.
See how tight
the timing pickup wires are? Why do they fail?
Cylinder heads removed, cleaned, ported, polished and CC'ed and deck
ground, all by hand. Theres potential for horsepower here, and on the
other side, potential for destroying the valvetrain with one little "Oops".
Valves and seats were pitted in about 20,000 miles thanks to a poorly
designed PCV system.
The Gasket Remover spray cleans the oil deposits from the PCV system.
The PCV system throws oil down the rear two holes and loads the valve stems
with carbon, causing valve leaks and burned seats.
Box contained a Gates T070 timing belt for a lot less money.
Intake manifold and carburetors assembly. Heres where the big power
gains are.
This is where the 30-some "adjustments" are. Weekly job to retune
it.
Fuel pump, left engine deck and # 3 piston. See the oil residue on
the piston?
PCV problem. Fuel pump was taken apart (don't try it at home). Geesh, whered
that little ground wire come from, it's not on the wiring diagram! See the
little
O-Ring atop the piston on the block? Mess that up and its bye-bye valvetrain.
What's my racing stator and an F-16 have in common? One very
expensive little detail. The stock stator recharges the battery in 8 seconds
after cranking, this one does it in 3 seconds. An absolute nightmare to
rewind.
Custom Stereo and CB system as published in Wing World, July 1992.
Aspencade
stereo (Panasonic) with a few tweaks, Integrated CB Graphic Equalizer,
modified Auto Volume unit, integrated Radar Detector, Coax speakers in dash
and trunk
and twin Hustler whip antennas tuned as a "beam" antenna for CB. 8 mile transmit
range
at best- compare that to a good 1/4 mile for Hondas CB.
Photo Album - Topic - how many pieces are in a GL 1200?
