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I finally got my '78 out of the shop and out on the road :clapper:. So far I've got 400 miles and it runs pretty well. Thanks to you who helped with the carbs and rims. :waving:. It has a couple of issues which I'm trying to get solved.
1) The front end likes to do a jumping jack thing from 25 to 35 mph. Itappears like the forks are solid and it bounces up and down on the tire.I changed fork seals during the"ressurection".I've put in the high dollar fork oil in lieu of ATF. No effect. Dropping the air pressure down to 28 psi from 36 in the front tire helped a lot butsome jumping is still there. A local mechanic suggested a GOLD valves in the forks, but at $180, they are a pretty expensive fix. The solution I'm using now is just get above 35 mph as fast as possible... cheap enough. but ignores the problem. Do any of the Guru's havean answer? There have been a couple of threads on this but it doesn't seem to have been resolved.
2) At 75 mph the Vetter gets bouncing around. The front end is solid but it appears the fairing is getting into some kind of resonance with the wind burbles. I've checked the Vetter web site, downloaded the original installation instructions and checked out the fairing. It's properly installed and is in good condition. Has anyone else experienced this situation? I'm thinking about some kind of brace. Has anyone done a brace?
How fast will these things go? I stopped at 80 mph because of the fairing and I didn't have a lot left, but I am at 4500 ft. The books say it has 78 HP, but it feels more like 60 to 70, judging from my other bikes. (runs just like an evo powered Harley)
Great Site!!
Gary, '78 GL100, '02 1150 RT, '04 WeeStrum
I finally got my '78 out of the shop and out on the road :clapper:. So far I've got 400 miles and it runs pretty well. Thanks to you who helped with the carbs and rims. :waving:. It has a couple of issues which I'm trying to get solved.
1) The front end likes to do a jumping jack thing from 25 to 35 mph. Itappears like the forks are solid and it bounces up and down on the tire.I changed fork seals during the"ressurection".I've put in the high dollar fork oil in lieu of ATF. No effect. Dropping the air pressure down to 28 psi from 36 in the front tire helped a lot butsome jumping is still there. A local mechanic suggested a GOLD valves in the forks, but at $180, they are a pretty expensive fix. The solution I'm using now is just get above 35 mph as fast as possible... cheap enough. but ignores the problem. Do any of the Guru's havean answer? There have been a couple of threads on this but it doesn't seem to have been resolved.
2) At 75 mph the Vetter gets bouncing around. The front end is solid but it appears the fairing is getting into some kind of resonance with the wind burbles. I've checked the Vetter web site, downloaded the original installation instructions and checked out the fairing. It's properly installed and is in good condition. Has anyone else experienced this situation? I'm thinking about some kind of brace. Has anyone done a brace?
How fast will these things go? I stopped at 80 mph because of the fairing and I didn't have a lot left, but I am at 4500 ft. The books say it has 78 HP, but it feels more like 60 to 70, judging from my other bikes. (runs just like an evo powered Harley)
Great Site!!
Gary, '78 GL100, '02 1150 RT, '04 WeeStrum