Nice fix, but what do the bores and gearbox look like?GL1000s recover pretty well from submersion.
But, it does take time. Thanks, but I have several GL1000 manuals. And a '75 for the next project!
Thats too bad. A good flush of fluids and it would probably have been alright after a good dry out.I had to pull my motor to change the alternator... IMO the GL bikes are the worst to work on...
if I had to do it all again, I would of made new crank shaft pully so I could mount alternator off the front engine.
When my bike was lost due flooding, the water level wasn't high enough to flood the floor in the shop.
Not knowing i pretty much had stream running under my shop, a 6 ft diameter hole opened up inside my shop floor right where my bike was.
I didnt know my bike had fell in the sink hole.
My guess it was in the water for a couple weeks.
Anyway I ended up giving the both GL's. away.
My GL is in the background, the crashed V star was my best friends, He hit a semi that was parked in the middle of a 70mph road right over a hill with its lights off or no flashers, killed him..
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Sorry to hear about your friend. We who ride know the risk but it doesn’t make it any easier when you loose someone.I had to pull my motor to change the alternator... IMO the GL bikes are the worst to work on...
if I had to do it all again, I would of made new crank shaft pully so I could mount alternator off the front engine.
When my bike was lost due flooding, the water level wasn't high enough to flood the floor in the shop.
Not knowing i pretty much had stream running under my shop, a 6 ft diameter hole opened up inside my shop floor right where my bike was.
I didnt know my bike had fell in the sink hole.
My guess it was in the water for a couple weeks.
Anyway I ended up giving the both GL's. away.
My GL is in the background, the crashed V star was my best friends, He hit a semi that was parked in the middle of a 70mph road right over a hill with its lights off or no flashers, killed him..
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When I got flooded out the motorcycles was the least of my worries. I was loosing everything.Thats too bad. A good flush of fluids and it would probably have been alright after a good dry out.
I’ve had to do that many times with outboard motors. people drop them off the transom and haul them back out. As long as its flushed and dried and not allowed to sit in open air too long, no harm done. It sitting in open air and wet that messes them up. Forms lots of rust…
yes, I’ve done gl alternators before. Horrible job, buried in behind the back of the entire engine assembly….I used to tell guys not to cone back for at least a week and even then it was a hard “maybe”….
I have been riding motorcycles all my life, lost so many close friends on bikes its hard keep track.Sorry to hear about your friend. We who ride know the risk but it doesn’t make it any easier when you loose someone.
John