I tried repairing the old one first. I found the ball bearing I had dropped and put a new spring in following the other post on here about using a ballpoint pen spring. It was just slightly better, but still wouldn't cancel when I pushed it and was very mushy. After splicing the "new" swit...

… , but it isn't any harder than a few screws and unlocking a few tabs usually. … I don't mind the screws, small bolts, it's them chrome plastic caps on the screws that need to be glued back on if they are to be retained, and those tabs up front where parts come together under the radiators that I ...

Hey all, Finally getting around to fixing my turn signal switch. I got the thing apart and replaced the spring, but when putting it back together, I managed to lose the larger ball bearing... dammit. Anybody know what size ball bearing that is? Alternative solution, if I were to order a "new&q...

After you slide the new belt on you can hook a luggage scale around the top run of the belt and try to pull down on it at four pounds while measuring how much it moves with a ruler. Or, if you only have two hands like I do, you can go the less exact method and just pay attention to how taught the or...

Oh this is my first post about it, but I looked at other posts and didn't see anything specificlaly about ball size. I'll check again. Yeah, you're right about not splicing haha. It's just such a pain to take all the plastic off. When I changed my timing belt, it took me more time getting plastic on...

Hey all, Finally getting around to fixing my turn signal switch. I got the thing apart and replaced the spring, but when putting it back together, I managed to lose the larger ball bearing... dammit. Anybody know what size ball bearing that is? Alternative solution, if I were to order a "new&qu...

Black marks are alignment marks made by someone who changed them most likely.

Full face helmets are warm. Some are hot. I've been wearing full face for over 35 years in all kinds of temperatures. Now I'm wearing a Shoei Neotec II. It's got decent ventilation on top. The chin vent isn't great, but that may be because of the lack of wind actually hitting it because or the wind...

Hey all, I've been wearing a half helmet due to the warm temps we've had, but I'm feeling like a modular full face helmet would be a lot safer. My problem is that I get so damned hot in full face helmets! When I was riding a bike without a windshield, it wasn't too bad, but I have a huge windshield ...

If your new ride had been "sitting" for awhile when you bought it, it would take 4-8 tanks of gas (with Seafoam ofcourse, mixed at about 2 oz/gal) to clean up those carbs. You want to clean up your idle jets so keep your RPM's around 2K in city driving. Freeway riding is "flow-of-tra...

RBGERSON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:24 pm Start with easier stuff first check teh plugs how do they look? light tan or fouled???

So I just replaced the plugs a couple weeks ago. Should I pull them again and look at them now?

Hey guys, I recently picked up an 88 Gl1500A and have been trying to do all the maintenance. So far i've done engine oil, coolant, timing belts, spark plugs and a full bottle of seafoam through the gas tank. But I noticed that my gas mileage has been pretty poor. Only around 20mpg. Note, I mostly ri...

Thank you! It could look better, but it DEFINITELY sounds better!

Yeah I was thinking about it. I'll probably try to cut one out of lexan and put it on a hinge or something.

Hey All, Just finished installing my new speakers and amp and radio in my 88 GL1500A. I'm not completely satisfied with the housing I made for the radio, but I think it looks decent. I bought the bike pretty cheap, so it's actually been nice not being afraid to do some crazy customization. If it had...

I took the pockets out. I was going to leave then but they slant so severely on one side that I couldn't get the magnet far enough down in there. You could maybe just cut the pocket price? That way you still have the support of the frame?

It's not as easy as the original poster did it. You have to cut out a good porting of the plastic to get it in there. The bracket the adjusts the windshield gets in the way. I tried mounting them on the outside of the plastic but the bezel wouldn't fit properly so I cut a bit more and mounted them ...

Well, it's a beast of a bike and especially difficult to maneuver at slow speeds, even for experienced riders. I'm young (31), tall (6'2") and pretty strong and I'm happy for those facts when making an imperfect stop or need to muscle the bike. I've been riding for more than a decade, but the W...

Ok. That's what I will do then. Thank you! automotive audio stores have that kind of wire I am speaking of, the electrical hardware stores don't, theirs is the 7 strand, rigid stuff you don't want. to hard to work with. I had a lot of extra power wire left over, so I just used a piece of that and w...

I went through the similar a few years back....Polk speaker on the our corners, equalizer amp and sub-woofers in the trunk, and a marine stereo in the dash where the factory unit was. Yeah sounds better than before.... But I am seriously considering taring it all out and replacing it with A Pyle or...

It's not as easy as the original poster did it. You have to cut out a good porting of the plastic to get it in there. The bracket the adjusts the windshield gets in the way. I tried mounting them on the outside of the plastic but the bezel wouldn't fit properly so I cut a bit more and mounted them ...

I've been playing with different ideas to upgrade my stereo ever since I started riding Wings 20 years ago. Thrilled at the Unobtanium idea, and already signed up in the other thread. I'm currently playing with a BT cassette adapter which seems to work pretty well, although it's got its own issues ...

Ok. That's what I will do then. Thank you!

Hi all. I'm upgrading my sound system in my new-to-me 88 GL1500A. So far i've installed a new stereo. It already has aftermarket 4" pioneer (look to be pretty cheapo) speakers in all 4 corners, but I'm upgrading the front speakers to Sony 4x6 inchers, I'm adding a 600w amp and running all new s...

I attempted to install the Pioneer 4x6 Speakers like you did however I can't figure out how to get the speakers to fit any lower in the opening. The edge around the speaker is at least 1/4" thick and the bezel won't fit over them. Now i've got this huge opening I need to figure out how to get ...