Put the Goldwing in for a major service this morning at Katoomba.
Nice ride up - only took 40 minutes from home - which was a good run - glad I put on an extra jumper - never took my jacket off the whole time I was there.
After removing all the Tupperware - there was lots of it - and quite interesting for me to watch as I was only the gofer today. There was enough laid out I was wondering if it would all go back together.
Replaced timing belts - and from the look of it these were originals - that means they were 27 years old - so well overdue for replacement. No great dramas during this procedure - just the fiddly moving things out of the way before you remove the covers. One unfortunate bolt did not like to be twisted and did snap off - this was two turns after the mechanic was looking concerned - and mentioned he thought it might snap - and indeed it did - but it was on the upper side, and it was impossible to get any tools in there to remove the threaded section poking out (about two threads exposed). Belt replacement straight forward.
Next job - front brakes- pads are excellent - but both slider/pivot pins on both sides were very noisy - so were pulled out and greased up - no more noise.
Oil change - even though the oil was only changed 600 km ago - it was worth doing again - as goodness knows how long the previous oil change was done. New filter as well.
Rear drive oil drained - it might have been original 27 years old - it looked awful - and smelled weird. New hypoid 90 put in.
Did not remove the rear wheel - so splines will need to wait until a tyre is needed.
Now for the fun part - change the air filter - remove the seat, remove the tank shelter/cover/radio/ side panels - disconnect lots of tubes and hoses and then unclip it - looked OK - but I think it could also have been the original. The bike was emitting lots of petrol fumes, so a bit of investigation has found a front hose (impossible to get to without a major carb removal is either overflowing or is just perished enough for it to leak a bit) - and enough to annoy you. That will have to wait until I have time to get it done. The twin carbs have tiny injector nozzles at the top to assist with any stumble when you hit the throttle - both these jets were clogged, and a fine gauze filter from the accelerator pump was also clogged. Took a fair bit to get these clear - one of the idle mixture screws was way off as well. Eventually this all went back together with persuasion.
Sub air filter had crumbled to dust and was removed. New petrol filter installed.
Replaced the spark plugs - one drain hole was clogged and the plug was rusty (front right) - old plugs looked perfect.
Put it all back together - only one flat washer left over - so that was really good.
Pictures - see the link..
http://s870.photobucket.com/user/81cust ... %20Service
Overall got there at 8:00am left at 1:50pm - and had a nice ride home - If I would have done this I would still be taking off the plastics - and be swearing a lot.
. i mean its like, they don't care. they'll ride right up to my back bumper and sit there or they will pass me and pull into my lane about 5 feet in front of me and some of them don't even have the courtesy to use their signals when they move back into my lane. they just pull in like im not even there. and the wind sheer is horrendous especially from the tractor trailers, motorhomes and other box trailers being towed by p/u trucks.
Don't let the wind change, or you will look like that forever 
. Let those meds get you looking like Prince Charming, and so that we can see your big smile again.
