Need Advice for working on my GS500F

[Freak]

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Since the weather would be pretty ****** this week i thought i should do some work on my bike for the season. I am changing the chain and sprockets, While i am at it i was thinking of doing valve clearance, carb sync and carburetor clean up myself. I have the Manual and a few youtube videos on the subject but i am not feeling comfortable since i have never done this before and dont want to screw it up. I own a gs500f 2008. The bike has 37,000 km on it. What would you suggest? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[油井緋色]

Since the weather would be pretty ****** this week i thought i should do some work on my bike for the season. I am changing the chain and sprockets, While i am at it i was thinking of doing valve clearance, carb sync and carburetor clean up myself. I have the Manual and a few youtube videos on the subject but i am not feeling comfortable since i have never done this before and dont want to screw it up. I own a gs500f 2008. The bike has 37,000 km on it. What would you suggest? Any help would be appreciated.

Holy ****.

Do you have all the tools for this? You need some chain rivet tool to do the chain. I'm not sure about the rest. The sprockets are pretty easy though.

 

[Freak]

Holy ****.

Do you have all the tools for this? You need some chain rivet tool to do the chain. I'm not sure about the rest. The sprockets are pretty easy though.

I have replaced the sprockets successfully and still need to break the chain. The chain has a clip on master link, so hopefully it wouldn't be as difficult as the riveting one.

 

[Sabex]

To break the old chain off you can take a grinder and just grind down one of the links.

Have you checked on GSTwin for tutorials on how to do it all?

 

[Freak]

To break the old chain off you can take a grinder and just grind down one of the links.

Have you checked on GSTwin for tutorials on how to do it all?

I got a grinder from a friend, so chain wouldn't be a problem any more, yes I have looked up the GStwin forum for all the relevant stuff. Honestly it doesnt seem all that difficult, but it's only the fear of the unknown I guess. what if I screw up etc that is. You owned a GS before, did you ever take up the endeavor of doing it urself?

 

[toysareforboys]

I got a grinder from a friend, so chain wouldn't be a problem any more, yes I have looked up the GStwin forum for all the relevant stuff. Honestly it doesnt seem all that difficult, but it's only the fear of the unknown I guess. what if I screw up etc that is. You owned a GS before, did you ever take up the endeavor of doing it urself?

Make sure you loosen your front sprocket nut before you cut the chain off. Do it with the bike in N and use the rear brake if you need to stop it from turning.

-Jamie M.

 

[llaen]

I got a grinder from a friend, so chain wouldn't be a problem any more, yes I have looked up the GStwin forum for all the relevant stuff. Honestly it doesnt seem all that difficult, but it's only the fear of the unknown I guess. what if I screw up etc that is. You owned a GS before, did you ever take up the endeavor of doing it urself?

I changed my GS's chain over the winter. Was going to do a valve clearance check but never got to it. There's a great video somewhere off of gstwins which you've probably seen. Seems fairly simple except it involves a bunch of steps to get to the valves and you may end up needing a new valve cover gasket.

Best general advice would be to take it slow and think before you do, especially when doing something for the first time.

 

[malim]

I changed my GS's chain over the winter. Was going to do a valve clearance check but never got to it. There's a great video somewhere off of gstwins which you've probably seen. Seems fairly simple except it involves a bunch of steps to get to the valves and you may end up needing a new valve cover gasket.

Best general advice would be to take it slow and think before you do, especially when doing something for the first time.

Take it SLOW!! That's the key word.

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