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The Limited edition (GL1200L) was a one (or two? I forget) year wonder in the mid 80s. I think it was more of a proof of concept really I wouldn't touch one with a 20 foot pole 40 years on. You're never going to find parts for them. As far as I can recall the FI system was specific to these...

I used to work at a multi line dealer. Honda/Suzuki/Yamaha/Kawi. Yamaha and Kawi are the worst at cutting off their old catalogs. It's still easy enough to find consumable parts (I refurbished an 83 XT550 3 years ago and could still get a surprising amount of carb parts for it) but I think...

The common knowledge around our shop was never use a charger with any kind of desulphating/pulsing cycle. A lot of lead acid/AGM specific chargers use a cycle like that to recover a low voltage conventional battery and that's what will damage lithium cells. A regular 1 amp smart charger is fine...

There was a ton of sediment in the clutch reservoir. I've never seen fluid that bad and will do the reverse flush... that's great advice. I mean to do the front brakes again as they're a bit spongy but that might just be the 20 year old rubber lines. Rear is good though!

Hey folks. Long time lurker; this forum has helped me immensely and I thought I would post not only to say THANKS!! but also to share some information that helped me in this year long endeavor. Some backstory to the bike: It's a bone stock 2004 with 47K kilometers. My friend was the second...