Over the last 3 weeks I've been doing some work on Golden Brown for her 18th birthday (nearly 100,000kms). I realise that the ST1100 is a pretty reliable beast but I decided that it wouldn't hurt to do some preemptive maintenance.
Work completed includes:
•timing belt replacement
•all coolant hoses replaced
•radiator flushed and cap replaced
•all vacuum lines replaced
•steering head bearings replaced
•carby to head rubbers replaced
•fork lowers stripped and repainted
•fork dust seals replaced
•electrical wiring tidied up
•dash repainted
•topbox mount bracket repainted
•several fairing cracks fibreglassed for strength
•wiring installed for CB radio
•carbies balanced
•spark plugs replaced
•oil and filter change
•new front tyre
It took a fair bit of time but I took her for a run today and she was running sweet. Here's hoping I can look forward to another 18 years of this relationship.