GS Appreciation thread...SUZUKI that is...

cafe-ing a mint bike, what an idiot.

I'll be sure to post lots of pics of the cutting then

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Yeah thinking about "cafe-ing" mine too.

Here's my 80 GS550. I was gonna tear it down over the winter, but I'm lazy. It's sitting in my friends shop cause I don't have room in my one car closet of a garage.





I hope to be able to clear out space in my garage so I can bring it home.

Where did you source the blue windscreen and trim on the GS1100? I've got a GS1000E with the same fairing that would great with one just like that!

I had this screen custom made in 1996 before I finished the bike project. I called Leif Gustafsson and ordered it directly from him back when you could still do that and owners answered their phones... before the net. Leif sent the sample screen chips in the mail to me and I selected the color from that. I can say they are very high quality. Great product!

Gustafsson Screens
http://www.bikescreen.com/

Thanks!

first year Gixxer would be a dream bike for me, but the Suzy I really appreciate (and wish I'd kept) is the GT250, a quick, quiet light two stroke with a build quality sooooo much better than Yamaha's, good quality paint and nice chrome, very nice machine. Suzuki decided not to develop it as a street racer, though.
In the IOM for the 96 MGP I walked by a grocery store and in the window, to my amazement, was the Eddie Crooks Suzuki 250 that had won its class in the TT back in the 60s (google it).
A dream bike (another one) of my would be a street version of that beautiful silver and blue 250.

bought this today for $25 any info or advice is much appreciated
turns over no spark

1977 suzuki GS750 clean title with keys all original

I think I've posted in this thread before, but since I seem to "restart" this build, might as well restart my posting progress.

A few years ago, I picked up my first bike, a 1980 GS850G, seen below:



I rode it around for a season before crashing it, causing very minimal damage to the bike, and a lot of damage to myself. But it had some electrical gremlins, so I did what any novice does, and took the wire harness out. And a lot of other stuff. Just enough to know I had gone too far. Then I did the second thing any novice does, which is let the bike sit in disrepair for many years.

Now, I have a decent garage space, mechanical knowledge, some wisdom, and ambition.

Here it sits right now:

My plan is kind of fuzzy at this point, but I believe I will pull the engine for cleaning at the very minimum, see if the frame needs painting, etc.
I have ambitions of making it a fully functional city cruiser, and developing some way to make the saddlebags, backrest and cage, as well as the fairing, mountable with some sort of quick detach system akin to givi bags, so that I can add those features on for a longer trip if I want to, within about 20-30 minutes.

Input appreciated, of course. I'm on thegsresources as well.

I advise you to sell it to me for $50.

Hm i do love to double my investments but I think I'll get this one running an see how the wife likes riding 2up on it as opposed to my DS bikes

I would start with an Ignition tune-up kit/new breaker points. Is the bike turning over with the electronic ignition?

Yep the starter turns it over no problem I'm going to inspect the points today

Lots of info here if you haven't been there yet.

http://www.thegsresources.com/

Yea I started lurking there yesterday I got a digital copy of the repair manual from there thanks tho

start cutting...

You will need to clean the carbs most likely. A great source for the various rubber parts can be found here: http://www.cycleorings.com

I used a cheap-o (70.00) Harbor Freight ultrasonic cleaner for mine. Worked quite well.

Great place for parts if you are going to put some $$$ in the bike:
http://www.z1enterprises.com

There are many, many OEM parts still available from Suzuki, so don't get caught on fleabay and spend too much $$$$.

http://www.suzukipartsnation.com/oemparts/#/c/suzuki_motorcycle/parts


This guy is awesome and has a vast amount of info:

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/




Check the battery
Check the ONE SINGLE glass fuse :)
Check the points
Clean the carbs


I have a '78 GS750C that I just love. Fun, fun bike.