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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    Hey Folks! For another update, I have the bike fully registered and running. It's not perfect, and could still use more work, but it's wild to see it on the road and running really well given its age. To follow up on the points from before: I'm a bit annoyed that the only turn signals I could...
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    Sure enough, after doing a proper bench sync of the carbs (which I didn't do before), swapping the contacts and gapping them correctly, and installing the factory OEM petcock, it starts up. After running with the choke for 5-6 minutes and a box fan pointed at the engine, it revs up, idles, and...
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    I checked and adjusted the points, it was only $30 on eBay for a new set. I don't want to dump money into this bike, but I want to get it running with original equipment first. I'll likely still switch over to an electronic ignition, but it's easier in my head to figure out "why isn't the bike...
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    Yes -- I see a spark for every cylinder, but after looking at the contacts, it's hard to know if the spark is there every time or just occasionally. I'm going to replace the contacts and see if that fixes it
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    As a quick test, I tried a few more things: - Electric start with the run/off switch on the right handlebar switched to "off", it did not crank - Kickstart with the clutch pulled in, it did not crank - Electric start with the clutch left out, it did not crank The only way it cranks over like...
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    Here's a quick before/after of derusting the bike:
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 - Part II, it won't start

    Hey Folks, Following up on my initial post here from a month ago: Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850 I've cleaned a lot, replaced a lot, and still can't manage to get the engine running. This is a list of everything I've done so far: All the work I've done so far: Valve/Tappet Clearance - I...
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850

    Thanks for all the information folks, and I appreciate the welcome. I've done a lot of work so far and it still isn't running, but I'll sum up all that work in a later post in the "Projects/Rebuilds" section. I ended up reading this after trying to start it, but it turns over completely...
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    Restoring a Garaged 1979 GS850

    Hey Folks, On my way back from a ski trip from Mammoth Lakes, CA I saw a fancy old BMW bike in Bishop with a "For Sale" sign on it. Thinking it'd be on Cycletrader, I searched and accidentally stumbled across a 1979 Suzuki GS850 with ~6900 miles on it that has been garaged for a bit. I've...
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