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  1. Bill Alexander

    '78 GS1000E restoration project

    Thanks, I don't recall seeing those sites before - it is while since I googled GS1000. No - not really much progress to report in a thread. Rather stop and start over the last 5 yrs !!!! :-\\\
  2. Bill Alexander

    '78 GS1000E restoration project

    Thanks for the info psy. It certainly rings true as I can't recall ever seeing a GS1000 on spokes in NZ. A couple of years ago I tried contacting Suzuki NZ to see if they have any history/achives from 78 - they never got back to me. I am quite curious about my bikes history - it's numbers...
  3. Bill Alexander

    '78 GS1000E restoration project

    Yes it does also have the stripes on the top of tank and tail. Mine is very faded these days and the outside stripe is almost a gold colour (I will try to take a photo and send it in the next few days). If our bikes were in the same part of the world I would have suggested they were accessorised...
  4. Bill Alexander

    '78 GS1000E restoration project

    Looking great !! your progress has inspired me - will have to get back in to gear on mine. Mine is exactly the same colour scheme as yours and yes it also has the GS on top of the tank. I was just looking at the tank the other day - thinking about getting it painted and I wondered exactly the...
  5. Bill Alexander

    Northern California

    G'day Bob, Got to the superbikes at Laguna Seca a couple of years - our house was less than 5 miles from the track so it would have been a traversty not to go !!!. Spent many hrs at the corkscrew !!! Great memories. It is a long time since I did Hwy 1 north of Santa Cruz so I can't picture it...
  6. Bill Alexander

    Northern California

    I have to agree with this one !. I lived in the Salinas valley (just off HWY68) for 3 yrs. I didn't have a bike over there, had to settle for a Mustang convertible, but I always have an eye for good cycling roads. Always felt that there were quite a few around those parts and have it on my mind...
  7. Bill Alexander

    Nitrogen in the forks?

    I agree with most of the contributions above (except I have never tried progressive springs, so can't comment on that option). In the days when my GS was in use as a daily driver (more yrs ago than I care to admit) I was involved in an industry where I had ready access to nitrogen and used it in...
  8. Bill Alexander

    GS1000S Wes Cooley? Engine?

    My go to for frame/engine info is http://www.ozebook.com/compendium/suzi/engine-nos/engnos.htm, whether it is accurate or not I don't know but it does seem reasonably authentic. Anyway, based on that, yours would actually be an S or E from 1980(could be it was late 80 and registered in 81...
  9. Bill Alexander

    GS1000S Wes Cooley? Engine?

    From what I can understand the motors in the S & E all came from the same serial # sequence and are therefore the same spec. In my understanding what would make it "original" and therefore of greatest value is if the engine is the original in that frame. If you can confirm this then you can make...
  10. Bill Alexander

    GS1000S Wes Cooley? Engine?

    If it is a 79 S the frame number should be something like GS1000-52**** -the S's apparently began at 521285 in 79 and 528511 in 80 so it should be somewhere between those. The engine was the same as the E (same serial sequence 121074 to 145969), including carbs & cams (according to the specs...
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