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  1. bwringer

    Save the Date: 2026 Brown County Indiana Rally - June 11-14, 2026

    There are still rooms available, and I haven't heard back from several of the regulars -- please check your spam folder and let me know if you, or someone else, should have gotten an email and didn't. This is a gloriously shambolic sort of thing, with the absolute minimum of organization, which...
  2. bwringer

    Taller GS850 rider

    I'm only a 6'1" shrimp, but I'll agree that the '79-82 GS850G is one of the most comfortable bikes on the planet. All that said, it is certainly possible, even probable, that after all this time the seat foam has collapsed somewhat. Many of us have installed a slab of 2" Sargent Supercell foam...
  3. bwringer

    crag antler is back on a GS

    Nice to see you back!
  4. bwringer

    Selling question?

    Looks like you've sold the bike, so congrats! So this reply is moot for you, but I'll leave it in place in case it might help someone else later on... Don't worry about the fogging oil in the tank. Pour out any "loose" oil that comes out when you turn it upside-down, and the rest will dissolve...
  5. bwringer

    Need to replace "weather stripping" on GS850 air filter

    My tips for this universal GS arts and crafts project: 1) Apply the weather stripping to the filter cage, not the airbox. Clean up the metal surface thoroughly so it'll stick, obvs, and do you best with scissors to miter the pieces together at the corners. I usually cut just a smidge long so...
  6. bwringer

    First Road Crash

    Yikes! Glad you're doing OK.
  7. bwringer

    Save the Date: 2026 Brown County Indiana Rally - June 11-14, 2026

    Greetings, all you red-eyed, nail-biting, slobbering curve addicts! Get ready for another hit of that sweet, sweet, gravel-strewn lean angle... I just sent out the annual MASSIVE email to what I hope is a reasonably complete list of folks who might possibly be interested. As ever, please share...
  8. bwringer

    81 850gl Power Lower

    Dropping spark somewhere intermittently is what I'm thinking, too. This can be really hard to catch; sitting in the garage watching spark plugs fire in free air is one thing, firing at high RPM in a hot and bothered cylinder is quite another. I've caught dying Dyna ignitions (SO many dead...
  9. bwringer

    Rear disc rotor 1980 GS850G

    Interesting... do you have a source for metric rivets in the size needed? (Or if the holes are 8mm, 5/16" would be close enough.) You'd need the appropriate riveting air hammer and a nice solid hunka steel for a bucking bar, but it's certainly do-able. There may not be enough room for the...
  10. bwringer

    The GSResources 2026 Balance Sheet

    Thanks for the nudge, y'all. Just caught up for 2026. I think that's more or less a manual process; they'll get us updated eventually.
  11. bwringer

    March Madness!

    That 91-73 stomping (Michigan over Arizona) was almost hard to watch. You just don't expect to see a #1 seed fall apart like that. Over in the women's final four, Marge and I will admit to a bit of satisfaction seeing UConn finally go down in flames to South Carolina 62-48. UConn was just...
  12. bwringer

    Hanging Idle (I know, but bear with me) and different carbs

    Yep, Z1 is a good source once you know what you need: https://www.z1enterprises.com/valve-shim-295mm-220mm-330mm-suzuki-g-1.html The kit doesn't make any sense, because you'll never need half the sizes. Valve clearances tend to decrease, so you need thinner and thinner shims as the miles go by...
  13. bwringer

    Gasket or crush washer or special crush washer?

    It's a 14mm zinc plated steel crush washer. It's sort of tubular in cross-section, so it squishes and seals very nicely. For whatever reason, lots of people have the weird idea that you can re-use these forever, so you have to look very closely at your drain plug to see the remains of the...
  14. bwringer

    Fortnine review of GS 850

    Ryan and this guy and one other guy do videos. And there's another guy who does bicycle stuff occasionally. No, I don't know their names. There's some running gag about deceased clones, so one of them is always referred to as "45" (I think his actual name is Connor). This bike is definitely...
  15. bwringer

    BOTM for March 2026

    Nice! And yep, I've seen a few of Ron's restorations up close and he does not cut corners. Very nice!
  16. bwringer

    TRO.bike "777" Tour (7 Riders, 7 States, 7 Days)

    Greetings, fellow vintage velocipedes! Just bouncing this up to the top for a little more visibility, and hoping a few GSR peeps will get interested. The 777 tour has been a bucket list item for me for a while, and I'm finally making it happen this year as a paying customer. So if my...
  17. bwringer

    Rockauto Discount Codes

    Whoo, got a fresh one just in time... 332470336250101657 Good through April 3, 2026
  18. bwringer

    Do you still own a GS?

    I've always been a one-GS type of rider. Just looked at the title, and I bought my 1983 GS850G in March 1998. I remember that it was above freezing when I rode it home, but there was melting snow everywhere and the roads were wet. What I had in mind, and what I had been searching for, was a...
  19. bwringer

    Save the Date: 2026 Brown County Indiana Rally - June 11-14, 2026

    Can't wait to see Amy again, Bob! It's been a minute!
  20. bwringer

    Rockauto Discount Codes

    NEW YEAR, NEW CODE! 328812718250101657 Expires on February 20, 2026, 12:00 Midnight CT Woohoo! Get your cages fixed up now so you can ignore them during riding season.
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