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I've been snooping around a bit, and even started a few threads when I couldn't find an answer to a question. I bought a bit of a project last September, a 1982 GS850L with only 14K miles on the clock. It had 2 PO, both of whom obviously did not ride it much. When I bought it, it had been sitting in a garage uncovered, non-prepped for storage for at least 2 years. Surprisingly, even after years of neglect, the bike would start. For $300 I was the third owner of a fine GS bike. I have spent the last 5 months getting the mechanicals up to 100%, which included tearing out all of the wiring loom and replacing it. In early December on our last "warm" day of the year I took the bike out for a test ride, and aside from the horrid seat (a PO covered it in grey-brown pleather), I loved every second of it. I am now going to start working on cosmetics, which will include new paint for the tank and side covers, new seat cover and shaving the seat closer to flat, and new handlebars and grips. Without this forum and the very knowledgeable people posting vital information here I wouldn't have been able to get the bike up and running quite so quickly (or quite so well).
