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Hey I am Kyle from Nicholasville, KY I have a 78 GS1000 I have had since I was 15 years old.<br>This old bike has been my friend for 27 years it was my first and only means of transportation  <br>to work and High school.I have restored this old bike 3 times in my lifetime due to never having a <br>garage to put it in. The GS is very special to me for my uncle that has since passed was a big time rider and gave it  to me <br>when I was a kid. I just had the first hickup from it last summer.I got it out to ride and it started burning oil white smoke everywhere.<br>I don't know if its valves or head gasket. I would like to keep it on the road so if you guys can turn me on to somebody I can trust in state or surrounding I would appreciate it very much.Thanks for letting me join this site its nice to know the old GS has a family out there.<br>                                                                                                                                                       
 
It is extremely rare to find a trustworthy mechanic to work on any bike, much less a 36-year-old classic. If such a thing exists, we don't know how to find it. Of the few people I know of I would trust to do top end work on a GS, none are in easy reach of you. We're talking ship the motor, or at least the head and jugs. If you can do the work to get the top end off, you should only need a competent automotive machine shop for the rest. There should be one somewhere in Lexington.

If you decide to dive in and do the top end work, we can take you through it. Valves, head gasket, rings... it's all the same top end rebuild, just about.

Nicholasville... Google Google... Oh wow, you are just north of some amazing roads! Fix that thing!
 
Welcome, but what's with all the strange formatting in your post?
 
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