GS shop recommendation east of Dallas

[Aussie Rob]

I lived in Rockwall and worked in Greenville 8 years ago. I found Clark's Wheeled Sports at 8705 Wesley St Greenville purely by accident.
The owner, John, was a former Suzuki dealer. He loves and raced all things GS, he is also into Vincents. He must be close to eighty now. I didn't get any work done through him but found him a wealth of knowledge on old Suzukis. He still had original GS tanks on the shelf, some with shotgun damage due to an after hours uninvited guests. The workshop is old school and he always busy repairing all sorts of bike. Mainly older ones. He is close and it couldn't hurt to drop in for a chat.
Hope this helps.
Rob K.

[Downs]

On which bike?

Take your pick

00 Bandit 1200S
07 KLR 650
04 FJR1300
03 BMW R1150R
08 BMW F800ST
07 Yamaha FZ6
97 DR350SE
04 VSTROM650

None of those bike ever burned a drop of oil that I know of and the oil is checked regularly in a PM cycle I have for each vehicle in the garage. Maybe I've been exceptionally lucky over the years. If Ihave to pack a quart of oil on the bike with me I find that mildly inconvienent. I mean that's the room a bottle of whiskey could be using

[Downs]

I lived in Rockwall and worked in Greenville 8 years ago. I found Clark's Wheeled Sports at 8705 Wesley St Greenville purely by accident.
The owner, John, was a former Suzuki dealer. He loves and raced all things GS, he is also into Vincents. He must be close to eighty now. I didn't get any work done through him but found him a wealth of knowledge on old Suzukis. He still had original GS tanks on the shelf, some with shotgun damage due to an after hours uninvited guests. The workshop is old school and he always busy repairing all sorts of bike. Mainly older ones. He is close and it couldn't hurt to drop in for a chat.
Hope this helps.
Rob K.

I grew up west of Forth Worth and moved over here Oct of last year. I did run across Clark's. Place is still there, I've bought a few parts there and he has a GStank on the self in front of the register. Place looks like a gold mine of old bikes in the back but from what I've been told it's not a MC salvage yard lol.

[alke46]

Take your pick

00 Bandit 1200S
07 KLR 650
04 FJR1300
03 BMW R1150R
08 BMW F800ST
07 Yamaha FZ6
97 DR350SE
04 VSTROM650

None of those bike ever burned a drop of oil that I know of and the oil is checked regularly in a PM cycle I have for each vehicle in the garage. Maybe I've been exceptionally lucky over the years. If Ihave to pack a quart of oil on the bike with me I find that mildly inconvienent. I mean that's the room a bottle of whiskey could be using

All of these bikes you want me to choose from are all light years advanced compared to a 78 GS 1000. I would doubt if any older (78-79) GS 1000 could make a claim of no oil consumption, especially since most of them would be getting their oil changed after 3,000 miles or so.

[chuck hahn]

None of the 3 78 and 1000s I have use oil. But then again I did complete engine rebuilds when I restored them. If all is correct with the engine and gaskets they dont use oilk.

[bwringer]

...If all is correct with the engine and gaskets they dont use oil.

Yep. If oil is departing the engine of your GS, something is wrong. The point at which you take action is mostly up to you...



Also, if you just do the valve seals it may or may not solve the problem, or may only be a partial solution. It's impossible to be precise about the odds.