New Member inherited GS

[Blooze]

Hi y'all. I inherited a 1982 GS850L from my father recently (he's still alive, but can't ride anymore). It's been sitting for several years, but he was riding it short distances several times a week before that. I'm sure it was just parked and that was it. I've owned new bikes in the past so my mechanical expertise is nada, but I'm willing to give this a shot since it didn't cost me anything initially, and at 55 years old maybe I should learn something beside electronics. Again, I know next to nothing about working on bikes, or cars for that matter, beyond simple maintenance. I'm assuming new tires (these are *@%^$*@%^$*@%^$*@%^$e), it needs new fork seals for sure, carb rebuild and sync, oil/filter, plugs, fuel lines, vacuum lines, brake fluid change (maybe new hoses there as well, shaft drive lube change, etc.... A point in the right direction would be very appreciative.

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[Nessism]

If you haven't done so already, enable "view signatures" here in your profile. My signature contains several links that you may find helpful. Carb rebuild tutorial, Newbie Mistakes thread, and a source for carb O-rings.

Good luck with your project.

[Blooze]

If you haven't done so already, enable "view signatures" here in your profile. My signature contains several links that you may find helpful. Carb rebuild tutorial, Newbie Mistakes thread, and a source for carb O-rings.

Good luck with your project.

Thanks for the heads up on the settings. It's gonna be a project for sure. Most likely a yearlong project at least. Plus, we don't have any shops within 100+ miles of us, so I either learn to fix it or sell it.

[Nessism]

This website will help...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/

[Redman]

Welcome to GSR. Thanks for intor and picture.

Looks nice.

Even if you dont like windscreens, .... with the L bars and seating you will find benifit to the windscreen.

Good news is that you have a good idea of what sort of things are likely needing to be done, and know is going to take some time.

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[Big T]

Welcome aboard
Good check list, add valve clearance and you should be good to go

[rphillips]

Welcome, dang nice looking old GS, hoping the inside of the fuel tank is O K. Seems like you've got most things already pointed out, carbs & fork seals most aggravating. Tires look good though now days folks get nervous just from the tires age. To help keep avoidable aggravations from happening, Those little oil filter cover and eng. cover bolts are very easily stripped or twisted off, a little inch lb. torque wrench will be very handy. Also the screws, they aren't aren't phillips heads, they are JIS screws, a set of JIS screwdrivers fit the heads way better. Can use phillips, but if you do an impact driver is a huge benefit, before the heads get buggered.

[Blooze]

Welcome, dang nice looking old GS, hoping the inside of the fuel tank is O K. Seems like you've got most things already pointed out, carbs & fork seals most aggravating. Tires look good though now days folks get nervous just from the tires age. To help keep avoidable aggravations from happening, Those little oil filter cover and eng. cover bolts are very easily stripped or twisted off, a little inch lb. torque wrench will be very handy. Also the screws, they aren't aren't phillips heads, they are JIS screws, a set of JIS screwdrivers fit the heads way better. Can use phillips, but if you do an impact driver is a huge benefit, before the heads get buggered.

Yep. It’s in decent shape. The fuel tank looks OK as far as I can tell. Still got 1/2 tank of fuel I need to drain, but I didn’t see any obvious rust. Need a scope to probably see for sure I’d guess.

I appreciate the heads up on the JIS screwdrivers!

[Nessism]

Vessel screwdrivers are great. And their Impacta jobbies are life savers.