AZR pointed me to this bike saying "too bad you're not out west".. Well I got hooked, and decided a cross country road trip was a pretty good idea. Bought it!
So I"m flying out from Toronto to Victoria June 20th and going to ride her back to Toronto over the following week. Already booked a couple of campsites, one in Dinosaur Park Alberta and one in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba.
So have a look. For those in B.C. I'd appreciate your thoughts on stretches of road between Vancouver and Calgary that you would recommend I not miss. I've done the trip before on the 1000 but it was many years ago and I stuck to the Transcanada Hwy mostly.
Also as I pack, your top suggestions for tools/spares for a big road trip?
The GS850 had the paint work done at Perfections in Victoria. Original Euro style decal kit from England and the tank badges made into
decals; they are exact replicas only decals. Pingel petcock on the
tank, electronic ignition, upgraded stator and regulator/rectifier, new
battery. The engine had a rebore (.5mm over) Suzuki rings/piston. Valve
seats recut and valves re-surfaced (At JB Precision, Gene did them there.
The guy is an artist.)All new gaskets and seals,new clutch springs all
internals checked to ensure within factory specs (bike only had 18,000 km at
time of rebuild...it had been parked for about 15 years).Starter rebuilt,
secondary drive, transmission, final drive all disassembled and
examined....all fine. Installed sealed wheel bearings, upgraded to
stainless steel brake lines...from England and they have stainless
steel ends so will never rust. They are black vinyl coated so look near
original.All new cables (clutch, speedo, throttle (2), tach) New front
master cylinder, rebuilt rear master cylinder, rebuild calipers, upgraded
pad material (SBS), recovered seat. The frame went down to bare metal, all
welds examined and then painted. Tapered steering head bearings installed,
re-chromed front fender, kickstart lever, rear grab bar, headlight rim,
engine case guards. All aluminum on engine professionally polished at Vic
Plating (where chrome plating was done). All nuts, bolts, washers cad plated
at Vic Plating.Carbs rebuilt, re-jetted to match Vance & Hines exhaust. K&N
air filter, seat re-covered with original style cover. Rebuilt forks with new seals, it's also had the first service
(oil/filter change and valve adjustment, carb synch, secondary and final
drive oil change at same time)
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