Storms 79 1000e

[KEITH KRAUSE]

She's a purty one. I've owned my black '79 since new. Great bike! Enjoy!

[storm 64]

I am definitely happy with the motorcycle and I'm looking forward to this summer's riding season. However, I need to do some work to it to get it in top notch condition. I have the engine covers off for refinishing. I took the ignition cover off and was surprised to see POINTS! Points, I never messed with points before. I'm going to upgrade to a Dyna S ignition and Dyna coils/wires. Also it needs a regulator/rectifier upgrade. Hopefully the stator will be good for a while with the SH775 R/R. Then the brake lines will also need replaced. With a few hundred dollars and some elbow grease it will be in top notch condition.

[sedelen]

I am definitely happy with the motorcycle and I'm looking forward to this summer's riding season. However, I need to do some work to it to get it in top notch condition. I have the engine covers off for refinishing. I took the ignition cover off and was surprised to see POINTS! Points, I never messed with points before. I'm going to upgrade to a Dyna S ignition and Dyna coils/wires. Also it needs a regulator/rectifier upgrade. Hopefully the stator will be good for a while with the SH775 R/R. Then the brake lines will also need replaced. With a few hundred dollars and some elbow grease it will be in top notch condition.

Indeed, it has points, and condensers also, put those in when I got the bike. I wanted to keep it original as best I could, or at least the original parts. The oil cooler came with it, so I kept it, but I did get a original housing in case I ever wanted to remove the cooler, along with the original levers, and the original oil filter cover. Why they replaced the cover with one without a drain plug is beyond me. I always used Suzuki OEM parts. I do believe I polished up one cover, the one the gear shift shaft comes through, but was reluctant to do the rest as I could not get the original points and stator cover emblems. The clutch cover still had the original gold oil level quantity sticker on it, so I didn't fool with that either. Once you remove that dried out oxidized coating, you have to keep it polished frequently as I found out with the 1100. I have seen replacement coatings for sale in aerosol cans but don't know how good it is or how long that will last. The bike started deteriorating, getting weathered when I moved to another place and it was no longer kept in the garage, but in a carport. I know the tires shelf life spells replacement as do the tubes, it's been about 5 years, unless they've been replaced that is. I went through about 20 first generation turn signal control units from E-bay and anywhere else I could find them only to find two good ones, one of which I gave Dale, (Rustybronco) for his Skunk project. Went through 4 handlebars before I found a straight one, Dale gave me a headlight housing, as the one originally on it was indented from where a windshield sat on it. Sometimes things don't always work in your favor though, as I had a flat tire in Daytona and the guy replacing the tube buggered up the decal on the chain guard. Another guy wedged the front fender under a fence rail and scratched and slightly indented the front fender. I tried to find a replacement but couldn't find one better. Sometime before me, before the guy I got from, someone took a spill on it, and if you look at the right case saver you can see that the bike went pretty far down the road on it's side to grind it down so much. I often wondered how he faired. The damage to the bike was a welded handlebar, dents in the tank, the right front foot peg bent (replaced), the seat torn, the seat grab rail scratched (replaced with one that Dale gave me), the rear turn signal sheared off and replaced with a non OEM one, replaced with an OEM one. I believe the bike did have in addition to a windshield, saddlebags as the mounting plates were still there. It also had a set of highway foot pegs mounted to a bar on the frame and fog lights also. So, I had to de modify and repair all of that. I had a guy remove the dents in the tank and repaint the tank, side covers (originals aren't painted) and tail piece, all new emblems. I do believe I had the seat trim painted also. Take your fingernails and you won't feel no edges, high points where the decals are, as there are no decals, those pin stripes are painted on! He was a very good painter. Anyway, I gave Rick a list of what all needed to be done to the bike when I sold it.

[storm 64]

I think I'll be keeping this motorcycle for awhile. After buying the motorcycle in December, I've put around $600 into it to update the ignition, charging system, brakes and suspension. I understand Steve for wanting to keep it all original, but I needed it to be as reliable as possible. I did go with the black brake lines to keep its original style. I look forward to putting many miles on the motorcycle this summer. Just making a sweet motorcycle sweeter👍

[Chuck78]

Awesome! No electric in my new house's garage yet so no wrenching for me, just planning projects. Can't wait to see you get this thing on the road this year Norm, keep up the great work!

[Cheryl]

Very nice I've been looking for a banner like yours but ended up with a different Suzuki design.

[storm 64]

I think you'll like the 1000e Cheryl. Let's get together for some riding and Chesapeake Blue Crabs this spring. My Suzuki banner in my garage, it was borrowed from a Suzuki motorcycle hauler at the Pontiac Silver Dome Supercross race probably back in 84...

[GSXR7ED]

Good to see Cheryl back on here. Have you acquired another bike so you can ride with Norm?

I can almost see you on a Liter bike...well, maybe not since you rode a 550.

Norm, you're keeping that bike and like it I'm sure of it. See ya around.


Ed

[dldubb]

Building a 1980 GS 1000g and looking to buy a seat. I had the same bike way back when (My first big boy Suzuki) and I thought I had the flatter seat, but looking at these pictures I now realize that had to be the seat mine sported. Ready to buy a seat from ebay USA and wondered Is the seat in the photo the original seat for the 80 GS 1000G?

[steve murdoch]

Building a 1980 GS 1000g and looking to buy a seat. I had the same bike way back when (My first big boy Suzuki) and I thought I had the flatter seat, but looking at these pictures I now realize that had to be the seat mine sported. Ready to buy a seat from ebay USA and wondered Is the seat in the photo the original seat for the 80 GS 1000G?

Contact badjackson from this site. He MIGHT have a G seat for sale.

[Cheryl]

I think you'll like the 1000e Cheryl. Let's get together for some riding and Chesapeake Blue Crabs this spring. My Suzuki banner in my garage, it was borrowed from a Suzuki motorcycle hauler at the Pontiac Silver Dome Supercross race probably back in 84...

I will be away here and there on trips but we should plan on it!

Good to see Cheryl back on here. Have you acquired another bike so you can ride with Norm?

I can almost see you on a Liter bike...well, maybe not since you rode a 550.

Norm, you're keeping that bike and like it I'm sure of it. See ya around.


Ed

Not yet. Just toying with dirt bikes since getting ride of my GS. The weather should be warming up and I have an itch to be on pavement..

[GSXR7ED]

That's right Cheryl, you did mention dirt bikes and also remote control ATVs.

Ed