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Good morning all. I am finally a GS owner, and found this page while trying to learn a little about the machine I just acquired, and this looks like the last page I need to find
When I went after my first street bike years ago I wanted a GS but couldn't find the right one so I ended up with it's later rendition, a first gen Bandit 1200. The Bandit has been gone a while and my streetiest bike has been a '76 TS 400. I've been itching for something just a little more on road friendly and have been scouring Craigslist with no particular bike in mind, but thinking something ratty that I would probably build a custom out of, and found my little GS instead. She isn't ratty enough for a full custom, but more some custom touches maybe
The lady of mention is an '81 GS850G. She needs a little love and a good cleaning, but is a stunner as purchased(at least in my eyes). I will have to give her a good going over just to chase out the 38 years of who knows what that's been going on, but everything mostly works as is so I feel I've got a good starting place.
I look forward to spending time here and learning as much as I can as I get her in shape. Thanks for having me, and for all the help I'm sure I'll be looking for in the future.
I'm gonna share pics of my other stuff and make ya wait til the end to see my new beauty, but hang on for it, she's worth it.
This is my Bandit when I brought her home.
And even back then I was chasing a more GS like experience, so she changed a bit over time
My '74 TS 250. This was bought new by my grandpa, and is priceless to me. I haven't ridden her in a while, so I tucked her in the basement for safe keeping, hence the kitchen shot
The '76 TS 400 that I've been playing with (she may have to find a new home now)
And finally the new to me GS850G. She's not exactly original, but not horribly far from it either. Todays goals are to get some Stabil in the tank and take her for a good ride bc she'll mostly be hibernating til spring
My first priority is to replace the petcock. The previous owner told me he only ran it in reserve. I'm not sure why, but also don't think I want to find out. I'll just replace it and be done. The horns are mounted horribly, so I'll fix that. You can see that they actually hit the fender. So sad
It also had some aftermarket clocks. The work so I think I'll keep em, but they look horrible the way they are mounted, so I'll work on that. I'll catch up on maintenance and obviously replace the seat cover too as well as give everything a good cleaning and going over.
Sorry for such a long first post, but I'm excited and got diarrhea of the keyboard. Thanks for your time, and I'll try to keep it less wordy in the future.
-Jeremy
When I went after my first street bike years ago I wanted a GS but couldn't find the right one so I ended up with it's later rendition, a first gen Bandit 1200. The Bandit has been gone a while and my streetiest bike has been a '76 TS 400. I've been itching for something just a little more on road friendly and have been scouring Craigslist with no particular bike in mind, but thinking something ratty that I would probably build a custom out of, and found my little GS instead. She isn't ratty enough for a full custom, but more some custom touches maybeThe lady of mention is an '81 GS850G. She needs a little love and a good cleaning, but is a stunner as purchased(at least in my eyes). I will have to give her a good going over just to chase out the 38 years of who knows what that's been going on, but everything mostly works as is so I feel I've got a good starting place.
I look forward to spending time here and learning as much as I can as I get her in shape. Thanks for having me, and for all the help I'm sure I'll be looking for in the future.
I'm gonna share pics of my other stuff and make ya wait til the end to see my new beauty, but hang on for it, she's worth it.
This is my Bandit when I brought her home.
And even back then I was chasing a more GS like experience, so she changed a bit over time
My '74 TS 250. This was bought new by my grandpa, and is priceless to me. I haven't ridden her in a while, so I tucked her in the basement for safe keeping, hence the kitchen shot
The '76 TS 400 that I've been playing with (she may have to find a new home now)
And finally the new to me GS850G. She's not exactly original, but not horribly far from it either. Todays goals are to get some Stabil in the tank and take her for a good ride bc she'll mostly be hibernating til spring
My first priority is to replace the petcock. The previous owner told me he only ran it in reserve. I'm not sure why, but also don't think I want to find out. I'll just replace it and be done. The horns are mounted horribly, so I'll fix that. You can see that they actually hit the fender. So sad
It also had some aftermarket clocks. The work so I think I'll keep em, but they look horrible the way they are mounted, so I'll work on that. I'll catch up on maintenance and obviously replace the seat cover too as well as give everything a good cleaning and going over.Sorry for such a long first post, but I'm excited and got diarrhea of the keyboard. Thanks for your time, and I'll try to keep it less wordy in the future.
-Jeremy
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