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    80 XS850 Triple

    After the 750 is done and the GS650 I am picking up this Sunday is running and sold, this will be my next fixxer upper. Why???? Because I want to....thats why. $250.00 got it home. Doesnt need much really to run. Battery, carbs rebuilt, tank cleaned, an oil change, and brakes gone through. Just want to get it running again and then tinker with it. Side covers and tank are on the work bench at the shop....both in remarkable shape.

    Seat pan has very very light rust in a few spots that will sand out for repainting. Cover is original and soft and no tears. Pipes will need a little chrome polish but are 99% rust free and very very nice already just going through the car wash. OK its open season for the haters and the "Chucks a lunatic" crowd to start piling on.













    MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
    1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

    NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


    I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.
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    Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
    ...OK its open season for the haters and the "Chucks a lunatic" crowd to start piling on....
    Chuck, you're a complete moron, with no grasp of the value of either time or money. If you had another brain cell...it would be lonely.

    There, happy now?

    Good luck with it, looking forward to the build thread.
    '20 Ducati Multistrada 1260S, '93 Ducati 750SS, '01 SV650S, '07 DL650, '01 DR-Z400S, '80 GS1000S, '85 RZ350

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      #3
      Feels like home around here. Thanks Rich.
      MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
      1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

      NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


      I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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        #4
        Lunatic nthin, He's smart enough to see that working on a three cyl, there are 25% less parts to deal with than working on a four cyl. Keep it up Chuck, I love seein' em' all.
        1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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          #5
          Chuck's a lunatic!
          Suzuki GS550; Kawasaki H-1E, GPz900; Honda MT250, CB400F, CB550, GL500, CBR929.

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            #6
            I'm hoping that you're going to bin the fairing, sissy bar and cruiser pegs.... If no, then I'll start calling you names..
            1979 GS1000S,

            1982 Honda CX500 Turbo, 1982 Honda MB5 w/CR80 motor, 1977 Honda "nekid" Goldwing, 1976 Honda CB550F cafe', 1972 Honda XL250 cafe'

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              #7
              Oh ehllll YES Larry. I actually have a stock seat rail on hand. I just wire wheeled the surface rust off the seat pan this AM and repainted it. Absolutely solid pan with just a few paint spots worn off but that let moisture creep in so I just refreshed the entire thing. Wiped the cover down with some Back To black and I will post pics up later.
              MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
              1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

              NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


              I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                #8
                Damn clean for $250. I don't know you well enough to rail on you.
                https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4442/...678005be58.jpg

                1982 GS1100 G converted by Motorcyclist magazine in 1986 to be a tribute to the Wes Cooley replica. 1982 Honda 900F. 1997 Yamaha VMax.
                Also owned: 1973 Kawasaki Z1 900, 1972 Honda 750 K, 1976 Yamaha XS 650, 1980 Kawasaki KZ 1000 MKII, 1978 Kawasaki SR 650. Current cage is a 2001 Mustang Bullitt in Dark Highland Green. Bought new in Sept. 2001.

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                  #9
                  I flipped one of these recently.Bought for$500 sold couple days later for $950. Lots of them around the NW Washington/Oregon area right now under a grand.9B2D626B-2F58-484A-9033-C8A0A63C97DD.jpg

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                    #10
                    Steel wool to clean the surface rust off the seat pan and repainted it. Good rub down of the seat cover with Back To Black and a little cleaning of the side covers.









                    MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                    1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                    NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                    I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                      #11
                      Looking good, keep it up. I've never owned a Yammer street bike, & never realized the Yammers had a pit cock on both sides, I thought that was a HD patent. Did a lot, or all have them, or just a chosen few?
                      1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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                        #12
                        Got the bike to the shop and up on my lift this past weekend. Sawzall made quick work of the fairing and mount bracket. Put the carbs on that i had rebuilt last weekend and hooked up the IV bottle. Cranked it over and she started but sounded a bit restricted so I kept twisting the RPMS up and watched sunflower seeds and husks shoot 8 feet out the pipes. She cleared the exhaust and sat at 1200 idle like it was still new. Tanks been cleaned and soon the POR15 will be added. Petcocks to be rebuilt and brarkes gone through next.

                        Im quite content to waste money on a bike thats absolutely of no reasonable resale value Tornado so save your tmme even responding.
                        MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                        1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                        NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                        I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                          #13
                          I was given a right side switch box that had a working kill switch and stock starter button in it so I transplanted those into the housing from the bike. This solved the rigged up starter button issue and I now have the operational kill switch as well. Got to get a full headlight assembly and front signals at some point.
                          MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                          1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                          NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                          I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                            #14
                            Good luck on this one too Chuck. Better bike than the 750 ( I had one). They put electronic ignition on this one as well as a wider primary chain as they were prone to stretching. Probably a few other changes too.
                            '84 GS750EF (Oct 2015 BOM) '79 GS1000N (June 2007 BOM) My Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/soates50/
                            https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4306/35860327946_08fdd555ac_z.jpg

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                              #15
                              The XS850(G) and the last model XS750(F) had all the bugs ironed out - the bugs that gave the earlier 750s such a bad rep, like dropping 2nd gear and that kind of thing.
                              How do I know?
                              I had the last model 750 and was quite pleased to find I'd not bought a pile of crap.
                              One thing I did find was that when the stock exhausts were on their way out, it became a pig to start. Most Japanese bikes of that era were horribly lean to pass emissions regs, and an exhaust system didn't last long in the European climate, especially in the UK.
                              It was the first heavyweight bike I had, and felt like it at the time, too. Of course, later on when I started using GS850s, there was a remarkable similarity in the way they behaved to that 750. I'd say they both handled about the same - you're only really conscious of the weight when you're not moving.
                              I liked mine and I'd have another, but I'd hold out for an 850 next time around.
                              ---- Dave

                              Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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