looking for some parts

[Anonymous]

i am buying a 79 Gs850 from a friend and needs a little but of work.

gonna have to replace the speedo and tach neither work right now.
most likely a short in the starter as well, and will needs replaced.
where some places to find these parts?

[Anonymous]

Check in the classified section in the forum. Some people parting ot bikes.

[crag antler]

Also try the old fail safe standby....eBay.
If you do the searches under different names,i.e...Suzuki,GS,GS850. You'll be amazed at how many different ways things can be listed.
Good luck.

[Anonymous]

since im getting a 79, what other year bikes can i get parts from?

[dgeorge]

gonna have to replace the speedo and tach neither work right now.
most likely a short in the starter as well, and will needs replaced.
where some places to find these parts?

I would pull the starter apart and check the brushes before buying one. You can get the just the brushes from the internet for about $12 I think or the whole brush plate for like $32. I did the brushes in my 83GS1100GK and after putting it all back together it wouldn't turn over so I bought one off of ebay for about $50 then read a post that said something about getting the two screws that hold it all together too tight. So I tried loosing them on my original starter and it works fine now so if it turns out that you need the starter I've got one for sale. The starter that I bought was off of an 850 and it is a two brush where as the one off of mine is a four brush, but they are interchangable.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the offer... i'll know soon...

[SqDancerLynn1]

dgeorge gave the info for the starter. Check the cables for the speedo and tack before you replace them. Starter brushes can be had here.

http://www.cyclewareables.com/pages/starter%20brushes/streetstarter%20brush.htm

[dgeorge]

dgeorge gave the info for the starter. Check the cables for the speedo and tack before you replace them. Starter brushes can be had here.
http://www.cyclewareables.com/pages/...er%20brush.htm

Thanks for posting the link I tried to do it yesterday when I was posting my other msg but the their server was down so I couldn't get to it.

[Anonymous]

well we pulled the bike off the trailer today, and it looked like the battery was almost bone dry, so its a good possiblilty its just a bad battery. fingers crossed.