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I am considering purchasing a 1978 GS 750 from the original owner. I am wondering about the availability of parts for a bike that is nearly 25 years old--is this a problem? I am also mechanically challenged so I am looking for a good motorcycle service location in southeast Wisconsin. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks.
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Wow from the original owner that is cool...........You can still get parts and I would recommend buying a service manual.......Ebay has a lot of old GS parts for sale all the time -
I have a 78 GS750 that I bought from the original owner last fall, but I can tell you this: there are very VERY few good m-c shops in existance... I am yet to find one in MN. I bought mine and there were few problems with it.. some electrical bugs, and brakes at 30K, tires, stuff I knew was coming... but other than that, most of the other problems came from my fiddling.Comment
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I havent had any problem at all getting any part for my 79 750E.
I've been able to get everything I needed in 3 to 5 days. Oddly, the most difficult thing has been tires as the dealers here do not stock any narrow, tube type tires for street bikes so I'm looking at a week to ten days for them.
EarlKomorebi-The light filtering through the trees.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. H.D.T.Comment
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Earl,
Being the great mind that you are have you considered changing to a tubeless rim and going with tubeless tires?Comment
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Hey Earl did you check with Dennis Kirk...That is where I got mineOriginally posted by earlforComment
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Now that you mention it Jay, Yes I did. Bought a 81 750E parts bike that has mag wheels for this purpose. Problem is double front disks on it and my ol 70 has a single. Fork spacing wrong and cant change trees because bearing surfaces in steering head are different. Same problem with the rear swing arm spacing doesnt match up between models. They have differenct rear frame geometry and no place to mount mufflers if I change swing arm.
CAnt use 81 mufflers because they will not clear rear axle on 79 model.
I'm working on milling some custom hubs to insert into the mags to make everything match up, but It aint no easy bolt in swap it job.
The best I think I will be able to do is to convert the double disk front mag to a single :-) I'm working on it. :-) :-)
Earl
Originally posted by Jay BKomorebi-The light filtering through the trees.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. H.D.T.Comment
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