1983 Suzuki GS1100ED --- "Big Boy"

[psyguy]

A "wet afternoon" ... on Sunshine Coast... and here I was planning a sunny holiday over the ditch...

[bigboresuzuki]

Suzukis Rule

Hi FC,
spent a wet afternoon reading all 52 pages of your thread.Good Stuff.The Bike the Job and the good support from GSR members.I have an 83 EZ 1100 that requires a big tidy up too.Gyro has just finished building me a hotrod 78 1000 EC,so now I can put some money into the EZ.Hopefully I can run a thread too.I have the photobucket account running,just need the computer geek to do the rest.Bikecliff was good but I got lost.Anyway hope you're riding that bike to work soon before it gets too cold.Cheers .Mark.
P.S My first big suk (1000G) I did 66,000 kms in 2 years.Bugs in ya eyes.

Congratulations on the job. One more piece of advice if I could...don't give out the work number to anyone who doesn't need to contact you in case of emergency and that includes your girlfriend. It will be the fastest way to upset people.

Gotcha! Speaking of the GF, haven't seen her ever since I couldn't get the bike to start. And it was all because I was out of gas. Whatever.

I should have the correct right hand control on my way soon thanks to sschering. My brand new helmet should be here tomorrow according to FedEx's ETA. My chain guard should be here this Friday thanks to JimmyD. And I got horns on the way from Baatfam.

Exciting stuff! Seriously... Nearly a COMPLETE bike.

[cowboyup3371]

Congratulations on the job. One more piece of advice if I could...don't give out the work number to anyone who doesn't need to contact you in case of emergency and that includes your girlfriend. It will be the fastest way to upset people.

Seems the 750 one's different

I probably could make yours fit onto mine but I don't feel like doing that. Looking for somehing easy.

That's a push/pull throttle for VM carbs.

Makes sense. That's why there's two holes for the throttle cables. Any idea which bike it came off of? The wires bolt right into the wiring harness.

[chef1366]

That's a push/pull throttle for VM carbs.

Seems the 750 one's different

How long are the wires off it?think I have a E(shorter wires) and a ES (longer wires).Now all I have to do is find themSend pics when i do.

I'm not sure how long they are. I'll check later.

How long are the wires off it?think I have a E(shorter wires) and a ES (longer wires).Now all I have to do is find themSend pics when i do.

Looks like a 750 one as well.I got an extra one,yours for the shipping.Reds faded but......

Bah! Don't care if it's faded or not. As long is it's intact, uncut wires, and if it's the same!

Do you mind sending me pictures? You got my email.

You can take a look at this thread as well.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?p=1485984#post1485984

Looks like a 750 one as well.I got an extra one,yours for the shipping.Reds faded but......

Aha! Mine is NOT stock.

Look at this.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=180239

Notice that it is much wider than mine, has a red switch, and bigger start button. It also appears to be plastic. Does anyone have one for me?

FC look up and admire the dark cloud.

It's raining today too. Stupid!

Here is a pic of my right hand controls. It's the only pic I have on file. I can take more pics if needed. My right hand controls are also metal while my left side is plastic. Should it be like that?

FC look up and admire the dark cloud.

New throttle cable.


Old throttle cable.


Removed old cable and tried to put the new one in but guess what? The nut is too big!

It will not fit into this hole!


You can see the difference in the nuts.


The length is the same and the other end is the same.

This is the one I bought.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3984Q2em1439Q2el2649QQitemZ200539547705QQsspagenameZSTRKQ3aMEWNXQ3aIT

So, this brings me to another question. Is my right hand controls from a different model? Or did the seller send me the wrong cable?