82 850GL Resto...here we go

You Definitely had some bad connectors some of those look a little burnt. Project looks good. Glad to hear you have your helpers out there. Mine is helpful till the I want to play bug takes over...lol.

Paul

[yasser]

Outstanding narrative, photos and bike. You are giving a life point experience for your helpers. I never ceases to amaze me with the way the intangible benefits come out of the relatively cheap investments in these bikes.

Thanks for including us in the build.

Made the mistake of looking on Ebay Motors this week and typing in Suzuki GS. I was tempted to stop this and purchase an 82 GS1100GL with 5700 miles on it. But it was not to be. Moving on....

Got started tonight with both of my assistants (11 and 8). Took the tank off and started labeling everything before we start unplugging anything.



As I was going through the wires, I came across these. They were all fused together. After popping them apart and checking the diagram....hmm...let's see....oh those are my "alternator & rectifier" wires. We'll be fixing those... I now know why BassCliff says "check the connections first" if your bike isn't charging.



We'll finish up labeling everything tomorrow and maybe have a little time to start tearing down some more.

L models....lol.


Looking clean already, that carbon build up in the exhaust ports is normal for a 30 year old bike.

We L owners have to stick together and keep our bikes from becoming Cafe'd or bob'd.

The seat cover came on the bike. It has some tears around the seat pan, but they aren't that noticeable unless you look under the seat.

Glad to have you along for the ride JS.

Hear, Hear! Of course, this comes from an L owner whose bike rubbed up against a younger "G" and some parts morphed over...... At least it wasn't cafe'ed or bobbed.