What breakfluid for GS 500E 1983

[Guest]

Hi!

I just got myselft a GS 500E four from 1983 but I have no idea what break-fluid I'm supposed to use. I don't have a manual and can't seem to find one either. Help appreciated!


/John

[cowboyup3371]

Welcome to the site. Although I'm not 100% confident it's going to be the same, you could try looking through the 1983 550E manual found on Basscliff's site - https://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff. However, the dot4 brake fluid should still be what you are looking for. I would recommend changing the brake lines to stainless steel ones.

Wow, Finland area huh? Are the islands as pretty as the pictures on Google make them look? What is the riding like there?

[Brendan W]

DOT4 or DOT4+ I would have no problem with. I have seen service manuals of that era saying DOT 3 or 4. Check out cowboyup's link. Has everything you could need.

[hillsy]

DOT3 or DOT4 but not DOT5.

[jomeax]

Thanks for the answers! That manual should match my bike pretty well I guess (tho the site seems to be dead atm.)

I'm two weeks from getting my license to ride the thing so I have yet to discover this place again on two wheels. But yeah, it's great, the archipelago roads are really nice, many smaller curvy roads.... but it's small! I think 75km is the longest distance you can travel between two points here. After that it's ferry to more archipelago, sweden or finland.

Yeah the break lines that are on now look pretty old.

Glad I found this forum, seems to be a great resource

[jomeax]

(using http instead of https fixed the dead page )