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Hello all GS newb checking in here. I found this place looking for info on a GS1000 that I have had for 12 years just sitting in my garage, back story on that in a few.
A little about me, I live and grew up in Michigan. After high school I got a job working on big trucks, Freightliners, Kenworths, etc. I did that for about 15 years and now work for a large truck transmission manufacturer providing tech support to north American dealers for our product.
Current and passed bikes
- 2014 BMW S1000R, this thing bends time and space. (this is my current ride)
- 2009 Buell 1125CR, don't go too far from home on one of these, also you should have plenty of patience to own one. (sold)
- 2007 Triumph Speed Triple, was a fun bike but it spit a connecting rode through the block at 1800 miles and was never right afterword (sold)
- 2000 Kawasaki KX250, I love getting hurt in the dirt (stolen)
- 1998 Kawasaki KX250 (sold)
- 1992 Kawasaki KDX250 (sitting in my garage)
- 1988 ish Kawasaki 100 enduro of some sort
- 1974 Kawasaki KD125
Now, about the GS. My father picked this bike up in 1992 (I was 8), the guys he bought it from "rebuilt" the engine and couldn't get it running right after they put it back together. I remember my dad pulling it into the garage and pulling the carbs off first thing only to find a shop rag sucked into cylinder 2 behind the carb, I remember this because the header pipe on that cylinder is still a darker blue than the rest. From 1992 to 1996 he rode it with no real issues. In 1996 he became ill and could not ride any more so the bike sat in his garage, in 2004 he passed away from he illness. After his passing I took the bike and it has been sitting in my garage 100% untouched since it was last ridden in 96.
i'm basically here today because I think its time this old beast gets put back on the road and the search for parts and advise commences!
I don't have any photos of it at this point but I'm sure I will be updating the post with them at some point
Thanks for reading.
-Josh
A little about me, I live and grew up in Michigan. After high school I got a job working on big trucks, Freightliners, Kenworths, etc. I did that for about 15 years and now work for a large truck transmission manufacturer providing tech support to north American dealers for our product.
Current and passed bikes
- 2014 BMW S1000R, this thing bends time and space. (this is my current ride)
- 2009 Buell 1125CR, don't go too far from home on one of these, also you should have plenty of patience to own one. (sold)
- 2007 Triumph Speed Triple, was a fun bike but it spit a connecting rode through the block at 1800 miles and was never right afterword (sold)
- 2000 Kawasaki KX250, I love getting hurt in the dirt (stolen)
- 1998 Kawasaki KX250 (sold)
- 1992 Kawasaki KDX250 (sitting in my garage)
- 1988 ish Kawasaki 100 enduro of some sort
- 1974 Kawasaki KD125
Now, about the GS. My father picked this bike up in 1992 (I was 8), the guys he bought it from "rebuilt" the engine and couldn't get it running right after they put it back together. I remember my dad pulling it into the garage and pulling the carbs off first thing only to find a shop rag sucked into cylinder 2 behind the carb, I remember this because the header pipe on that cylinder is still a darker blue than the rest. From 1992 to 1996 he rode it with no real issues. In 1996 he became ill and could not ride any more so the bike sat in his garage, in 2004 he passed away from he illness. After his passing I took the bike and it has been sitting in my garage 100% untouched since it was last ridden in 96.
i'm basically here today because I think its time this old beast gets put back on the road and the search for parts and advise commences!
I don't have any photos of it at this point but I'm sure I will be updating the post with them at some point
Thanks for reading.
-Josh
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