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    81, Gs400 L -16km, -$1000, too much?

    It may sound crazy, but I believe for a few hundred more I can actually get a running bike, and use my old burnt out bike as a parts graveyard!

    1981 Gs400l, 16k, Original owner, good running condition, All original parts for $1000 cad.

    What do you guys think?

    The carbs haven't been clean for 5 years though . Test ride is this weekend.

    I could talk him down a bit perhaps over carb clean/sync and possible tire life but I wanted some input.


    #2
    Talk him down. Money talks!! Pull about $750 out and I bet he'll take it!!

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      #3
      I'd go for it but I'm extremely bias for this exact make, model and year



      I'd say $1 per cc. That's what I paid for both of mine


      I think you could mention things like

      - carbs need removal, dip, clean, synch. ( time!)
      -oil change
      -tires ( cracking )
      -8 valves to adjust
      -obsolete parts
      -lots of 450 parts are exactly the same but the 400 is unheard of in most of the Suzuki shops I've been to.
      -stator
      -Regulator/rect
      -battery

      I don't think it will take much at all to get a good running bike

      If you do get it I'd like to share everything i know about them.
      Last edited by Mekanix; 10-04-2011, 09:08 PM.
      Stephen.
      1981 GSX540L "Frankintwin"
      1989 GS500E Resto-mod .

      400 mod thread
      Photo's 1

      Photos 2

      Gs500 build thread
      GS twin wiki

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        #4
        cosmetically the bike looks great, so if the carbs are the only thing bugging you, knock off the cost of getting them cleaned and the bike safetied. 750 sounds like a fair offer to me, settle at 8 hundred. that bike will hit 50 easy if you treat it right.

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          #5
          IF the bike is PERFECT...yes $1K is a fair price. IF it is a solid running bike that can be used as is and only needs minor things...$800.
          1981 GS 450L

          2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom

          The good we do no one remembers.
          The bad we do no one forgets.

          Mark 5:36 -- Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, "Don't be afraid; just believe".

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