1980 GS1000G - Smoke at start-up - should I buy?

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  • wymple
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    Past Site Supporter
    • Apr 2014
    • 1893
    • SE Iowa

    #31
    If you are into sucking up compliments, it's that kind of bike. People ask about it a lot.

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    • 850 Combat
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      • Sep 2006
      • 6018
      • Spokane, WA, and Hampden, ME

      #32
      It looks nice, at least what you can see. That's worth a lot in my opinion. I bought a 60,000 mile 1100G a decade ago. A couple times, it had a real big blue smoke fest upon start up. It ran about 10,000 miles in my loaner fleet. I gave it to my brother after the last tour, which was over 5000 miles. The previous tours were only a couple thousand miles. It has never had any top end maintenance beyond valve adjustment. My brother says it will still occasionally smoke at start-up, still but I haven't seen it. It never did it all when used regularly.
      Last edited by 850 Combat; 02-11-2019, 07:46 PM.
      sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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