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    Hey guys I just bought is 1979 GS1000 and I am wondering if any of you could decode my serial number and tell me anything about what kind if model it is, etc.
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    Here's another photo

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      And the last one

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        Here's another photo

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          #5
          Need to look at the tag on the other side of the steering neck.

          This has been mentioned several times in your other thread.

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          mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
          hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
          #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
          #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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            #6
            Originally posted by Steve View Post
            Need to look at the tag on the other side of the steering neck.

            This has been mentioned several times in your other thread.

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            I should have mentioned it in the other thread, the tag has been removed by one of the previous owners. It looks like at some point someone repainted the frame

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              #7
              Much easier to post a few pictures of the bike itself
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              1994 DR 350SES

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                #8
                Here is what he has posted in his other thread.



                The VM carbs and solid rear disk hint at a '79 bike. The black forks, with leading axle and slotted disks, hint at '83 750 or 1100. Although the leading-axle forks hint at an "L", the triples appear to have enough of an offset to say that the forks (tubes only) were grafted onto a non-L bike.

                There are virtually no other styling cues to give a hint at what the bike really is.

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                sigpic
                mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
                hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
                Family Portrait
                Siblings and Spouses
                Mom's first ride
                Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
                (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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                  #9
                  That is a 1979 GS1000 standard model, (some markets called it the 'C' model, so GS1000CN) it would have had a single front disk and spoked wheels.



                  Starting VIN 106722 and engine number range 121074 to about 145968

                  The 'E' model had cast wheels and the VIN would have started with 51XXXX



                  David.
                  Last edited by Kiwi Canuck; 04-22-2019, 07:55 PM.
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