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  • Retrosteve
    Forum Apprentice
    • Feb 2024
    • 57
    • UK

    #1

    New from uk

    Hello all , glad to be here . Im the recent buyer of a 1986 GS 850 which was in a poor state but all there . Totally stripped the frame and repainted , im just in the process of getting all the parts back on the bike . You will be glad to know the bike will be restored to standard and not chopped up into a bobber .
    Reading through some of the posts im finding it very useful for reference . Hardest part for me was sorting the wiring harness birds nest but​ all done .
    An old timer here and have owned many bikes from the 80s onwards but prefer the bikes of the 80s . Next on the list is to pull the dent from the tank and respray in the original black .
  • Rich82GS750TZ
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    • Jun 2018
    • 5585
    • Mifflinburg, PA / Land of Tar & Chip

    #2
    Welcome to the forum, Retrosteve.
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    • Agemax
      Forum Guru
      • Apr 2008
      • 8371
      • plymouth uk

      #3
      Welcome to the site, from another UK member. Where are you in UK? I am down south in not so sunny Plymouth.
      1978 GS1085.

      Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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      • Retrosteve
        Forum Apprentice
        • Feb 2024
        • 57
        • UK

        #4
        Originally posted by Agemax
        Welcome to the site, from another UK member. Where are you in UK? I am down south in not so sunny Plymouth.
        Hello im in Northamptonshire , currently rebuilding the rear brake master cylinder . The thing was seized solid as was the brake pivot arm .

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        • rphillips
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          • Jun 2005
          • 7622
          • Norene TN

          #5
          Welcome steve, sounds you've got a good start on a good project. I don't know how much you've read around here but pictures are "almost" required, especially beginning and ending.... will be watching for updates.
          1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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          • Rich82GS750TZ
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            • Jun 2018
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            • Mifflinburg, PA / Land of Tar & Chip

            #6
            Still waiting on your pictures rphillips
            Last edited by Rich82GS750TZ; 02-18-2024, 06:32 PM.
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            • rphillips
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              • Jun 2005
              • 7622
              • Norene TN

              #7
              Well, Got home from church, this morning and picked up my old flip phone from the bar. The back just fell off, didn't drop it or hit it on anything, it just fell off. I can't get it to snap back on, it's like some kind of tab, or catch has broke off, not sure yet. I'm gonn'a get somebody to look at it for me. If I've got to get a new phone I may get the new type and try to figure how to send pictures. We'll see what happens.
              1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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              • salty_monk
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                GSResource Superstar
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                • Oct 2006
                • 14003
                • London, UK to Redondo Beach, California

                #8
                welcome to the madhouse!
                1980 GS1000G - Sold
                1978 GS1000E - Finished!
                1980 GS550E - Fixed & given to a friend
                1983 GS750ES Special - Sold
                2009 KLR 650 - Sold - gone to TX!
                1982 GS1100G - Rebuilt and finished. - Sold
                2009 TE610 - Dual Sporting around dreaming of Dakar..... - FOR SALE!

                www.parasiticsanalytics.com

                TWINPOT BRAKE UPGRADE LINKY: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...e-on-78-Skunk/

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                • Shin-Ken 1074
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                  • Feb 2008
                  • 1907
                  • Brisbane Queensland Australia

                  #9
                  Hi and welcome to GSR. Good to hear you are well on the way to sorting out your GS.

                  Cheers.
                  Badgezz, we don need noh stinkin' badgezz!
                  Shin-Ken 1074
                  1982 GSX1100SXZ Wire Wheel Katana - BOM Nov 2011
                  1981 GSX1135 Katana Build completed Mar 2024, Curb Weight, all fluids and 21 lt fuel = 206 kg.

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                  • Retrosteve
                    Forum Apprentice
                    • Feb 2024
                    • 57
                    • UK

                    #10
                    Thanks for the welcome . Well the rear master cylinder pushrod thingy had seized solid so i bathed the begger in ATF for a few days . It came free with a bit of light tapping and the bore wasnt that bad but cleaned it all up ready for the new pushrod and seals Quite surprised the old seals were intact

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