Hi All, Just got an 83' GS1100ES. Its an Iowa bike imported into the UK in 2019. As far as I can tell its not turned a wheel since then. No big plans other than a light recommission then ride it for a while. Overall it doesn't seem to bad. Battery is fubar and the rear caliper is siezed. Theres some 'interesting' wiring been done and what looks like a new RR been fitted. The engine has a top end oiler kit fitted and has obviously been apart at some time however good news is when I put some fresh fuel in it today and hooked up a good battery she fired right up. Probably going to need a carb clean but running and sounding mechanically quiet is a bonus!
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This gallery has 1 photos.My bikes 83' Suzuki GS1100ES 78' Honda GL1000 76' Honda CB750K6 73' Suzuki GT380K -
Welcome to the site, Zooks.
Nice looking bike. Rare to see a stock exhaust these days.2@ \'78 GS1000 -
Congrats, Looks really nice. These old bikes in mostly all orig. condition are hard to find. You did good, and Welcome. Just a thought, it's not ran for a long while, glad it wasn't a problem to get it going. If it were mine, I'd run a can of the best fuel system cleaner additive I could find through it. It may not help a thing, but I sure never heard of it hurting anything. We have one called Seafoam that seems to have about the best reputation.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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Wow! An 11ES! In the UK!! You could ride that for decades and never see another. Welcome to the site.1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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