New from Oregon, GS425
Hello all... been lurking for awhile now, huge member over at another forum for my other bike a Yamaha xt225, but now I feel since I've owned my 79 GS425 for about 9 months now and have been doing a bunch of work on it, I thought it was time to introduce myself.
Live in the outer suburbs of Portland on the west side and had recently been looking to get a more of a commuter bike for running into work. I've put over 40k miles on my little dual sport and felt like it should be putting those miles in the dirt, not on the street. Back in October I saw a poorly written ad on CL selling a non-running GS425L some kid didn't know what to do with. I ventured down to check out the bike and ended up putting an offer of $300 on it. Guy took my offer and I went home with the keys. Since it was non-running I had a friend trailer it to my work where it sat for a good 6 months while I tinkered on it. This is what it looked like the day it arrived.
7,000 on the odometer and from what I can tell in pretty decent shape.. I've replaced a lot of things to get it back in working order, so that has definitely kept me busy. My main goal is to turn it into a retro-mod brat/cafe style bike.. I think I'm nearly there, just need to add a few more things and polish up some covers...
but this is what it looks like now...
Runs pretty well, but having an issue with the left side ignition coil... I would love to hear some input on this issue... I think I've narrowed it down to a dying coil.. my symptoms are that it start bogging and afterfiring around 6-7000 rpm and won't go above that unless I'm in 1st gear, sometimes 2nd. Had tested the coil and it is showing just slightly lower than 3ohm resistence. It's driving me mad I just want to be riding!
Anyways... that's the jist of it. I look forward to spending more time on this site and perhaps connecting with a few fellow GS owners in the area. Cheers!
Live in the outer suburbs of Portland on the west side and had recently been looking to get a more of a commuter bike for running into work. I've put over 40k miles on my little dual sport and felt like it should be putting those miles in the dirt, not on the street. Back in October I saw a poorly written ad on CL selling a non-running GS425L some kid didn't know what to do with. I ventured down to check out the bike and ended up putting an offer of $300 on it. Guy took my offer and I went home with the keys. Since it was non-running I had a friend trailer it to my work where it sat for a good 6 months while I tinkered on it. This is what it looked like the day it arrived.
7,000 on the odometer and from what I can tell in pretty decent shape.. I've replaced a lot of things to get it back in working order, so that has definitely kept me busy. My main goal is to turn it into a retro-mod brat/cafe style bike.. I think I'm nearly there, just need to add a few more things and polish up some covers...
but this is what it looks like now...
Runs pretty well, but having an issue with the left side ignition coil... I would love to hear some input on this issue... I think I've narrowed it down to a dying coil.. my symptoms are that it start bogging and afterfiring around 6-7000 rpm and won't go above that unless I'm in 1st gear, sometimes 2nd. Had tested the coil and it is showing just slightly lower than 3ohm resistence. It's driving me mad I just want to be riding!
Anyways... that's the jist of it. I look forward to spending more time on this site and perhaps connecting with a few fellow GS owners in the area. Cheers!
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