Buying a 1978 GS1000 low miles original...I hope

[loveipabeer]

Hi my name is Mike, from WA. I may be a GS owner soon.
Taking off tomorrow to see if this bike is for real.
1978 GS1000 with under 2,000 miles.
If it works out I'm sure I'll need all the help I can get.
Great site and resource! Thanks

[GSXR7ED]

Whaaaat?

Sounds exciting. I hope it works out and you post pics!


Ed

[steve murdoch]

Sounds like a hoax to me.
Better send me the contact info for the seller so i can tell him you are not coming.
btw....welcome to the site.

[loveipabeer]

20170518_081653.jpg Looks real but I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

[Big T]

That's real - just like mine

[hillsy]

Look it over carefully - hard to tell from one small pic but I see a fair bit of corrosion on the engine cases. There's no doubt more under the surface and in a lot of ways this could make the low mileage irrelevant.

[habsdoc]

The header pipes look pretty blue too for only 2000 miles.

[habsdoc]

Brake fluid looks a nice orange colour too.

[Guest]

Nice find , welcome to the forum. No doubt it will need a complete going over. Check Basscliffs pages on here for newby's . You will find most of the information you are looking for .. Including manuals

[hillsy]

The header pipes look pretty blue too for only 2000 miles.

Were they double walled pipes on these? If so, that's not a good sign.....