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    1978 GS1000 in Switzerland

    Hi everybody,

    I bought a 1978 GS1000 about a year ago (and been lurking around here every second day since then). The bike's mostly original, but hasn't been ridden much the last 20 years. Working in IT, I like to get my hands dirty from time to time, and the GS is giving me enough opportunity. I got some electrical experience but did not much maintenance on motorcycles so far.

    I am trying to keep the look of the bike original, I like it's straight lines and the 70s feel. Did the most urgent maintenance last year: replaced original brake lines with steel-braided ones, exchanged rear shocks as old ones were leaking, got new tires, battery.
    WP_20170430_13_28_39_Pro.jpg

    The bike has been running well so far, but on my last trip in the black forest the rectifier failed (thanks, statorpapers!), and probably also the stator is damaged (but I'll open a thread in tech section for that).
    So I am just busy sourcing a new r/r at the moment.

    This forum is superawesome, helped me a lot so far!

    Glad to be part of this community!
    juergen
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    1978 GS1000 EC
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    WP_20170602_15_36_59_Pro (2).jpg
    another shot in the garage, with the new ikon rear shocks.
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    1978 GS1000 EC

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      #3
      That is a fine looking ride you have got there. GS1000H model correct?
      De-stinking Penelope http://thegsresources.com/_forum/sho...d.php?t=179245

      http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...35#post1625535

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        #4
        Looking at the frame number it refers to GS1000EC... What does the H stand for?
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        1978 GS1000 EC

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          #5
          Beautiful bike and welcome to the forum.
          Larry

          '79 GS 1000E
          '93 Honda ST 1100 SOLD-- now residing in Arizona.
          '18 Triumph Tiger 800 (gone too soon)
          '19 Triumph Tiger 800 Christmas 2018 to me from me.
          '01 BMW R1100RL project purchased from a friend.

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            #6
            Welcome, beautiful bike !
            Rijk

            Top 10 Newbie Mistakes thread
            CV Carb rebuild tutorial
            VM Carb rebuild tutorial
            Bikecliff's website
            The Stator Papers

            "The thing about freedom - it's never free"

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              #7
              Looks like a scene from "Sound of Music" or is it "The Great Escape"


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                #8
                I'm diggin' the bike and the backdrop!

                Please provide more scenery with your bike as the main theme. I friggen' love Europe!


                Ed
                GS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
                GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
                GSX-R750Y (Sold)

                my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep2021)
                Originally posted by GSXR7ED
                Forums are pretty much unrecognizable conversations; simply because it's a smorgasbord of feedback...from people we don't know. It's not too difficult to ignore the things that need to be bypassed.

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                  #9
                  Nice looking photo of a nice looking bike.
                  Welcome to the site, Juergen.
                  2@ \'78 GS1000

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                    #10
                    The Motorcycle from The Great Escape
                    http://www.bikebound.com/2015/11/20/the-motorcycle-from-the-great-escape/
                    The Great Escape is a movie that many of us remember watching on television during our teenage years...if you are in your 40s or 50s anyway. Based on the true story of prisoners escaping a German POW camp during WWII, the movie combines many elements of history and excitement. Watching Steve McQueen



                    Bud Ekins doing the jump.

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                      #11
                      Haha, this looks like the area here. It even says"Basel 124km" (which is where I live) on a sign at 01:24, but apparently the film was shot further east, in Bavaria.
                      ... And I doubt my GS would have made the jump over the wire...
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                      1978 GS1000 EC

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