Back in 1995 I needed a set of mufflers for a Honda 400 so I ran an ad on the bulletin board where I work looking for parts and people took the ad as if I was a buyer of parts bikes and I got a lot of phone calls. One guy called and said he had a 82 Suzuki 850 I could have if I came and got it as it had been wrecked. I got there and it looked rough in the front, gauges smashed, tank crushed on one side, handlebars wrapped down to the forks. I didn't really want to even haul it home but I did.
A few days later at home I looked it over and seen it was shaft driven, picked the speedo out of a parts box and seen it only had 6000 miles on it and I noticed how nice the chrome and rest of the bike was so I threw on some jumper cables and put some fresh gas in the tank and it fired right up.
It sat in wrecked condition in my basement for a while until the day before I was to take my drivers test. I planned to use the Honda 400 but it dawned on me they probably wouldn't let me since the mufflers were a bit loud. So I was up untill about 4am piecing the 850 together. By morning I had rigged on a set of gauges from a Kawasaki 440 had handlebars on it and was all set to go except for the horn button was broke and the clutch lever. I registered the bike in the morning, went to Napa and got a push button I rigged on the handlebars for the horn and was down to the clutch lever. I went to a local bike repair shop that morning about an hour before the test and he didn't have the handle on hand but he had just sold a bike that they were not coming to pick up for a couple days so he took off the handle and let me use it for my test long as I brought it back. So I did and passed my test.
About 6 years ago I ordered a tank from a junkyard and when it came it was not the same as my L tank, they sent me a G but I kept it anyway.
This year with gas going so high I decided I was going to fix it up more so I ran an ad on Craigslist looking for parts bikes and I found a 82 gs850 G for $100.00. and I ended up taking it home for $35 and it came with the vetter fairing you see on my bike now. I put the proper gauges back on, had my tank and side covers painted and cleaned up the chrome so this is what she looks like now.
A few days later at home I looked it over and seen it was shaft driven, picked the speedo out of a parts box and seen it only had 6000 miles on it and I noticed how nice the chrome and rest of the bike was so I threw on some jumper cables and put some fresh gas in the tank and it fired right up.
It sat in wrecked condition in my basement for a while until the day before I was to take my drivers test. I planned to use the Honda 400 but it dawned on me they probably wouldn't let me since the mufflers were a bit loud. So I was up untill about 4am piecing the 850 together. By morning I had rigged on a set of gauges from a Kawasaki 440 had handlebars on it and was all set to go except for the horn button was broke and the clutch lever. I registered the bike in the morning, went to Napa and got a push button I rigged on the handlebars for the horn and was down to the clutch lever. I went to a local bike repair shop that morning about an hour before the test and he didn't have the handle on hand but he had just sold a bike that they were not coming to pick up for a couple days so he took off the handle and let me use it for my test long as I brought it back. So I did and passed my test.
About 6 years ago I ordered a tank from a junkyard and when it came it was not the same as my L tank, they sent me a G but I kept it anyway.
This year with gas going so high I decided I was going to fix it up more so I ran an ad on Craigslist looking for parts bikes and I found a 82 gs850 G for $100.00. and I ended up taking it home for $35 and it came with the vetter fairing you see on my bike now. I put the proper gauges back on, had my tank and side covers painted and cleaned up the chrome so this is what she looks like now.
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