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  • VGplay
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    • May 2019
    • 20
    • Akron, OH
    #1

    GS450 Official Service Manual PDF

    I hope everyone is well and keeping occupied. Although I have hardly posted, these forums have been an awesome resource while I've been working on my GS450 over the past year. One thing that was a problem was the rarity of the official service manual. The Clymer manual is fine but it doesn't cover everything. I was ready to buy a digital copy until I found a sealed physical copy (from Hawaii of all places) for sale.



    This is the 1990 8th edition which covers every GS450 from 1980-1988. It got wet at some point but luckily that didn't come through much in the scan. I have scanned each page, added page labels, and made the text searchable. I am not a PDF master so it isn't perfect, but for something that wasn't openly available before I am happy with the result.

    There are two versions:

    1. The "GSResources" version is the normal release. It is compressed and uses Acrobat's Clearview ability to shrink the filesize. It basically traces all of the text so in theory it can create some oddities. I flipped through it and didn't see any, but if anyone notices any flaws please let me know.

    2. The "Archive Quality" version has not been compressed and does not use Clearview. It is nearly identical to the raw image files. It is, however, 380mb.

    Please download at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HWjX1MizDP-w5LHCGmdgC7yMBSi1im9e

    Hopefully this manual is helpful for someone. I know I'm glad to share it!
    Last edited by VGplay; 03-31-2020, 11:32 PM.
    1982 Suzuki GS450TXZ
    1985 Honda CB700SC Nighthawk S
    2015 Suzuki V-Strom DL650
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    • free99
      Forum Mentor
      • Sep 2019
      • 139
      • Seattle, WA
      #2
      Brother, this is awesome. Thank you so much! I'm loving the engineering description of the counter-balance system.
      1982 GS 450L aka Lil' Red
      1980 GS 1000G aka Big Red (Resto-mod WIP)

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        • LAB3
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          • Mar 2018
          • 3493
          • No fixed address
          #3
          Thank you!
          2001 Kawasaki Voyager XII (Current bike)
          1982 GS450txz (former bike)

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            • Nessism
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              • Mar 2006
              • 35789
              • Torrance, CA
              #4
              Awesome! That's one of the key manuals Basscliff doesn't have!
              Ed

              To measure is to know.

              Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

              Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

              Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

              KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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                • Gorminrider
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                  • Aug 2012
                  • 4803
                  • British Columbia, Canada
                  #5
                  VGPlay, WELL DONE!

                  Hopefully this manual is helpful for someone
                  Oh, I'm sure that there's more people than one that'll bless your efforts!

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                    • Guest
                      #6
                      Thanks heaps for that! I have a re-print of a genuine manual, but it's somewhat different to this PDF... the 450 is an addendum so it's great to have the full 450 focused manual.

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                        • 93Bandit
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                          • Nov 2018
                          • 839
                          • Mundy Twp, Michigan
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Nessism
                          Awesome! That's one of the key manuals Basscliff doesn't have!

                          Is there a way this can be added to his website for future reference?
                          - 1983 GS850L ~ 30,000 miles and going up - Finally ready for a proper road trip!
                          - 1977 GS750B - Sold but not forgotten

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                            • VGplay
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                              • May 2019
                              • 20
                              • Akron, OH
                              #8
                              I tried e-mailing it using the address on his site, but it bounced as spam (which is weird, I use Gmail). If anyone is in touch with him it would be great to get this on the site.
                              1982 Suzuki GS450TXZ
                              1985 Honda CB700SC Nighthawk S
                              2015 Suzuki V-Strom DL650

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                                • Gorminrider
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                                  • Aug 2012
                                  • 4803
                                  • British Columbia, Canada
                                  #9
                                  Try member bwringer? I think he might be in touch...bikecliff has been awful busy in his "basscliff" persona.

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                                    • HestonsRightNut
                                      #10
                                      Awesome!!

                                      Thanks so much for sharing the service manual. Much better than the Clymer

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