High altitude

[DM8761]

Howdy gents,

Question: How well/if at all, will my 1980 gs1000gl run at 10,000 feet?

I've never delt with it before and im curious... im in the middle of planning our vaction for the girlfriend and i, for the summer in early July. I know performace will be greatly diminished, but i would at least like to get a semi quality ride. I was told that you can put in the next stage "hotter" spark plugs... and that helps? (never heard of that) i know i can re-jet, but i dont feel like messing with that seeing how ill be back to 900 feet the following week.

Thanks in advance, have a great weekend guys

[tkent02]

You have CV carburetors, they are designed to compensate for altitude. It works very well with the stock airbox, so you won't have to mess with jetting.
It will run fine, but it will be down on power, there's just not as much air to burn.
A 1000cc engine will run about like a 700cc or so.

[DanTheMan]

It ought to be fine. Take a look at my sig pic on top of Independence Pass.

[Guest]

It'll be a dog. Bump up the idle and ride.