18 years in hibernation

[Guest]

Last time this '81 GS1000G was on the road!

Time to wake her up!
47,000+ miles showing on the ticker.











Wish us luck. (Helper cat and myself)

Daniel

[BigD_83]

The cat seems to think there's something fishy about the engine guard.

Good luck with the restoration

[7981GS]

She's just sizing it up as to when she can rest her head on the seat...




Daniel

[Vmass]

8-Track? Nice!!

[DanTheMan]

Nice! Those saddlebags look real roomy and good road trip stuff. Who made that luggage, was it a part of the Windjammer package? I know they're not Craig Vetter 'Jammer stuff if they're part of that package, so that must be from the guy that bought his company.

[Steve]

Those are KG bags. The same people that make the very popular luggage rack and backrest.

Ddaniels has KG bags on his bike, too.


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[DanTheMan]

Those are KG bags. The same people that make the very popular luggage rack and backrest.

Ddaniels has KG bags on his bike, too.

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OK, they would go with my KG trunk on the 1100 then.....

[Steve]

OK, they would go with my KG trunk on the 1100 then.....

Yep.

I just edited my previous post to show his bike.

I just went back and took longer looks at the two systems. If the white ones are KG bags, they are a slightly different design.
They have all-red tail/turn signal housings and the mount is a bit different.
The chrome rails on the sides look the same, that's what made me think they were KG.

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[7981GS]

WTG Steve!



Perhaps this place is still in business? (Honda-Suzuki, Cycle Center, Inc.)



Ugly even after a couple of baths...



Daniel

I'll take some pic's of the mounts a little later.

[pete]

Gonna havta join the ride on this one Daniel! A GS that's been in hibernation longer than mine 'ey? Good stuff

I like your helper too...

[7981GS]

Did you just say LONGER than your 450?

Is that even possible???


Daniel

[pete]

Did you just say LONGER than your 450?

Is that even possible???


Daniel

Hahahaha yes I did

My 450 hasn't quite been 10 years yet and I'm still on track to get there this year

[Steve]

WTG Steve!

Thanks. I was doing comparison shopping for this type of accessories before many of the members of this forum were born.


By the way, I don't know if your bags are newer or older than ddaniels' bags, but I noticed last time we were out together (on the 555 ride) that his lights were not all that bright. Dave (ddaniels) took the lenses off, we looked inside.

Well, let's just say that it's nice to have lights built into the bags, but the design left a bit to be desired. Hopefully yours work well.

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[7981GS]

Steve,
Thanks, I'll definitely have to check out all of the wiring on this beast.
I didn't notice when I got it but, it also has a headlight modulator.

Back too the digging:

This is what came out of one of the carbs. Doesn't look much like gasoline to me...



And just how lovely it looked inside...





Bowls.

[drivera84]

I want too see where you take this....definately subscribed!