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New member from New Zealand I have been lurking for some time reading and hoping to absorb information. Very good forum with many knowledgeable contributors.

At present I am gathering parts for a revamp of a GS 1000. It has been painted Wes Cooley colours and has a genuine S fairing. I doubt it is a genuine S and to be honest haven’t checked the numbers.

Someone has put some money into this bike with Ohlins shocks, Yoshi America pipe, oil cooler, braded steel brake lines, floating discs, Keihin CR carbs. Sadly it smokes badly on start hence the need for a revamp.
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When I start on the work in earnest I will create a thread.
 
If the smoke clears off after a while and then returns after it has sat a while, that is indicative of valve stem seals leaking. Do a compression check with the throttle wide open. See what those are. If relatively high in the 125 to 150 range rings are considered ok.
Contrary to what others are gonna say, I have done many heads and not replaced a base gasket. If you do not disturb the base gasket its seal isnt compromised. BUT,, If you want to rering it anyway go for it.
 
Yep, welcome and thanks, all these old GS's need to be kept up and running. My opinion, the instruments would be a pretty good tell tail sign of actual "S" or not.
 
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