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    First motorcycle since 2012

    Just want to start by saying all the information and resources here are awesome. I recently purchased a 1983 GS450E thats a little rough around the edges but who am I kidding so am I! This is the 3rd bike i've owned, my first bike when I was 19 was a 1989 Honda VT250, second was a 97 Suzuki Katana 600. I've also spent 6 months on a Buell XB12r when my brother needed a car and only had a bike. Anyways I stopped riding after undergrade due to finacial reason but recently talked my wife into letting me get a motorcycle. I'm super excited after 7 years without a bike.

    Onto the bike, I purchased it from a pilot student who seem way in over his head working on the bike. It wasn't running at the time of purchase but it was only $425 and local so I say why note. Besides being rough a little cosmetically its in overall decent shape I think. It has 28,000 miles on it and needed some carb work and new fuel lines, the kid had a inline fuel filter on not only the main line but the vaccum line. He also had a cheap petcock on it from china that leaked when on and it was missing the plastic plugs on the pilot jet. So I took care of that when cleaning the carbs and replaced the o-rings, got a new petcock from georgefix on ebay and replaced the intake boots as they were split and hanging by a thread and duct tape. Changed the oil and some other small maintence and now it is running and drivable. Still need to do a lot of work but I am getting there. Anways it is great to have such a awesome resource of knowledgeable people and community!
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    #2
    Wow! I think the bike is very glad you came along to turn the story around from abuse and ignorance to resurrection.. Cool bike too!

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      #3
      Welcome to the forum!! Good luck with the 450 and have fun!

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        #4
        Welcome to the forum; There's quite a few of us just south of you in the Dayton area if you want any help.
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          #5
          Welcome. That is a cool bike. Enjoy.
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            #6
            Welcome....cool bike!

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              #7
              Nice bike, indeed.

              I was under the impression that the only 450 for the last several years was an L.
              Nice to see that I was wrong.

              By the way, if you are talking about the pilot jets inside the float bowl, those plugs are not plastic, they are rubber.

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                #8
                You probably saved that bike's life. Good job!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by trevor View Post
                  Welcome....cool bike!

                  Very cool. It's got that Katana flavoring at the tank side cover junction that reminds me of ... my own Suzi.

                  What can you tell us about the exhaust? (I've obviously mistaken your left passenger peg mount for a pipe!)
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                    #10
                    Quite the nice GS you got there--Welcome!

                    Post moar pics...especially from both sides. Enjoy your way around here.


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                      #11
                      Definitely have not seen one with that style before. I thought they were all Ls by then.
                      If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.

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