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1982 GS1100E from the grave to today.

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rphillips said:
Rear wheel 16", Most "L" model GS's had 16" wheels with that same design.
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And a shaft. That would have to be a '79 1000L, 750L, or a tiddler.

I agree with the owner. The bike was not a bike now it is. A running bike has a lot more possibilities than one with a stuck motor. I might fix up a running bike, but not to tear the engine down.

I had an '83 1100E a while back. It was peppy.
 
Why not see how she looks with side covers? The rear of the '82-'83 tank has an odd look naked.
 
Old memories...Back in "81" I bought a new V&H for my GS1100E. It came from factory with reducers, I don't remember, either 2 or 3, that slid right into the collector. The smaller the restrictor, the more torque & little less top end HP. No restrictor more high rpm HP, but a little less torque, enough you could easily feel the difference.
 
I'm back! lol
So, I finished this bike over a year ago, got it all tuned/dialed in and it did 146mph per the GPS.
Uncomfortable? Check
Ugly? Check
Fast? Check
Sold? Check

Saturday I'm going to look at what appears to be a mint 83 1100, clean title for $1200. If it starts and idles, I'll offer him $800. It's the typical story: Dude buys old motorcycle thinking he's going to do something and quickly finds out he is low on testosterone and mechanical/electrical knowledge.
I'll post if I buy it and show the process of cutting it down to size.
 
winmag4582001 said:
^^^^THIS right here is the exact reason I didn't waste time or money putting the bike back to original.
As I said in a previous response, there's a guy here in CO that has a cherry 82 that he's been trying to get $3500 out of for over a year. If he can't get $3k out of a mint one, I'm not going to put in the time or $ to bring one back to mint.

Lets be honest. There's only a few of us on this forum that could take a pile of junk that was leaning against a fence for years, with no gas cap, fried electrical system, possibly locked up motor, and get it back on the road in any form.
My bike isn't for everyone, but at least it didn't end up in the land fill.
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Same here, I had a '84 GS1150efe complete and restored it to oem. Then I thought why did bother restore it, no one is ever going to pay more than $3-3.5L for it if I could find a buyer.

So i tore it apart and rebuilt it to my own preference, 50lbs lighter, new hand made alloy body panels, bored, Mikuni carbs, headers and moto gadget electronics. I still won't get more than $3-3.5K but I have bike I love and it was fun to build..
 
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