gs1000-524461 - what is it?

[Guest]

hi ya all!

could a good person look up their service manual and tell me what gs1000 model comes with the above frame number (if any at all), please :-D ?

i got interested in a bike that's up for sale, but i'm a bit confused at what year / model it actually is...

TIA

ps. sorry no picture available

 

[Matchless]

I have a chart that shows frame numbers:
GS1000-50001 to be GS1000E/H 1978
GS1000-520477 to be GS1000E 1979
GS1000-528747 to be GS1000E 1980

Yours being GS1000-524461 then seems to possibly be a 1979 GS1000E.
I cannot vouch for this as there is not much other detail available.

 

[Guest]

thanks, this is most helpful

now, the bike has dual slotted front discs as well as the rectangular front master cylinder
rear disc is slotted as well
wheels are alu (not spokes)

HOWEVER, it's got vm carbs

the above things originally dont go together, do they?!
and especially not in '79

or?

 

[Guest]

I have a chart that shows frame numbers:
GS1000-50001 to be GS1000E/H 1978
GS1000-520477 to be GS1000E 1979
GS1000-528747 to be GS1000E 1980

Yours being GS1000-524461 then seems to possibly be a 1979 GS1000E.
I cannot vouch for this as there is not much other detail available.

the chart you have, does it say anything about specific numbers being used for specific markets (like usa/uk/eu, etc?)

 

[Colin Green]

hi ya all!

could a good person look up their service manual and tell me what gs1000 model comes with the above frame number (if any at all), please :-D ?

i got interested in a bike that's up for sale, but i'm a bit confused at what year / model it actually is...

TIA

ps. sorry no picture available

My GS1100 frame and engine numbers (NZ) seem to be at odds with the listed frame and engine numbers I found for GS1100's.

As mine was an 85 (nowhere else seems to have them that late) they were prolly made from the bits and pieces left over when the market dried up.

So I'm no help at all. Sorry

 

[Matchless]

Hi,
I have a copy of an owners manual for a GS1000/GS1000E that was printed in 1979 which refers to the GS1000 having single disk and the E having twin disks at the front. It also gives wider tyres for the E. It also mentions that a cast wheel was used on the E and spoked on the GS1000. The square master cylinder reservoir used on the 1980 models were for twin disks and had a larger (5/8") diameter bore. Maybe the round master cylinder reservoir was only on single front disks, most single disk used a 1/2" bore. ( hopefully someone can varify this)

Edit: Added link to manual: http://www.mediafire.com/?yz0wvhmt43f
Added link to frame list: http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=axmqwzyc12s&thumb=4

If you could get your hands on a PDF copy of the Owners Manual for the GS1000G 1980 I will greatly appreciate as it seems to be unobtainable.

 

[Guest]

If you could get your hands on a PDF copy of the Owners Manual for the GS1000G 1980 I will greatly appreciate as it seems to be unobtainable.

yea, i've seen your post on this, i'm sorry i can't be of help
why do you need it?

 

[Matchless]

Here some more detail on the GS1000E. Apparently they had pneumatic shocks on the back different to the other models. Have a look here: http://www.suzukicycles.org/GS-series/index.html


I have the workshop manual, but want to get the bike complete with toolkit and a copy of the original Owners Manual. Just a quirk of mine as I am getting it back to original as far as possible. I also noticed some interesting points in the older (non shaft) manual, that helps understanding the workshop manual better.

 

[Colin Green]

on auction at ebay now

on auction at ebay now

Hi,
If you could get your hands on a PDF copy of the Owners Manual for the GS1000G 1980 I will greatly appreciate as it seems to be unobtainable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=280209747586

 

[Matchless]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=280209747586

Colin thanks but that is the Service manual. I am looking for the Owners Manual that comes with the bike. I know... no biker wants to be seen reading an owners manual... so that is tossed out immediately!!! :-$

 

[tkent02]

Colin thanks but that is the Service manual. I am looking for the Owners Manual that comes with the bike. I know... no biker wants to be seen reading an owners manual... so that is tossed out immediately!!! :-$

Sounds like someone has swapped later brake components, 79 had solid discs and round reservoirs.

 

[Guest]

Sounds like someone has swapped later brake components, 79 had solid discs and round reservoirs.

yea, that's my conclusion too

but as there were so many little differences for different markets... you never know... :-s
except for the vm carbs this would be one "straight" 1980 E model (oh, and except for the frame number which seems to be '79) :?

 

[Big T]

It seems to be a 1979 E with wire wheels, later discs and master cylinder.
The E should have a 17" rear wheel, the wire wheel are 18".
Does it have chrome airbox sides (behind the carbs)?

 

[Guest]

It seems to be a 1979 E with wire wheels, later discs and master cylinder.
The E should have a 17" rear wheel, the wire wheel are 18".
Does it have chrome airbox sides (behind the carbs)?

i think E never had wire wheels - it had alu, that's one of the differences to the "non E" model, no?
(other differences being rear shocks and dual front discs (firstly as solid discs and then drilled in '80 )

it's 17 at the back (alu)

 

[Colin Green]

hi ya all!

could a good person look up their service manual and tell me what gs1000 model comes with the above frame number (if any at all), please :-D ?

i got interested in a bike that's up for sale, but i'm a bit confused at what year / model it actually is...

Was it the rough diamond (with $3.5K reserve) that was passed over on Trademe? I still haven't heard from my mate's boss (shrugs).

As a matter of interest when on Z1 looking for gaskets and jets, I saw they listed models and frames. These were the closest;


GS1000SN 1979
Frame: GS1000E-521285 ~
Engine: GS1000-121074 ~
GS1000ST 1980
Frame: GS1000-528511 ~
Engine: GS1000-145969 ~
GS1000ET 1980
Frame: GS1000-528511 ~
Engine: GS1000-145969 ~

 

[Guest]

Was it the rough diamond (with $3.5K reserve) that was passed over on Trademe?

hey thanks for the info, yea, it just confirmed my suspicions, the bike must have been built from several bikes
i went to see it, it sure is "rough" (all rusted and broken) and there surely isnt any "diamond" underneath!
for nz$3000 i can import a much much better bike from the states, or buy that one from your mate's boss!
some people have no sense of reality

 

[KiwiGS]

some people have no sense of reality

Your not wrong!
There are 3 GS1000s on trade me at the moment and the cheapest starting bit is $1000! and one of them has been street fightered.
Have you seen the 88 gsxr1100 and the guy wants $18000.
Crazy money
Cheers

 

[Guest]

Business Idea

Business Idea

Your not wrong!
There are 3 GS1000s on trade me at the moment and the cheapest starting bit is $1000! and one of them has been street fightered.
Have you seen the 88 gsxr1100 and the guy wants $18000.
Crazy money
Cheers

mate, shall we get into business, import a container of gs's from LA, and charge say $5000 each!

advertising line:
AMERICAN IMPORT! SPEEDO IN MILES! WAS DRIVEN ONLY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD!
ADDED EXTRA: AIR FORKS!
:-D