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How many miles on your GS

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2370 miles on my 82 GS1100G -- no, really! Sat in the original owner's garage for 20 years. I've put 70 miles on it so far. Now rebuilding the carbs (wheee, gas leaks).

kbj
 
38,500 before I tore it down for rebuild.
I wasn't nice to it but the main reason
was a twisted crank.
 
'83 GS550E I bought it with 17K on the dial and now it's a little under 21K in the 4 months that I've owned it.
 
'80 750L has 41K now.
Had 32K when I got it in July.

BTW... today is court day :(
 
82 GS 750 has 24,000 miles on it and spins and shifts like it's brand new. If only the carbs weren't weird.
 
I got my GS550E a bit over a year ago with 5000 original miles. The original owner crashed another one of his bikes soon after getting the GS, and it sat for most of its life. The guy I bought it from was the second owner. He bought it for his son. Then mom said "no motorcycles." I snagged it for less than it would've cost to fix up my GS650L.

It sits in my garage with a little over 10,000 miles on it. A 24 year old bike, with its mileage doubled in a year. I flipped the actual 10k mark while banging apexes through a rotary (roundabout, whatever people who aren't from New England call them) at a "spirited" pace. 8)
 
The worst thing for a bike is to sit up and not be used. 25,000 miles after buying my 1150 from David Price, it runs better than ever.

Earl

Zook said:
It sits in my garage with a little over 10,000 miles on it. A 24 year old bike, with its mileage doubled in a year. I flipped the actual 10k mark while banging apexes through a rotary (roundabout, whatever people who aren't from New England call them) at a "spirited" pace. 8)
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Absolutely. The carbs needed a serious cleaning, and all the fluids - especially the gas - were changed when I got the bike. It's run like a top ever since I began maintaining it properly - by riding it, of course. :)
 
I put 76,000 on my '79 GS850 and Just HAD to upgrade to an '80 GS1100E, put about 10K on it before I decided to tear it down and while apart picked up my brothers GS1100GL and have about 2K on it! (I still need to put the 1100E back together again)!!
Just Keep riding!
 
doleg said:
I put 76,000 on my '79 GS850 and Just HAD to upgrade to an '80 GS1100E, put about 10K on it before I decided to tear it down and while apart picked up my brothers GS1100GL and have about 2K on it! (I still need to put the 1100E back together again)!!
Just Keep riding!
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Sounds like we should get some good comparisons of the shaft vs. chain. We like to argue about which is better. CHAINS RULE!! :P

Brad tt
 
Sounds like we should get some good comparisons of the shaft vs. chain. We like to argue about which is better. CHAINS RULE!!
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I knew you were a smart guy!
 
Re: How many miles on your GS

Dlancer said:
I was just reading feelerguagephil's thread (On Patrol). He said he stopped a guy on a GS 850 that has 120,000 miles on it. It got me to thinking how many miles other members have on theres. My 1980 GS 1000L has 26,625 miles and it still looks and runs like new.
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GS1000GT 80,200 miles, GS550MZ 19,000 miles,GS850GLT 24,500 miles , SP250Z 9,000 miles, and last but not least my token Honda 350 9,000 miles, OH! 13,000 on my first 850 I sold to get the 1000.
 
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Milage

My '79 850 has 39,500 miles on it. I've had it for the last 8 months of its life and so far I've put on about 5 miles total, no miles on all cylinders. I wonder how much I'll spend before I find out if its worth messing with.
 
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