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How rare is a gs700es?

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prichmon

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Is a gs700es rare and valuable enough to save even if it needs a engine rebuild?

What is the thoughts of value on one with a broken timing chain? At least 1 broken rocker.

Are the 700es' common enough to not be missed if a couple are parted?

What interchanges between gs700 and 750 4 valves? Do all the bank and performance parts work?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Rich
 
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Not rare. Most parts between 700 and 750 are the same.
 
Yeah if the Engine needs rebuild just swap in a 750 motor.
They are fairly common and I see them pop up for sale quite often here in the NE
 
They bring up bad memories for me...a president who sought to protect Harley Davidson by putting a tariff on foreign bikes bigger than 700cc. Help! I'm getting sucked into the Vortex!
 
Only the '83 750 E and ES are the same style of engine. If my memory serves me right, i think the only differences internally are the connecting rods are shorter in the 700. There were very few performance parts ever produced for these.
 
Not many of the old suzukis are valuable
it was a USA only model, (nice body work though)
parts bike

kingofvenus said:
Only the '83 750 E and ES are the same style of engine. If my memory serves me right, i think the only differences internally are the connecting rods are shorter in the 700. There were very few performance parts ever produced for these.
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shorter connecting rods? I don't think so, that would only lower the compression ratio
I think the only difference from the 750 is the crankshaft. (to shorten the stroke.)
 
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On the other hand, outside the US it's rare and slightly collectible.
Not to the point of being valuable you understand....
 
There is one near Pittsburgh that has gone on an off craigslist for about two years. Nice white paint. With a broken timing chain, I suspect it probably needs some valves too. Last I looked at least one of the "fiche sites" did not offer the exhaust valves. Considered offering the guy $300, verse the $1,000 he was asking and then decided not to bother.

Cheers, Alan

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mcy/d/bethel-park-suzuki-gs-700-es-rare/6974527745.html
 
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