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Dicke C
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I think the word you are looking for is stupid
You are a brave soul. Welcome to GSR!
Yes, welcome to the GSR.
I'm restoring one of these and I run another one as my regular bike. I'm in the UK in Kent if you ever need some words of encouragement. I know these bikes pretty well now.
There is a link in my signature below, that will take you to my GS1100G restoration blog. You will see how far I haven't got in six years - although I did make some progress in the last few weeks?
There is also a link to the UK GS Owner Facebook Group, which is good place for getting recommendations for refurbing work like vapour blasters and powder coaters.
Mine started off looking like this:
Expect to spend some ????s
Greetings
Richard
I'm restoring one of these and I run another one as my regular bike. I'm in the UK in Kent if you ever need some words of encouragement. I know these bikes pretty well now.
There is a link in my signature below, that will take you to my GS1100G restoration blog. You will see how far I haven't got in six years - although I did make some progress in the last few weeks?
There is also a link to the UK GS Owner Facebook Group, which is good place for getting recommendations for refurbing work like vapour blasters and powder coaters.
Mine started off looking like this:
Expect to spend some ????s
Greetings
Richard
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fixmybrokecomputer
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First and foremost, welcome! Please take my comment as just trying to be helpful. My parts bike looks brand new compared to that. I wouldn't even buy it for parts. If someone offered to give it to me, I'd have to think about it a long time. After all that thinking, I'd probably say no thanks unless I had a massive amount of unused storage space. Find something else to bring back to life. You're going to spend a TON of time and more money than you'll want to admit to when it's all said and done. I have some past experience with restoring things that should have been kept for parts only. Trust me on this one. Find a better candidate. You're about to be buried in this bike.
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Dicke C
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Thanks for all the wise words people. My head said walk away, but my heart said buy it! I did do another GS1100G about 3 years ago when i lived in Oz, but the bike was in much better condition and a runner. I Cafe'd that one, but am thinking about doing a scrambler style. It was too far gone for a restoration so apologies now to all the purists.
An old pic of my first GS.
An old pic of my first GS.
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fixmybrokecomputer
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Looks good! I'm not against cafe or other builds it they're done tastefully. When searching craigslist, cafe bikes tend to be something that just got butchered by someone that thinks they're a designer. Good luck on your project. Post lots of pics!
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