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My Bike As It Stands Now... With Real Pics!!!

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Here is my current project bike. This is the '82 I picked up that has been sitting in a carport for the last 7 - 8 years untouched unless it was in the way and someone puched it over or rolled it out of the way. Let me know what opinions you have as far as a starting point...

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Scott
 
Lots of work needed. Where would I start?

First, I'd try to manually turn the motor over. If it's frozen, I'd pull it and find out why. Then I'd decide whether to fix it or part it out based on the damage. If it's the bottom end, then it's definetly too much money for too little bike.

If the motor is good, I would take everything out of the chassis and rebuild from there. If you fix bits and pieces you will be forever fighting problems with that one.
 
It will turn manually. Brother in law I got it from tried it with a battery by jumping across the solenoid and it did in fact turn over. I will be doing a complete resto if possible, before I try to drive it, so this will be a long term project. It needs mirrors, ignition switch, possible fuel tank, side panels, wiring harness, rear brake master cylinder, head and tail light assemblies, just for starters. It's not going to be ready for summer by any stretch of the imagination...


Swanny said:
Lots of work needed. Where would I start?

First, I'd try to manually turn the motor over. If it's frozen, I'd pull it and find out why. Then I'd decide whether to fix it or part it out based on the damage. If it's the bottom end, then it's definetly too much money for too little bike.

If the motor is good, I would take everything out of the chassis and rebuild from there. If you fix bits and pieces you will be forever fighting problems with that one.
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ew, those pictures of the wiring harness should have a warning. Frightning.
 
I couldn't agree more! Now to find a good wiring harness and ignition switch!!!



REDMAN said:
ew, those pictures of the wiring harness should have a warning. Frightning.
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Sarge, I may have some side covers for it. Let me know if you need them and we'll see what we can work out.

Terry
 
sarge75801 said:
I couldn't agree more! Now to find a good wiring harness and ignition switch!!!



REDMAN said:
ew, those pictures of the wiring harness should have a warning. Frightning.
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You might be better off just wiring it yourself. These harnesses suck.

Good luck on the resto - time and patience will get you there.
 
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Dont mean to be harsh but this is a parts bike, for 1/3 of what it will cost to do an even part restore you could by a clean one. tires $200 shocks $125, battery$35 seat cover $100 cream for tank and cleaning boil out $50, side covers ebay $30-50, engine tune and oil filter and valve gskt and adjust tool $100, carbs ? on and on and on
 
REDMAN said:
ew, those pictures of the wiring harness should have a warning. Frightning.
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I should've posted some pics of my wiring harness, you'd had a heart attack.. :lol:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. peeps

I have had my share of "Beyond" the grave restos.
"I" wanted to do them because I was told it is not worth it, you'd never be able to get your money back out of it, etc etc etc ..
Challenges, are what I live for.
Bike looks like it is a good candidate for a DIY temperment, and a patient type for sure.

I have been redoing my GS1100 for many moons, picking up pieces off ebay and salvage yards, here and there over the yrs.

Good Luck on YOUR project.

I have about 6 projects going on right now...

Ron
 
I can help with some parts, wrecking yard near here just got in two donor bikes, unfortunatly I am not sure the harnesses will work they are a 79 and a 80.
the 79 definatly wont work, but the master cylinder (rear) may be useable.
 
That's a complete restoration dood. You got your work cut out man.
Kudo's to you for having the courage!

Keep us posted, were rooting for you :)
 
'Fraid I have to agree with Gee-s-is on this. That's one rough bike that's gonna swallow a fortune. Fork rechroming/rebuilding, stripped/sheared fasteners, seized callipers, gunked up carbs, fried electrics etc. It's just too far gone. It'd be way cheaper to buy a good clean example and use that one for parts, maybe rebuild the engine as a spare? Incidently, that's a GLT model.
 
Sarge,

Scout out what you need, then make a decision from there. Mine wasn't a whole lot better when I dragged it out of a basement last July. I should be riding it in about 2 weeks. Here's a trick I've used on e-bay. When someone has parts listed from the model you have, but not what your after. E-mail the seller and ask if he has what you need. It's worked for me about 3 or 4 times. I got the correct wiring harness for my 83 GS1100E with all the electronics still plugged in(dash controller,flasher,igniter,left hand control,fuse panel including sellinoid and rectifier) for $35.00 just by asking the seller if he had the harness. You just never know. I almost s**t when I opened the parcel. Also, the harness was perfect after 22 years.

Remember,"Cheap is Good, Free is Better"
Chris
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Hey....at least the pipes look good :wink:

If you got the time and the money, and this is just
a hobbie/learning experiance than....why not.

If your doing this for re-sale....forget it.
 
Its not really a matter of cost on restorations its a matter of pride, joy, and something to do to get away from the misses. I have taken two GS that were better off parting out and restored them and a '77 Ford T-Bird with a ciezed motor (its a 460 engine) and had an under hood electrical fire. Of course since it had a big engine I decided to add a little more to now runs about 550hp.
 
If the motor is good, it is not that bad, for the love of restoring it is not a bad project.

Replace wiring harness, paint the motor black!

I would sort out the electrical, start up and check the motor, check compression.

Then decide whether to continue or not.

We do not restore for any reason other than the joy of creating and bringing back something from the grave.

Is it worth it money wise............never................unless you keep it forever like me!

If the motor is no good.........forget it, you could probably buy 2 bikes for the cost of the engine rebuild!

Hope this helps!

Dr. Dre
 
I like saving old bikes from the junkyard and bringing them back to life. To some the enjoyment is the trip, to others, it's the getting there. I like working on them and seeing what I did. I hope you are the same. Here are some before pictures of my 1980 GS850L and an after picture. It's not perfect, but it is still nice. I have some spare parts that I am willing to share if you need them.

I think I may have spent around $500 on it. I always low bid on ebay and was patient. Let me know if I can help.


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Terry
 
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