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

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Last part of the VIN decal, which is still attached by some miracle, says GS 850 GL Z. The Z is in a box by itself at the end.


Guy said:
'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.
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Guy said:
'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.
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GLT would be 1980 model
1982 is a GLZ
 
I found this reply to a question asking how to tell the year from the vin number.


It is quite easy if your bike is made for the American market and it's from the eighties or newer. You only need to find the identification plate with the VIN number somewhere on the frame of your bike. The tenth (10th) digit in the vehicles VIN code tells the model year of your bike, using the the following year codes:

1980 A
1981 B
1982 C
1983 D
1984 E
1985 F
1986 G
1987 H
1988 J
1989 K
etc... skipping not only the I above, but the O, Q U and Z up to 2000
2000 Y
2001 1
etc....

Terry
 
Re: My Bike As It Stands Now... With Real Pics!!!

sarge75801 said:
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...

http://home.earthlink.net/~sst5817/


Scott
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Wow and I thought the 1980 850 I picked up a year ago was rough, mine looks good now But it took a while, have fun
 
My God
Thats almost as bad as my 1000 when I brought it home. Oh well, working on bikes is half the fun of owning a bike.
 
hey man, I saw you need a rear brake light. I just took my stock one off mine(also a 82 gs850l), mint condition if you want it. If your intrested email me at daredevil416ex@yahoo.com Thanks-darren
 
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