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My New GS1000

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Just bought this bike here in the UK I believe it originally came from the US as this colour and the spoked wheel single disc configuration was never sold officially in the uk it appears totally standard with the exception of the bars
which are for sure off a Z900

Can anyone fill me in the one the machine specs

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Welcome.

That bike looks great, original pipes too ...
And yes that model is rare our side of the pond. Cool find.

As for the specs, check out this link
 
Dang, just like the one I rode from west coast to east coast back in 1979. Great find & all looks OEM, even the relatively tall bars look like the ones that came on those old GS's. Don't have specs, but shouldn't be different from the GS 1000's in your part of the world. I'm thinking the only differences in the GS1000 "C" & GS1000 "EC" were the dual brakes, cast wheels, & paint. Hoping that old bike is still as good as it looks. Congrats & Welcome to the GSR.
 
Very Nice!

Welcome.


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AJAyre said:
Can anyone fill me in the one the machine specs
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Since nobody else has mentioned it, the bike appears to be a 1978 GS1000C.

Pay no attention to the handlebar haters. If they are comfortable for YOU, they are great bars.
 
This one appears to have the chromed steel wheels, not the wheels with alu rims these bikes used to have.

Useless fun fact about those alu rim spoke wheels : Suzuki only used those for the first 6 months in 1978,
because after the introduction of the GS1000 in 1977 on the Autosalon in Paris, France the order volume
was much higher than expected and production of the cast wheels was not up to speed yet.
 
you are correct

you are correct

Rijko said:
This one appears to have the chromed steel wheels, not the wheels with alu rims these bikes used to have.

Useless fun fact about those alu rim spoke wheels : Suzuki only used those for the first 6 months in 1978,
because after the introduction of the GS1000 in 1977 on the Autosalon in Paris, France the order volume
was much higher than expected and production of the cast wheels was not up to speed yet.
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I managed to find the the 1st owner of the bike when it go to the UK it did originally have alloy rims. However they had suffered very badly at the heavy hands of tyre fitters past and were unserviceable so he had the wheels rebuilt with the steel rims you see here
 
Z900 pipes???
If true flog them and recoup what you paid for the bike
Its stunning BTW. So much nicer than the other colors.
 
A great read is "Suzuki GS1000 performance portfolio".

The spoke wheels version is described as better
handling several times.

Love the look of the chrome rims on yours.

What is the plan with this bike ?
Flip it, restore, just drive for a while, other ?
 
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Rijko said:
A great read is "Suzuki GS1000 performance portfolio".

The spoke wheels version is described as better
handling several times.

Love the look of the chrome rims on yours.

What is the plan with this bike ?
Flip it, restore, just drive for a while, other ?
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I Intend to keep it and ride maybe do a few classic shows here in the UK I thought about a full nut and bolt restoration but she really is to good for that I think so I'm going to keep pretty much as is. Perhaps get fasteners replaced and perhaps convert to twin discs

this single disc is a bit borderline on modern roads here in the UK
 
If you want to do something with brakes.. have a look at the link below. The duals aren't that much better than the single as the single Disk is bigger than the dual and partially makes up for the difference. :)

Welcome to the nuthouse!
 
I saw this here a few years back. The owner looks to have drilled the disks to improve braking ??
Sorry but the pic stays upside down no matter what I do :)

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Oddly enough, Suzuki started drilling the discs just for the appearance. They said at the time they didn't expect any braking improvement, the holes were just there to look cool.
 
Rijko said:
This one appears to have the chromed steel wheels, not the wheels with alu rims these bikes used to have.

Useless fun fact about those alu rim spoke wheels : Suzuki only used those for the first 6 months in 1978,
because after the introduction of the GS1000 in 1977 on the Autosalon in Paris, France the order volume
was much higher than expected and production of the cast wheels was not up to speed yet.
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Um, no

I have the identical 78 with the aluminum rims
Sandy has a 79 with the same wheels
 
For the first 6 months of production this was the reason as far as i know.

If you have the same wheels on your '78, how does that dismiss that ?
The fact Sandy has them in a '79 could be special order or a front fork/wheel swap.

Or Suzuki used some old leftovers like they did on many of their bikes.

It seems these wheels have been used on some Australian
GS1000S bikes - but i have not been able to confirm that in
the Suzuki parts lists books in the 'Special Markets' section.

I would love some more info - from parts lists, brochures, magazine articles,
other sources, whatever you have.

But "Um, no" .... is not much to go on ...
 
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So i checked - these rims were in fact used on several later models.
Partzilla and some other sources confirm this.

I stand corrected Big T.
Suzuki developed these wheels for the GS1000 but did use
them on other/later models.
 
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