New around here, found myself a decent GS650G

[Bachness]

Hello, My name is Jeff from Madison, WI. I picked up a red 83 GS650G this past Sunday. 15,200 miles on it. Drove about 6 hours round trip for it. They were asking $1100, got it for $850. Going to need new tires, brake fluid, oil change, carbs pulled off and cleaned. Spent the last two nights getting it to start easier and actually idle at about 1000 rpm at half choke. Bike is in over all good shape. Could use a new right side plastic panel, right side exhaust cover. Minor scratches here and there which I would expect on a 36 year old bike. Hoping to have a nice bike for about $1300 after adding a windscreen, all the tune up costs and new tires. This site, Clymer manual, youtube and I will be spending a lot of time together the next couple weeks. This will be my first carb adventure. Both excited and nervous.

Picture from previous owner.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Very clean paint finish!!! That's about the rarest thing to find.

 

[steve murdoch]

Welcome to the site, Jeff.
The bike looks to be in decent shape.
You mention the Clymer manual. A lot of us prefer the factory ones.
Great price on one here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/81-83-Suzu...645096?hash=item1cd02c3fa8:g:uCgAAOSwkGVZuEcm

 

[Nessism]

Free factory manual download here (and much more). Throw the Clymer in the fire starter box.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

Oh, and check my signature for some useful links...

 

[alke46]

Welcome to the site. Nice looking bike at least by the pic of it. Do lots of reading on this site and you will be better informed when performing the necessary tasks on the old girl.

 

[Rob S.]

Certainly looks, at a glance, worth $850. As folks have started telling you, why use Clymer when you can go to the source, the Suzi factory manual. Only problem is some of the on line sources here are a little grainy or fuzzy, on screen or printed. But it's still the number one go-to.

 

[allojohn]

Nice score!

 

[BigD_83]

I see the rear swinging arm cover is missing on the left. It's still available, but frustratingly expensive (~$10/ea) for a faux-chrome piece of trim. I've had two new ones fall out, so I added a small dab of silicone in an attempt to make the last one I installed sit tight. So far so good, with no tell-tale rattle, but admittedly less riding than I'd like.

 

[eil]

Good lord that's a nice-looking 650G. I am envious.

 

[Bachness]

Thanks for looking and the tips everyone. Didn't know the factory service manual was that easy to find. Clymer manual came with the bike.

It definitely needs a couple trim pieces but the major pieces are there and in good shape so I'm happy with that for now. Main thing is getting it running so I can ride it. It kills at every stop right now. Even with the clutch lever fully squeezed it will pull when in gear and then kills the engine. Really doesn't help that the engine isn't getting enough gas to begin with, i pretty much need to give it some throttle to keep it idling in neutral.

First thing is getting an oil/filter change done. Hoping to do that tomorrow. There seems to be a small leak from the secondary gear case. The drain plug might not be tight but it might be a gasket too? Is this something easy to take the cover off and look at when I have the oil drained? Are those gaskets easy to find?

Thanks again I should probably post my questions elsewhere and I'll be doing a forum search as well.