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Hello fellow Gs owners. Yesterday i became the owner of a 80 Gs1000g. I have been a die hard Honda fan for many years making this my first Suzuki. I paid 300 dollars for the bike, it ran and rolled down the road under its own power. My plans for the bike are to keep it original for now until i get all the bugs worked out of it. Its needs some work if not more then what i counted on. Some one has taken a can of silver spray paint to the poor thing but what gets me the most is the wire harness. the wiring looks like some one with a hatchet and roll of electrical tape decided to reenact a slasher movie on it . So i will need some help getting that lined out. At one time i could build an entire harness for the old Honda cb bikes from memory. Cant wait to get the old girl on the road.

some of my other interest are, Rc airplanes, and i have a Honda XR400 dirt bike. And crazy me built a craftsman lawn mower with a Honda cb550 motor in it.

Thanks for all the future help,
Daniel
 
Welcome to the site, Daniel.
A running, moving project for $300 sounds like a deal to me.
Lots of members put their location in their avatar. You might have a helpful GSer nearby.
 
Welcome, and good luck...As Steve said a running bike for $300 sounds like a good start. Ive never had the pleasure, but have read here a 1000g is a great and comfortable long distance rig.
 
Welcome.

Now we just have to see a CB550 in a lawnmover. Pictures please.

Also, promise you won't end up putting a GS motor in one? Some of us around here would be sad to see that.

Greetings
 
Kudo's Daniel,

With all the money you saved on the purchase price you might as well bite the bullet and start the restoration.

Your parts manual
http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/Suzuki GS1000G 80-81 Parts Manual.pdf

Your specific manual supplement is at the very end
http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/GS1000.pdf

A plethoria of stuff
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=2370b62ddf9f0c6b&id=2370B62DDF9F0C6B!177

So, upgrade the Regulator/Rectifier as your 1st priority, no sense in burning up that stator and some of the wiring (the GS routes the grounding of the stator very oddly) due to shunting the excess current at highter rpm's from overcharging the battery. Go figure...:confused:
 
Welcome! I want to see that mower also ! I have a spare gs1000 motor I have thought about finding an off road dune buggy style chassis for.
 
Thanks for the welcome
For all of you interested in the mower check out http://www.youtube.com/user/dgoesman


Thanks for the links to the great info, i will be putting that to very good use.

The reg/rec has been changed on the bike, but not hooked up. i searched the number on it and it comes up as a unit for a 99-02 SV650 (SH535C-12)
Will that work?
 
You made your own rear disc rotor out of a chunk of aluminum!!? :cool: Making these GS models run well should be a cake walk for you. :D Looking forward to see what you create.
 
Your neighbors must love you:tears_of_joy:
Welcome to the site!!

P.S. Mow your lawn
 
And the Story Goes Like This...

And the Story Goes Like This...

Goesman said:
Hello fellow Gs owners. Yesterday i became the owner of a 80 Gs1000g. I have been a die hard Honda fan for many years making this my first Suzuki. I paid 300 dollars for the bike, it ran and rolled down the road under its own power. My plans for the bike are to keep it original for now until i get all the bugs worked out of it. Its needs some work if not more then what i counted on. Some one has taken a can of silver spray paint to the poor thing but what gets me the most is the wire harness. the wiring looks like some one with a hatchet and roll of electrical tape decided to reenact a slasher movie on it . So i will need some help getting that lined out. At one time i could build an entire harness for the old Honda cb bikes from memory. Cant wait to get the old girl on the road.

some of my other interest are, Rc airplanes, and i have a Honda XR400 dirt bike. And crazy me built a craftsman lawn mower with a Honda cb550 motor in it.

Thanks for all the future help,
Daniel
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Welcome!

A picture of your new bike and of said lawn mower is a must!

EDIT: Just saw the YouTube video...crazy man!

Joe Guilbeau said:
Kudo's Daniel,

With all the money you saved on the purchase price you might as well bite the bullet and start the restoration.

Your parts manual
http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/Suzuki GS1000G 80-81 Parts Manual.pdf

Your specific manual supplement is at the very end
http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/GS1000.pdf

A plethoria of stuff
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=2370b62ddf9f0c6b&id=2370B62DDF9F0C6B!177

So, upgrade the Regulator/Rectifier as your 1st priority, no sense in burning up that stator and some of the wiring (the GS routes the grounding of the stator very oddly) due to shunting the excess current at highter rpm's from overcharging the battery. Go figure...:confused:
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Thanks for the links...if they are on the GSR site, I didn't search hard enough.


Ed
 
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The 550 fits under the hood very well. I have had it up to 60MPH with a lot left in it. I figure its good for a 100MPH. Honestly its one thing that scares the crap out of me.
 
Go Speed Racer!

Go Speed Racer!

OMG, that's not rough!

These are beautiful bikes and all I see is a beauty within.

As for the lawnmower, you're racing it? Heck, I wanna see video of that!


Ed
 
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