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New to me 1983 GS1100E

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hlh1

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I've been greatly enjoying this GS forum and it has inspired me to find a good old GS. I brought this home yesterday from a good friend who finally sold it to me.




 
Oooooooooooh. Nice. One of my all time favorite GSs. I hope to own another someday.
Good luck with it.
 
Oh, Wow!

Beautiful GS!!! I have the forks off an 82' GS1100 and the fender looks the same. Back to your bike...

Post more pics...Especially the front end (hint, hint). I like backdrops too...Virginia is beautiful...As is the east coast. I'm just up the road in Delaware and looking forward to this riding season. Enjoy your new bike!


Ed
 
I'm on the West side of Richmond. NE corner of Powhatan County.

Yes, VA is gorgeous and with great back roads.
 
That's a beauty! Especially when you know where it came from. I have some short stalked, oem Kat turn signals that would clean up that rear end a little...
 
hlh1 said:
from a good friend who finally sold it to me.
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How good a friend is he ? as in what did you pay him for it ? What ever it was you got a really nice looking ED. Obviously very well cared for. Musta been hard for him to let it go. Hope it runs as good as it looks.
 
He's super, and gave me all of his parts and accessories he had with it.

Funny thing, this has been a runner until he fired it up for me to take home. It has sprung a leak in the carb fuel rails, but he gave me a set of O-rings to fix this. I'll pull the carbs shortly and install the new O-rings.

It also has a fork tube that keeps leaking in spite of new oil seals. Not sure what I'm going to do about that yet.
 
If a fork seal leaks after replacement, check for pits/chips. Usually though its time for fork bushings. Seal may be good, but excess wear allows free play at seal area allowing weepage.
 
limeex2 said:
If a fork seal leaks after replacement, check for pits/chips. Usually though its time for fork bushings. Seal may be good, but excess wear allows free play at seal area allowing weepage.
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Hmmmm, bushings you say.....I ordered all replacement parts for my Fork Rebuild (On my "T").


Ed
 
I found out the hard way that even though Haynes and the factory manuals don't make a note of it, the seals are directional. I had one flipped. The resulting leak was a full ring of oil around the fork leg whenever it was compressed. It gave me a clue during install, but I didnt know enough to pick up on it.
 
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Working fast! Yes, those carbs can be a bit of a PITA to remove.


Ed
 
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limeex2 said:
That's a beauty! Especially when you know where it came from. I have some short stalked, oem Kat turn signals that would clean up that rear end a little...
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You PM'ed me and my answers are not going through. try again or email me
 
That is a real beauty and highly desired by lots of us that don't have one. What was the motivation for your friend to sell it?
 
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