New to me '80 GS1000G

[80GS850GBob]

Won the auction today but still working out the logistics {transport...u-ship bids are getting cheaper around $230 to ship}.
First order of business is to get her home. Second, I think, the exhaust is in need of tweeking {...never been a fan of, uhm, "turn outs" - lol}
Looking at slip ons...maybe.
Can't complain for the money so far.
Now I get my liter class Suzi....and she's got the s/s tail strip - ooooh - lol.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Suzuki...h9Qk%2FoQLmMenLxE2T3U%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[80GS850GBob]

Oh, and yes I noticed the mis matched body pieces {can't place the tail piece year} and the aftermarket mirrors.
Wife was just now informed...got the usual sigh...glad she gave up on the "look" long ago. My son is trying to claim it as his....at 12yrs old he's got a while.

 

[dorkburger]

$500?..... nice. Looks like a '78 1000 tail.

 

[hillsy]

Looks like a '78 1000 tail.

Yes - a "skunk" as they are known:

BTW - nice find for $500

 

[Steve]

Won the auction today but still working out the logistics {transport...u-ship bids are getting cheaper around $230 to ship}.

It's only a 500 mile round trip, just hook up the trailer and go get it. Don't have a trailer? If you have a tow vehicle, U-Haul has trailers for less than $20/day.

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[Guest]

Yes, congrats. That's an awesome bike for $500, great deal! Looks like it has an L airbox too, but everything else on there looks to be in good shape. It shouldn't be hard to trade that rear tail section for the proper one, in fact I'll trade you! You going to keep the apehangers??

 

[Guest]

You can get some nice Dunstall mufflers that look almost stock that work well, as long as the header wasn't cut too short.

 

[80GS850GBob]

Yes, congrats. That's an awesome bike for $500, great deal! Looks like it has an L airbox too, but everything else on there looks to be in good shape. It shouldn't be hard to trade that rear tail section for the proper one, in fact I'll trade you! You going to keep the apehangers??

The ape hangers will go since I have a spare euro bar{..."super bike"}, the tail section...I have a cracked base spare {clutch side mount}, but we'll possibly talk....and I happen to have a semi set of rear sets, that I bought from someone here, that might manage to make an appearance on the bike after I get the exhaust {probably dunstalls} all set up.
I'll need to go thru the whole thing once she gets here....and I might as well do a revamp log here to entertain the masses. A thought hit me this morning...while 29k on her clock isn't too bad, "if" I sold the 850G, I could call APE about a rebuilt top end and start reasonably fresh...and maybe a Delkevic can 4-1...we'll see.

 

[80GS850GBob]

It's only a 500 mile round trip, just hook up the trailer and go get it. Don't have a trailer? If you have a tow vehicle, U-Haul has trailers for less than $20/day.

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-My Mother was on the rails about lending me their Trailblazer {tow vehicle}...she still hates motorcycles since her father got hit on his Duc.
-A friend's wife doesn't want him to go with me because he'd eventually want a cycle {I'm a bad influence their too-lol} and he'd want to go since his truck is his baby.
- Lowest bid now from U-ship is down to $225...if it drops to $200 or a tad under It'd be worth them doing it for me to keep everyone's peace. Eons ago all of us guys were regularly in trouble...fast forward to now and a lot of the wives are stricter with them...I'm lucky with my wife!

 

[Steve]

Looks like it has an L airbox too, ...

While that box was used on the L from '81-'83, it was not exclusive to the L. The '82 and '83 G had the same style.

The '80 850L was a one-year-only model for some of the styling bits, the chrome covers on that airbox were rectangular, like the ones on the G.

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[80GS850GBob]

Ok, as if Friday's surgery for me wasn't an unpleasant enough experience, now I can't get the Ebay seller to go to the post office to simply grab his certified payment letter.
{Steve- that's predominantly why I can't drive...I can take ten minutes in the car but no new HD or anything would get me to drive ten hours...no way}
Ranting here...but I shoulda known better than to think this wasn't too good to be true. Just last week I offered one of the craigs list funnies, that I posted on,
$750.00 for that cycle....$1500.00 was his minimum, but I just wanted the 1100g motor.
This eaby auction was good enough for the whole bike to be revamped...or just the motor again.
Shoot - I'm on my second round of U-ship bidding because the 1st round timed out. Now I have bids again, waiting to be ok'd on U-ship, but I can't do a darn thing till the seller gets the dang check...the games people seem to play....3 days still waiting for him just to drive 15min to his local post office and he still hasn't made it there.
Well, the way it's currently not going...it's looking like it's not gonna happen.
Sorry...lack of sleep...sore azz...and impending loss of this cycle is making me irritable.

 

[Guest]

Ya, why can't people just do what they need to, I feel your frustration. Hope this all works out for you still though.

 

[80GS850GBob]

OMG......and then all of a sudden, they do the right thing!
Check picked up today....I would have sworn {more than I presently was} that this deal would never happen due to the events {or lack there of} of this week. And then somebody upstairs seems to like you...
Booked today at noon...and updated ten minutes ago to dispatched. Once she's actually picked up I'll see it as all downhill......trying not to get too excited... {new liter class toy!}

 

[Guest]

Fingers crossed......

 

[80GS850GBob]

Had an early Memorial day party today at the inlaws, but I took time out to stop back at home to help offload my new toy....she's home!!!{3kidsexpress was great}
Pics will follow tomorrow...the "to-do" list has begun already, as soon as she got off the trailer.

 

[80GS850GBob]

Alright...as the old saying goes - "pics or it didn't happen".....my new project arrived late yesterday afternoon.

 

[80GS850GBob]

The...."custom"...exhaust will need attention before I ever fire her up...I have happy neighbors and wish to keep it that way!

 

[dorkburger]

Glad it worked out. Good luck with recovering from surgery and sorting the bike.

 

[80GS850GBob]

The...."custom"...exhaust will need attention before I ever fire her up...I have happy neighbors and wish to keep it that way!
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...wasn't the cleanest cut to remove the old mufflers. Slips ons might be a challenge.....

 

[80GS850GBob]

Glad it worked out. Good luck with recovering from surgery and sorting the bike.

Thanks Glen...it's gonna take time on both, but I figure this as therapeutic.
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