• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Silver or gold tank and side cover badges for an '80 GS850G?

  • Thread starter Thread starter 80GS850GBob
  • Start date Start date
8

80GS850GBob

Guest
My odd question is what is the correct color for my 1980 GS850G- silver or gold, tank and side cover badges? Myself, I could go either way seeing as my bike was repainted a dark red, but I was wondering what the oem color was supposed to be.
 
Yep. I am not sure what they used to be, but get new ones now, they will be gold.

Personally, I like the gold.

IMG_7519_zpsb2bd4d65.jpg


P6166338.jpg


Also note that if you order the decals for the crank end covers, they will not be silver on black.
They will look like the one shown on the green bike.

.
 
My odd question is what is the correct color for my 1980 GS850G- silver or gold, tank and side cover badges? Myself, I could go either way seeing as my bike was repainted a dark red, but I was wondering what the oem color was supposed to be.

Not sure if different markets received different coloured badges, but here in South Africa the OEM colour for both tank and side cover badges was gold.
 
Interesting- one can't easily get silver any more, huh? Well, I quess it'll be a redo in gold then so it all matches.
Thanks for chimming in folks.
 
Its just a thin film over the silver..and you can use rubbing compound and a rag tightly wound around your finger to rub them to the silver below if thats your thing.
 
Silver or Gold

Silver or Gold

My 1980 is stock and has silver tank and side cover badges.
 
Below is an original 80' with gold emblems. Maybe Suzuki used both depending on the bike color?

 
Negative. They started off gold and through wear became silver. Have a look at the back of a silver one the next time you have it removed.
 
Gold yes, but the lettering changed sometime after '80. We'd have to look at the owner's gallery to get a read on when.
 
Back
Top