kicker Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Here's my new toy, a 1979 Suzuki GS1000 Needs a little tidy up, have already accumulated some bits, like a wire front wheel and am tracking down a rear. Thinking of going for a Wes Cooley replica/brat style Apparently it has a Yoshi cam so should have a couple more beans. Already got some NOS stickers to rice it up More pics soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Mean do wheelie burnouts and post pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 duckface self portraits during said wheelie burnouts. cool bike, cant wait to see it get the kicker treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 My bro had a GS850, and it was pretty fucking quick for an old bike, wasnt so good at going round corners tho. But shit me it sounded ace. Quite liked it I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'll start with a Pakistani 5 up wheely I need to replace the rear tyre too, it's got a knobbly on at the moment lol Some beach racing first maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Sweet ride. my mate used to have one, it had mad torque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Rear sets are a score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Sick Bro, Sick, Get it going asap. Lets get out on the road in feb!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRK Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I have an old Yoshi sticker from the 70s unused if you want I can get my friend to make copy of it he works at printing place. cool bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 ^Could be a plan, I have 2 at the moment which I will chuck on but I'll need some more if I decide to repaint the tank. The bike is in pretty good shape, looks as though someone was in the process of restoring it, the gauges are all clean and sparkly and the odo has been reset to 00000 As spotted, the Raask rearsets are a bonus, they are not too extreme either so should be comfy as. It didn't come with any keys but I have some old suzuki keys which work in the ignition and tank but I can't unlock the seat so will see how much a locksmith will charge/screwdriver it ha Once I get the seat off I can put a battery in and try and start it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Managed to get the seat off, took a bit of effort but unbolted the catch from the seat so now I can get to the battery and under the tank. So far it needs: battery, front wheel bearings, o-ring for master cylinder reservoir, front brake disc (one is the wrong type), chain and sprockets (I'll change to 530 series from the massive 630 on there from factory), street rear tyre, some fuel hose and a bracket welded on the exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Awesome bro. Get it running stat. You around this evening. Might come and pester you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Will do, have some time off next week so it shouldn't take long. Yeah im just hanging round home today, shmoke and a pancake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Superbad dude! Look forward to your progress! OSNATS is gonna be wild this year with so many bikes. Im planning on riding. I hope you are too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Have been working on a few things to get it ready for a revin. Welded a bracket on the exhaust so it wasn't just swinging in the breeze, I'll replace the muffler at some point but this will get me going at least. Bled the rear brakes, reassembled front master and reservoir so it's ready to fill up with fluid. Dissassembled and cleaned the carbs, just need to buy some cap screws then I'll check float levels and reassemble. Picked up a rear wire rim so will change the bearings and bang some tyres on them I pulled the valve cover off and checked the clearances. They are a shim over bucket setup, I'd bought this tool before I got the bike, made it a piece of cake getting the shims out, all were within tolerances which saved me from having to buy any. Only downside is that the gasket is poked so I have got one ordered. Also got a battery, flasher unit and some fuel filters on the way, not long till I can fire it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Have been working on the fork seals, what a ballbag job. The easy way was to just pressurise the forks and the seal pops out on its own, I had 180psi in them all night and they didn't budge. Took a drill, dremel and a punch to get them out. Bit of a mess at the moment Now I'm waiting for a valve cover gasket, caliper rebuild kits, brake pads and battery to arrive. I need to clean the tank and I think I'll pull the engine out and paint it black. Once the above shit is done it should just be tyres, chain and sprockets then it's all go Looking forward to doing some mods rather than just revin shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 It seems this bike may have been hastily assembled for sale at some point, which would could possibly be explained by the fact that the guy I bought it off got it from an estate sale that included a large number of bikes. As with any large collection of old vehicles there are always a number that are sitting partly dismantled and having to reassemble something out of a pile of stuff that you didn't take apart or are familiar with can be tricky. So far I have found two mismatching items, one of the forks is wrong, it is identical to the other but the caliper mounts are too low and the rearsets also don't match, they put the pegs in slightly different locations haha. So I'll guess I'll roll single disc to start with until I can source another fork leg and I'll see which rearset's geometry I prefer then cut new matching brackets of of some alloy. Note the mismatching fonts and size of brackets Still, I installed some new wheel bearings and the mismatched forks have new seals and oil in them so some progress is being made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Cool bro, Cant wait so see this on the road! Just make up some alloy rearset mounts out of 8 or 10mm plate. Will be win. Get them laser cut or some such, then polish them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Got it running today, fired up first pop, sounds good too It suffers from the typical starter clutch problem that old zooks have but on the plus side the charging system still works well. Also had an oil leak as the oil pressure switch cover wasn't bolted up tight, one of the many loosely assembled parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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