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I knew the crank would turn, so I thought I should see if I could get it to cough to life. I hooked up my battery charger, turned the key on, hit the button, and it turned over fast and smooth. I took some starting fluid and sprayed it into the airbox, turned it over again.....and it fired up immediately... So I thought WTF, I'll check the compression and see if the engine might be in better condition than the one in my other GS. Shot a bit of oil in each cylinder, taped open the throttle....and had an even 130psi all across. I couldn't believe that it sat untouched for 25 years and still had life. I put the plugs back in, and figured I had nothing to lose.....so I put a fuel bottle on the rotting fuel line, plugged the vacuum line (tank off) filled the bowls (no leaks) turned on the choke...... And it fired up on all four cylinders, a minute later i idled it down and was purring like a kitten..... I couldn't part it..... It deserved to be brought back from the dead.

I figured now that it looked abit better, I would take it to the car wash and clean off 25 years worth of desert dust... It was looking like a bike now....I started to think....Maybe I should see if I can get a spark out of it...???

Even though I had planned on parting it out....that ugly fairing had to come off before I would park it in the garage....

This is where the story started.... A Craigslist ad for a 78 GS1000 that had not been started since 1990....$400 I thought it would be a good parts bike for 78 GS1000 I already had. The bike looked complete, but the Arizona sun had scorched everything within the suns range. The engine was free, so that was all I needed to know to go through with the deal. I brought it home, and thats when the plan started to change.