GS 1000 Essential upgrades

[Gixer1460]

11 hours ago, eddiegsx said:

BTW what the fuck's a daffodil?

It's the flower of a Leek ain't it ? 

[Blubber]

12 hours ago, eddiegsx said:

BTW what the fuck's a daffodil?

That is a flower with prolapse 

[BigT]

On 9/1/2021 at 3:05 PM, Bomber666 said:

Wrong.. It’s a ‘78.. See attached image.. who am I to question that.. 

 

Interesting, but wrong.

78 has fluted tank/tail with stripe, black airbox, round passenger pegs and choke lever on the carbs. Yours may have been manufactured in late 78, but it's a 79. Picture of my 78 that I bought new. It's the wire wheel version, which I understand is not common in the UK

[Rijko]

On 9/2/2021 at 12:05 AM, Bomber666 said:

Wrong.. It’s a ‘78.. See attached image.. who am I to question that.. 

 

Impressive looking document

 

* bullet nr. 1 in the John Carr document :

In 4 decades everything from wheels to tank and engine etc could have been changed. But if judging by pictures  BigT is right - those parts are not 1978.

* bullet nr. 2 in the John Carr document :

I would be interested in what John Carr means by "the official Suzuki engine and frame number charts".

The only Suzuki charts i am aware of are in Suzuki service bulletins.

Check the attachments, these show the chassis cannot be a 1978 - same for the engine.

* bullet nr. 3 in the John Carr document :

Without better info on the resources used, i cannot really comment.

 

John does not mention correct parts : he only states the frame number is one that was manufactured in 1978 which is probably true.

The model is a 1979, manufacturing of those started in 1978.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2021 by Rijko

[wraith]

The only problem with saying what model/year a 30/40+ year old bike is by the tank or wheels etc it has is/can be very miss leading, as them parts could of been changed most of all tanks.

I myself years back when a gs1000 was only worth about £800 if you where lucky, built a gs1000 for a mate out of a box of different bits, the reg plate said it was a 79 model but it had a gs1000g tank, gs1000s side panels, gs850 yokes and forks etc etc.  The engine didn't have a head on it so I put a CV head on it as I had one.

so what model/year was it?

If you can see where I'm coming from 

[Rijko]

exactly. I guess John his first statement is a bit misleading - it feels like he verified the correct parts based on the pictures.

Guess he was trying to be helpful ?

Must have been quite a job fitting that GS1000G tank on a chain frame Wraith.

Edited September 7, 2021 by Rijko

[wraith]

40 minutes ago, Rijko said:

 

Must have been quite a job fitting that GS1000G tank on a chain frame Wraith.

It was meny meny years ago about mid to late 90's but I can't remember it being as bad as some (ie fitting a gs650 kat tank to a gs850)  and yes a lot of people thought the bike was a gs650 just because of the tank  But it had a gs1000g fitted to the 850 frame the engine was 1148cc stag 2 cams 35mm CR carbs etc etc

[BigT]

8 hours ago, wraith said:

The only problem with saying what model/year a 30/40+ year old bike is by the tank or wheels etc it has is/can be very miss leading, as them parts could of been changed most of all tanks.

I myself years back when a gs1000 was only worth about £800 if you where lucky, built a gs1000 for a mate out of a box of different bits, the reg plate said it was a 79 model but it had a gs1000g tank, gs1000s side panels, gs850 yokes and forks etc etc.  The engine didn't have a head on it so I put a CV head on it as I had one.

so what model/year was it?

If you can see where I'm coming from 

I see where you're coming from, but, I don't see someone swapping the 3 carb parts, the triple, the triple cap, the cable, and the triple cover to a 79 spec,  just for the choke, when just leaving the choke lever on the carbs would not require all that

Plus, who would swap the foot pegs?

[wraith]

Before we get SOC, the bike could of had a front end bump and needed a front end and foot pegs 

[Bomber666]

Update 

managed to find some 1200 bandit bits so made a start with the front end..

(cut, saw, hack, grind.. I’m in heaven)

[Bomber666]

10 minutes ago, Bomber666 said:

Update 

managed to find some 1200 bandit bits so made a start with the front end..

(cut, saw, hack, grind.. I’m in heaven)

I got a bit impatient and cheated a little bit by tading my Busa in for this 90% complete bike, just needs tyres and front suspension sorting out so that’s taken priority for the last few days..

hoping to get the pig back up on the bench tomorrow

[Captain Chaos]

46 minutes ago, Bomber666 said:

trading my Busa in for this

[denisd]

Very nice 

[wraith]

4 hours ago, Bomber666 said:

Update 

managed to find some 1200 bandit bits so made a start with the front end..

(cut, saw, hack, grind.. I’m in heaven)

How did you overcome the bandit longer bottom yoke stem?

Stem swap or shimmed up?

[Bomber666]

Little bit more progress on the Pig.. he’s looking nice and chunky