Suzuki GS1000 owners?

Anyone here got an old Suzuki GS1000? Desperate to pick someone's
brain...

 

I've had one in the past. Why?

 

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I've owned GS1000S/E/Gs and rebuilt and worked on a few. What do you need to
know?

JB

 

Apart from the chain/shaft issue, they're enginely brothers to the 850s;
is it a mechanical query?
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

Uh, are you sure about that? I've owned both the GS850 and GS1000 and I
thought the 850 was developed from the 750. I can remember the comments in
the mags at the time. In fact a bit of Googling shows things like the cam
cover gaskets are the same for the 750 & 850, but not the 1000.

OTOH this was some 25+ years ago so my memory could be playing tricks.

Mike

 

But the 850 was a shafty, no?

My, somewhat skaky, recollection is that the 550 and 750 came first,
followed by the chain-driven GS1000, then the 850 and a shaft version
of the thou derived from it.

But ICBW.

--
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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
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But the 850 was a shafty, no?

My, somewhat skaky, recollection is that the 550 and 750 came first,
followed by the chain-driven GS1000, then the 850 and a shaft version
of the thou derived from it.

But ICBW.

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--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

Can you drop me an email with a phone number (need to do this today,
Sunday). Classic Bike thang

 

eric the brave <""simonb_at_zapik_dot_co_dot_uk\"@foo.com (eric the

Classic Bike. Got a decent scannable picture?

 

I had one. It was awful.

 

eric the brave" <""simonb_at_zapik_dot_co_dot_uk\"@foo.com (eric the brave)
wrote:

A brain or a GS?

 

No unfortunately.

 

Oh yes.

 

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I had one of the first. March 2001 and I've got pictures.

 

Are you seeing an 'XR' in there that no-one else has?

 

I think the OP is on about a different, somewhat older, beast

e.g. http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/GS/GS1000E/1978_GS1000E_blue_470.jpg

 

Yes.

 

I washed my head today and can't do anything with it.

 

I like that.

 

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Is that the blue & black one with the oblong headlamp?

Oily