1982 Suzuki GS

1982 Suzuki GS850 G, GS 850 850G, Low Miles, Clear Title, nice accessories. Very low miles for this type of bike. 13,283 Bike was manufactured 12/1981. This particular bike has an funky history, for me anyway. It belonged to a buddy of mine, he brought it out to CA years ago when he moved here. It had sat, I went through it then and refurbished it, it had about 10,000 on it then. We took off a massive windjammer, cleaned it up, rebuilt the carbs, etc. He put about 3,000 on it and then had two boys born in 2 years, thus the end of riding. It sat again, he moved back East and gave it to me to clean up, again and sell. Did that, had it sold, and then we take a close look at the paperwork and it had a CA Non-Transferable title, which I had never seen. It had originally come from New Hampshire, they do not issue titles on any vehicles older than 15 years. So it really had no title. Thus the DMV march began, and took years as he was in DC and I was in CA with the bike and had other businesses and bikes to deal with. Then finally after being told multiple incorrect items by CA DMV and three tries with paperwork, and getting a letter from the NH DMV, I was able to get a title about 2 months ago. Thus the bike sat again. It has super low miles, when tuned runs like a champ, it is all stock, has the engine guards and a super nice backrest, luggage rack, original tool kit. Cosmetically it needs some polishing as it has lived a bit of a carport life here in CA. The paint, tank, side covers, fenders are not perfect but pretty darn good for the years. The tank has some gas spillage stains on on side of top, may polish out. Needs a front tire for sure, has strong battery, all electrics work, but I can't figure out how to switch the high beam on, switch may be goofed inside. Needs the front brake bled and reworked - I would put steel braided lines on this if I were to keep it. Seat is the most comfortable I have ever sat on, large and wide, no rips or punctures. It starts up fine and idles and revs well, but I think the carbs will need to be cleaned for it to be rideable. I drained the tank, flushed the carbs, but it will need the tank rinsed again and the carbs will probably need to be removed, cleaned and synced. This was done prior to it hibernating the second time, but all for naught at this point. It has a good strong battery, and I believe we put new front pads in it the second time around. Bike is in Santa Barbara, CA. We can assist with transport to a degree. We will deliver it in a radius of 350 miles or so, might consider further if it make sense like Phoenix and I can pick up a bike or two on the trip. We will charge for delivery, basically full costs. Just in my personal opinion (for background I am 47, have ridden everything as a old school Yamaha mechanic from the day, am 6'3" 230) this is the most comfortable, natural feeling, easy to ride and control at speed motorcycle I have ever ridden. I am tempted everyday not to sell it and take it through the process again, but due to bad hands and wrists I really can't ride far and stick with easy to maneuver smaller city riding bikes. Santa Barbara is tight and fast, a bit like Europe. If you are interested, note that I will be out of town Oct. 17 - Oct. 22, but will promptly get back to people in order of contact when I return. Note that these bikes with much higher miles sell around $ 1,200 to $ 1,500. Very nice ones with this mileage are $ 2,200 - $ 2,500. I know I have tracked them and printed the sales records for dozens of these on Ebay over the last three years. At the price we are asking, with a little elbow grease and a few $$ at the mechanic you would have a classic sport touring bike that you could pop a windshield on and ride to the Arctic Circle or ride for 150,000 miles. My guess is somebody that knows what amazing bikes these are will snap it up as I have seen similar UJM junk sell for this much. Some Editorial below about this model: This is considered one of the great bikes of all time and is the preferred choice of many veteran riders as the second bike they keep in the garage. They say these bikes are good for 100,000 plus mile no problem. From the GS Resources page: http://www.thegsresources.com "The GS850G is noted...as a variation of the GS series. First produced in 1980*, the 1982 and 1983 model years have proven themselves to be particularly strong. The bike is easy to maintain and easy to accessorize. Features found on the GS850G that are attractive to the used motorcycle buyer include long lasting engine, large comfortable seat and low maintenance shaft drive. The GS850 offered CV carbs*, transistorized ignition*, automatic cam chain tensioner, air assisted front forks*, oil damped rear swingarm with five load settings and four damping adjustments, mag style wheels and quartz-halogen headlight. The bike comes in GT*, GX, GZ, GD, GLT, GLX and GLZ variations.If you want a good lightweight* cycle to fashion into a touring machine, this is a great model to build around." More from GS Resources: "The GS850 is probably the most reliable, strongest (in terms of longevity) bike Suzuki ever built. Mileages of 120.000 or more are commonplace. Mine now has 160.000 (as of Aug. 1996). Yes, a rebuild is due. The 850 is a downright unassuming workhorse. It does everything extremely well and in an extremely effortless way. Handling is neutral and with an emphasis on stability. Performance (mine does 70 bhp) can easily be described as adequate, with a good power curve from way down. I like my GS1100EZ for its ecstatic, brains-off performance, better handling and joint-stretching acceleration, but I love my 850. It provides an effortless ride and a smoothness the Eleven just can't match, and I keep coming back to it. It's destined to become a classic -- most people owning a good one are reluctant to let it go.Suzuki wanted to discontinue the bike after 1983. Problem was, the customers didn't agree to this. So Suzuki revamped the bike (and some of the other shafties, such as the GS1100GK) once again and reintroduced it. The GS850G could be bought new up until 1986, when it disappeared from the catalog." One of the amazing features of this bike is that it has highly over-engineered crank bearings making it nearly bullet proof and leading to accounts of bike with 200,000 plus miles on the original engines.