1982 Suzuki GS

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Making an old GS useful as daily rider (see a short video walk around of the bike on my vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/278059164 John here, from Akron Suzuki Works. We restored over 100 GS bikes in the past 15 yrs including a number of Katanas. I retired last year mostly because it was getting increasingly hard to find good starting points for restorations, and of course, to get paid for painstaking restoration work. This auction bike has been my personal ride for the past year and, trust me, is about as sorted out a GS as you are going to find. no excuses here, everything works as new—or maybe even a little better. I have 3 or 4 bikes left over and will be selling them off over the coming weeks. This GS750 E model on offer was a remarkably nice garage find, a one owner bike that had sat for 15 yrs or so in a nice climate controlled garage. We went through the bike thoroughly—carb overhauls and rejet, re-wire and upgrade charging system, add stainless steel brake lines, rebuild master cylinders, replace tires (Michelin Pilots), new fork seals, reseal anti-dive modules. We replaced some generic pod air filters with the correct oval K&N’s. We re-jetted to suit the K&N’s and the Kerker which sounds quite nice especially on down shifting in traffic—a nice feature in traffic if you are in the ‘loud pipes save lives’ camp. Blem-free original seat. We installed a nice vintage Shoei nose fairing which transforms the bike to a very comfortable highway cruiser—some weather protection but with way better looks than those barn-door sized mom&pop jobs common in the early 80’s. The left side bag is a Krauser off a BMW. It’s good sized, closes securely and is removable from the rack so can be used as luggage for an overnight trip. The other bag is included if winning bidder want’s it. It would take a bit of work to mount the right bag with the Kerker pipe and we just thought the bike looked better with the single bag anyway. We also put on a set of comfortable rubber grips to replace the original corn cobs. Other than the items mentioned, the bike is stock and in excellent nick. This bike runs great, starts easily even on chilly mornings, pulls strong to the redline, handles respectably and brakes are about as good as they got for the early 80’s. Inside of the tank looks like stainless steel, paint on the tank is remarkably nice original. The plastic is in good shape with only the striping wearing off to complain about. Stripe kits are available from diablo graphics in Canada if you’re fussy. The front fender is painted in black/red. we scarfed up the original red fender for a restoration project and did not have another red one available. The ignition key works for the seat and helmet lock. There are not leaks, the bike charges spot on (volts and amps), the Michelin’s are a nice upgrade for handling and safety over the Dunslops that were OE in the day. THE BOTTOM LINE You are getting a GS-specialist prepared bike here folks. No excuses about anything not working—if something wasn’t working, we’d fix it before putting it out there. This one has been serviced by a master Suzuki tech with only about 40 yrs experience with GS’s. The suspension was even dialed in for a 180 lb rider—static sag adjusted, shocks set for pre-load and damping. You are also getting a couple of very useful upgrades—the Shoei fairing and the Krauser bag. This bike is ready for a ride anywhere. No disappointments here. Sold at no-reserve best-offer format, probably for way less than we have into sorting the bike out. Take your best shot and if we don’t catch a bid, our lady of the wayside will thank you for not bidding. A note about the GS750 Hard to believe that Suzuki built two completely different motors for their bigger bike lines in the early 80’s. The 1100 E series bikes had roller cranks but the GS750’s had auto style babbitt bearing cranks—much lighter and with high pressure oil pumps. These 16 valve motors were the precursors to the GSRX engines which came later. They were 50 lb or so lighter than the 1100 bikes, the handling was consequently a little sharper than on the bigger bikes. I got some face time with Wes Cooley himself at Mid Ohio a couple years ago where he was the guest legend for Vintage Days. He told me about working with Pops Yoshimuro to sort out the 1100 bikes after they had won a couple of super bike championships on the 1 liter Katana bike in 80-81. He said the handling wasn’t nearly as good on the heavier 1100’s. Maybe that’s why i like riding around on this little 750 so much. I hope you will too. —john