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I have the 850G, a 1981. It is a bucket & shim setup for valve adjustment. The 4 valve motors are simple as it gets, like the Guzzis, screw adjustable. There are lots of vendors for Suzuki parts and darn near anything is only days away. There are gurus on the GS forums who will rebuild your carbs with genuine Mikuni parts (that is important) for about 200 bucks. Rewound stators 80-100. Drive shafts are near indestructible.
Easy valve adjustments like a Guzzi?If you consider shim over bucket (GS) and shim under bucket (GSXR) valves easy.If you go the 2 valve GSs route the 80 GS switched to transistor ignition and CV carbs.In all cases the big reason when a GS starts to run ratty is improper valve adjustment and bad intake boots.Beware of the inline 4 dreaded hydrolock from bad float needles flooding the cylinders with fuel.Shims and boots are readily available from Suzuki.Check out the gs resources for good info.
So far I have inquired on about 10 bikes with descriptions claiming "clear tile"................It goes something like this " Is the title in your name?" ......."Uh...no it's in the previous seller's name" "Do you have a Bill of Sale signed by the previous owner?" "Uh...no but I rode the bike all last summer and it runs great " I guess clear title means "clearly, you will have a hard time at DMV trying to deal with a 4 year second hand title"
I have a friend who says: "Never buy ANY vehicle without a clear title..." It's just one less PITA (Pain-In-The-A**) issue one has to deal with...and I agree...
Hands down!.... Find a two valve Suzuki; 750, 850 or 1000. you will fall in love with those bikes.I just VERY grudgingly sold one of my older and ignored project 850Gs to a friend and have had seller's remorse ever since. As a side bonus, the "G" models have a very fine shaft drive set up.Todd.
This would be nice:
1992 Kawasaki zephyr 750 with ~20k miles. Clean bike and clean title in hand. In good condition, could use a summer tune up (fork seals, and rear tire is getting low). Rode great last season with a couple trips into the Poconos, perfect bike in those twisties! Not many miles since winter, too many bikes - this one needs a rider! $1600 obo