Vintage Bike Riders » Suzuki GS850g http://www.vintagebikeriders.com A community of vintage motorcycle enthusiasts Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:55:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Greetings http://www.vintagebikeriders.com/2009/11/03/greetings/ http://www.vintagebikeriders.com/2009/11/03/greetings/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:21:47 +0000 loudest143 http://www.vintagebikeriders.com/?p=736 Well, I might as well throw in my pics, too.  I ran across this bike in a craigslist ad, and it had been sitting in a barn for a while, but was in running condition when I bought it.  As fate would have it, the bike was slow to reveal quite a few problems under the surface.  Since I’ve had this bike (just over two years)  I’ve replaced a bunch of little things, and also replaced the stator, rectifier, coils/wires, valve head, various gaskets, cables and signal lights.  Aftermarket upgrades:  Halogen headlight and lamp, bobbed rear fender, two different paint schemes, small fairing, fork brace and gaitors, custom rim tape, custom vinyl graphics and just added a Vance and Hines 4 into 1 with a Muzzy cannister that sounds wicked.  I’ve still got a long way to go, as the matte paint job (rattle can BTW) will need freshened up over the winter months. 

So here she is, my 1982 GS850g.  The Punisher.

 

Thanks for looking.  Now it’s off to terrorize the streets of Columbus.

loudest143

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