Nice. I bought a 79 gs1000e model new in 79. Traded in my 77 gs750 for it. Yes i still have it along with 2 78 1000e models, a 79 1000e to restore, a 79 1000 L model and 3 gs750s. Also 1 - 1000 parts bike and 1 - 750 parts. And a fun lil gs400.
Yup I have seen these seats advertised on ebay from Vietnam. God I was really surprised the guy said the seat base was made from hammered metal. When you see the pictures on ebay the base looks like it's made from plastic. The stepped seats just make the Gs1000 look 100% better 👍😁👏👏👏
I use to have a 1980 GS 1100 . It was a real beast of a bike for its time. I had to sell it because it almost killed me multiple times. To many close calls with death.
Been there done that got them pretty close after bout 10 times !! Ended up using some index drills little by little till I got it mine was a neglected 79 gs1000 L model it came with adjustable rear shocks damper and springs front were air adjustable !! Bike really cornered well
Great restoration job. Congrats. I owned one of those as well. However it was the base model with wire wheels and single front disc brake which I hated. Although handling was better than its peers of that era, it sucked and plagued with tank slapping high speed wobble north of 100mph. Air suspension forks were very hard to tune. Ignition timing were points which I changed for electronic ignition. On the plus side, the engine and the intact velocity sound with those same K&N's was awesome. I had do perform a lot of jetting changes to match the Kerker exhaust I had on it. All and all, it was a fun at that time but I don't miss it as I ride a Ducati Monster 1200R.
I hated the dual front disc brakes on my '79 GS1000E. These things would absolutely howl!!! It sounded like a braking semi!. There was nothing physically wrong with the brakes. They worked fine, the discs were fine, the pads were fine, they just made this horrendous noise. There was a spray compound to spray on the back of the pads to act as a cushion between the back of the pad and the piston. It did help, but the sound never completely went away. Changing to a different pad compound was the only thing that ultimately helped.
Looks great mate , you’ve down a good job , we had the same black E model down in Oz , pity you haven’t got the stock air box instead of the sucking air sound of the pods but you’ve got it sharper than most.
Just finished up a 1980 GS850G - yep, been chasing ghosts on those Mikuni CV carbs LOL - never trust when someone says, "it's been rejetted as an automatic good thing without documentation. There is so much fake chinese crap, cheap ebay carb kits, who know what they stuck in there. I ended buying all new K&L japanese kits and Dynojet upgrade kit. It already had a Vance/Hines 4 to 1 exhaust. Another thing, is chasing hard to find and no longer produced parts. IE the airbox to carb. boots. Impossible to find. I finally found a guy in Cal. that made them from the oem plans/mold. I sent him my 80.00 and a few weeks later I got them. They worked perfect. As anyone knows at least the 850 loves it's oem air box. That is, until the Dyno jet. Now, It likes the KN pod filters.
I picked up a 78 gs1000e. It came with a Vance and Hines 4-1 but stock airbox and filter. What size jets would you recommend. My carbs are clean but I have a hard/lumpy idle. Thank you.
It's been a while since I made this video but with stock air box, I would do this: Determine what stock jetting is supposed to be. Go up one size from that stock base line on the pilot and main. Leave the needle alone. Note baseline air/fuel screw settings, then adjust to them to achieve highest idle. Set idle screw where you your rpms at idle. Check carb sync (affects smoothness at idle). Then perhaps double check your air/fuel screw settings (this could change if your sync was way off). Reset preferred idle speed.
@@MirchiBoy Sorry it took so long, I'm trying to get better about that, trying to build my channel. I think I may actually be a little rich on the mains on my bike. I may put it on the dyno at some point really find out. Good luck
Mine came with k&n filters and 122s burble out at 6500 I got some Biggers at 10 bucks a piece still lean started with the index drills I went with a super trap bike started better cold with open header a people can here you coming ! It would go to 10,000rpm and pop the front wheel a foot off the ground from 1000 rpm then my clutch slipped got a Barnet and a set of springs ! Mine only had 10000 miles when I got it but it did run
By far, the badest bikes out there, IMO, are the 1978-1981 Suzuki GS1100E and the GS750E models. My second bike was a 1981 GS750E, my first street bike was a 1977 GT750B. Those were the good ol' days!
@@CrustyCycle9317 We didn't realize how great we had it back then. I remember my first ride on an XR75! I had a Rupp Black Widow. You don't see many Rupp minibikes around.
Good info thank you.i have a 82 gs 850 gl.sputters when I open throttle replaced all the jets and rubber intakes.the coils are next.if you have any suggestions I would appreciate it
That's a tough one to diagnose just by description. Best of luck with it. Sorry for the ultra slow response. 🐌 I just started actually managing my channel.
Nice looking bike.. I have basically the same one.. Just curious what elevation you are at.. I moved from 1000' elev to 4600' elev. Bike runs rough now as compared to lower elevation. I'm told I need smaller main jets as it's sucking too much fuel at higher elevations. Do you agree with that advice? Thanks...
You probably need to go smaller on the main jets. I am at sea leve, and it's possible that my jetting may actually be at least one size too big on the main. My bike runs good on top, and I thought I had it dialed, but it gets somewhat poor fuel economy about thirty eight m p g
If it seems to run rich right off of idle, that would be your pilot jet, you may want to take a look at that also. In the video I call out some pretty fat jet sizes, but I am at sea level with individual air filters and a pipe.
When you're talking about brakes, specifically the brake fluid, doesn't this bike require DOT 5? The reason I say this is that DOT 5 was pretty new at the time (1979) and I was warned to make sure I used DOT 5 and never to mix it with any other type brake fluid. It stuck in my mind and I remember the sticker on the master cylinder saying the same thing.
The difference in the "E" model to a non "E" model is three things. Mag wheels, dual front disc brakes and self canceling turn signals. Your bike is non original seat, and missing hand rail.
There are several other things that are not as stock on this bike, but the biggest appearance items are that the factory airbox is gone (pods now), the plug wires and coils are aftermarket yellow Accels, and the turn signals are from a different model, probably later model, bike, look like maybe they're from an '81. The stock turn signals for '79 are round with a chrome finish, not square and black. The handlebars are aftermarket but other than being black don't look all that different from stock. I had this same '79 GS1000E (black with the blue and gold pin stripe) purchased brand new. They were unobtainium where I lived. The local Suzuki dealer still had six 1978 standard models with the wire wheels and single big front disk in stock at a time (early '79) when all the motorcycle magazines were saying they were completely sold out. I went to them and started talking price. They wanted, at that time, over $6000 per bike when the MSRP was about $3500. No wonder they still had these in stock!!! I started calling around, found my '79 E model in a small town dealer less than 100 miles away, made the road trip, and rode the bike home. Kept it stock for some time, then went with a VHR exhaust, Martek ignition, and a slightly fatter rear tire when it was time to do the first tire change. Don't remember the size (it was about over 40 years ago), but I do remember it barely fit in the opening at the front of the swing arm...but it was a great rear tire on a great bike.
All drain and vent lines route between the front of the swingarm pivot and the back of the engine cases. sandwiches train under the ground in front of the rear wheel.
You can always one up . CBX is a cool bike too . Then you can find another that will make the Honda seem slow or old . These are classic bikes if you love them, they can’t be replaced by something newer . Maybe your friend will try out GSXR1000 one day and find it blows away the CBX.
Agreed, thanks for commenting. For decades I've used one of those cable lube tools that clamps over the end of the housing to force lubricant through the length of the cable. I guess I just use WD-40 because that's what's handy🤓
I ran the open megaphone pipe on the 4 into one. It woke up everyone on my block at 5:30 am when I left for work. LOL
I'll have to try that!
I just recently picked up a 78 GS1000 that was left outside but after some work is now starting even if it still needs love love.
Nice. I bought a 79 gs1000e model new in 79. Traded in my 77 gs750 for it. Yes i still have it along with 2 78 1000e models, a 79 1000e to restore, a 79 1000 L model and 3 gs750s. Also 1 - 1000 parts bike and 1 - 750 parts. And a fun lil gs400.
Yup I have seen these seats advertised on ebay from Vietnam. God I was really surprised the guy said the seat base was made from hammered metal. When you see the pictures on ebay the base looks like it's made from plastic. The stepped seats just make the Gs1000 look 100% better 👍😁👏👏👏
I got a 78 GS1000E...same color, all stock except for HD fork springs...great job, great info!!!😊
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. They're just great classic bikes.
Love them ! One of my favorite motorcycle of all time !
Well that's beautiful bike 😊
Thanks, I really appreciate that.
I use to have a 1980 GS 1100 . It was a real beast of a bike for its time. I had to sell it because it almost killed me multiple times. To many close calls with death.
Glad you survived.
Been there done that got them pretty close after bout 10 times !! Ended up using some index drills little by little till I got it mine was a neglected 79 gs1000 L model it came with adjustable rear shocks damper and springs front were air adjustable !! Bike really cornered well
We use to make a homemade carb sink with mercery and plastic aquarium hose on a piece of wood with lines on them .
That's innovative. Now I need one with 6 hoses, CBX
Great restoration job. Congrats. I owned one of those as well. However it was the base model with wire wheels and single front disc brake which I hated. Although handling was better than its peers of that era, it sucked and plagued with tank slapping high speed wobble north of 100mph. Air suspension forks were very hard to tune. Ignition timing were points which I changed for electronic ignition. On the plus side, the engine and the intact velocity sound with those same K&N's was awesome. I had do perform a lot of jetting changes to match the Kerker exhaust I had on it. All and all, it was a fun at that time but I don't miss it as I ride a Ducati Monster 1200R.
I hated the dual front disc brakes on my '79 GS1000E. These things would absolutely howl!!! It sounded like a braking semi!. There was nothing physically wrong with the brakes. They worked fine, the discs were fine, the pads were fine, they just made this horrendous noise. There was a spray compound to spray on the back of the pads to act as a cushion between the back of the pad and the piston. It did help, but the sound never completely went away. Changing to a different pad compound was the only thing that ultimately helped.
That's interesting, I guess i've been lucky, mine are quiet.
Looks great mate , you’ve down a good job , we had the same black E model down in Oz ,
pity you haven’t got the stock air box instead of the sucking air sound of the pods
but you’ve got it sharper than most.
Very cool bikes, thanks for commenting 👍
E is associated with chain drive
G is associated with shaft drive
Nice bike I just acquired a 79 gs1000s with jetting issues
Just finished up a 1980 GS850G - yep, been chasing ghosts on those Mikuni CV carbs LOL - never trust when someone says, "it's been rejetted as an automatic good thing without documentation. There is so much fake chinese crap, cheap ebay carb kits, who know what they stuck in there. I ended buying all new K&L japanese kits and Dynojet upgrade kit. It already had a Vance/Hines 4 to 1 exhaust.
Another thing, is chasing hard to find and no longer produced parts. IE the airbox to carb. boots. Impossible to find. I finally found a guy in Cal. that made them from the oem plans/mold. I sent him my 80.00 and a few weeks later I got them. They worked perfect. As anyone knows at least the 850 loves it's oem air box. That is, until the Dyno jet. Now, It likes the KN pod filters.
I picked up a 78 gs1000e. It came with a Vance and Hines 4-1 but stock airbox and filter. What size jets would you recommend. My carbs are clean but I have a hard/lumpy idle. Thank you.
It's been a while since I made this video but with stock air box, I would do this:
Determine what stock jetting is supposed to be. Go up one size from that stock base line on the pilot and main. Leave the needle alone. Note baseline air/fuel screw settings, then adjust to them to achieve highest idle. Set idle screw where you your rpms at idle.
Check carb sync (affects smoothness at idle).
Then perhaps double check your air/fuel screw settings (this could change if your sync was way off).
Reset preferred idle speed.
@@CrustyCycle9317 Thank you for taking the time to reply. I appreciate it. I'll let you know how it goes
@@MirchiBoy Sorry it took so long, I'm trying to get better about that, trying to build my channel. I think I may actually be a little rich on the mains on my bike. I may put it on the dyno at some point really find out.
Good luck
Mine came with k&n filters and 122s burble out at 6500 I got some Biggers at 10 bucks a piece still lean started with the index drills I went with a super trap bike started better cold with open header a people can here you coming ! It would go to 10,000rpm and pop the front wheel a foot off the ground from 1000 rpm then my clutch slipped got a Barnet and a set of springs ! Mine only had 10000 miles when I got it but it did run
My gs 1000 ...bottomed out on 3000 rpms...so i drilled the main jets ..man she pulls like a freight train
When those came out they would just cream any KZ to that point in 78 those were maybe the fastest bike around.
I agree, and better handling, too. I've got another one down in the barn that's ready to be resurrected. Thanks for commenting and subscribing 👍
I use the Berryman 1 gallon soak can.
That's a good product. I do have a can, seems to work best warmed up.
By far, the badest bikes out there, IMO, are the 1978-1981 Suzuki GS1100E and the GS750E models. My second bike was a 1981 GS750E, my first street bike was a 1977 GT750B. Those were the good ol' days!
Yeah, we were lucky to be able to ride all the iconic bikes when we were younger.
@@CrustyCycle9317 We didn't realize how great we had it back then. I remember my first ride on an XR75! I had a Rupp Black Widow. You don't see many Rupp minibikes around.
XR 75's are quite valuable these days. New video available in about an hour, a bunch more bikes.
Good info thank you.i have a 82 gs 850 gl.sputters when I open throttle replaced all the jets and rubber intakes.the coils are next.if you have any suggestions I would appreciate it
That's a tough one to diagnose just by description. Best of luck with it. Sorry for the ultra slow response. 🐌
I just started actually managing my channel.
Nice looking bike.. I have basically the same one.. Just curious what elevation you are at.. I moved from 1000' elev to 4600' elev. Bike runs rough now as compared to lower elevation. I'm told I need smaller main jets as it's sucking too much fuel at higher elevations. Do you agree with that advice? Thanks...
You probably need to go smaller on the main jets. I am at sea leve, and it's possible that my jetting may actually be at least one size too big on the main. My bike runs good on top, and I thought I had it dialed, but it gets somewhat poor fuel economy about thirty eight m p g
If it seems to run rich right off of idle, that would be your pilot jet, you may want to take a look at that also. In the video I call out some pretty fat jet sizes, but I am at sea level with individual air filters and a pipe.
@@CrustyCycle9317thanks.. that helps...
When you're talking about brakes, specifically the brake fluid, doesn't this bike require DOT 5? The reason I say this is that DOT 5 was pretty new at the time (1979) and I was warned to make sure I used DOT 5 and never to mix it with any other type brake fluid. It stuck in my mind and I remember the sticker on the master cylinder saying the same thing.
Just dot 3
Wonder if that seat would fit an 80 gs1000g
The difference in the "E" model to a non "E" model is three things. Mag wheels, dual front disc brakes and self canceling turn signals. Your bike is non original seat, and missing hand rail.
He says that in the video , about the seat . Agree about the other points you made . Used to own the identical bike,including colour , to this one.
There are several other things that are not as stock on this bike, but the biggest appearance items are that the factory airbox is gone (pods now), the plug wires and coils are aftermarket yellow Accels, and the turn signals are from a different model, probably later model, bike, look like maybe they're from an '81. The stock turn signals for '79 are round with a chrome finish, not square and black. The handlebars are aftermarket but other than being black don't look all that different from stock.
I had this same '79 GS1000E (black with the blue and gold pin stripe) purchased brand new. They were unobtainium where I lived. The local Suzuki dealer still had six 1978 standard models with the wire wheels and single big front disk in stock at a time (early '79) when all the motorcycle magazines were saying they were completely sold out. I went to them and started talking price. They wanted, at that time, over $6000 per bike when the MSRP was about $3500. No wonder they still had these in stock!!!
I started calling around, found my '79 E model in a small town dealer less than 100 miles away, made the road trip, and rode the bike home. Kept it stock for some time, then went with a VHR exhaust, Martek ignition, and a slightly fatter rear tire when it was time to do the first tire change. Don't remember the size (it was about over 40 years ago), but I do remember it barely fit in the opening at the front of the swing arm...but it was a great rear tire on a great bike.
That's good stuff. Thank you for your comments.
The original air box is missing also. I dont like it with k&n filters, original worked fine.
Hello
Can you please tell me where the green lines goes to ?
I got the ones on my gs just hanging and it’s leaking gas
All drain and vent lines route between the front of the swingarm pivot and the back of the engine cases. sandwiches train under the ground in front of the rear wheel.
Clean the float needles and seats. Vent hoses should route between back of engine/front of swing arm.
My close friend has the Suzuki gs1000 he thought it was fantastic till he had a Go of a Honda cbx shortly after he traded it in for a Honda cbx
You can always one up . CBX is a cool bike too . Then you can find another that will make the Honda seem slow or old . These are classic bikes if you love them, they can’t be replaced by something newer . Maybe your friend will try out GSXR1000 one day and find it blows away the CBX.
IMHO WD40 is not a good cable lube. It may feel good initially but won't last long. Engine oil is a much better lubricant for your cables.
Agreed, thanks for commenting. For decades I've used one of those cable lube tools that clamps over the end of the housing to force lubricant through the length of the cable. I guess I just use WD-40 because that's what's handy🤓
Mine is so rich that the rpms don't drop when I let off the gas and hit the clutch 😭
That doesn't sound like a rich condition. 🤔
Change those wires.
I know they're ugly.