my short story about buying my GS500!!

[se7enty7]

My day started around 2pm.  Destination: Charlotte, NC to visit srinath; and look at his 95 gs, and someone elses 89 gs (for $750..)

So.  2pm; I go to pickup a friends minivan that I was going to haul my bike back with (in the back).. and measure it.  Whoops... a dodge grand caravan won't easily fit a GS.  Next step, borrow a friends dad's cadillac (it has a trailer hitch; it will work!) and rent a moto trailer from uhaul.  So, I borrow the cadillac and show up at uhaul.  Guess what? NO trailer wiring.  It has a hitch; and a ball (that's OBVIOUSLY used) but NO electrical hookups anywhere.  To make a long story short; I must have been the only fool to hook a trailer up to a seville sts.  So; I spliced into the caddy's wiring myself.  

Now; it's 6pm(ish..) and I'm supposed to be in NC at 6:30!!  Give everyone a quick call to let them know I'll be late.

10:00pm or so: Show up at matt's house.. it's a beautiful 89 gs500 in nearly perfect condition.. 13k miles.. buy it.  It needs a battery and turn signals front and rear.

11pm show up at srinath's house.

srinath is awesome; a TRUE member to our community.  I bought quite a bit of stuff (but it didn't nearly add to the FREE help he gave me!!) and his knowledge/skills really are amazing!!  I saw some of his work, and it is top notch.  It's not often you find someone who is more interested in making a quality product than a quick cheapie.  Couldn't say anything better about him/his work...  Thanks!


at a cool 1:15am I pull away from srinath's house..

and... I got home about 45 min ago.  unloaded the bike; took a quick shower, and excitedly post about my new motorcycle!!!


Thanks yet one more time srinath!!

[The Buddha]

Oh thanks man... always fun to help a new GS'er... or a GS'er get his GS... :lol:  
Cool.
Srinath.

[Rema1000]

Wow, what an opportunity!  If I were buying an '89 and stopping at Srinath's house afterwards, I'd just pay Srinath to swap the carbs with a pair of cleaned and jetted ones.  I can't think of a shop that I would trust more to get them right!

(or maybe the '89 you bought came from a knowledgable GSTwin'er, so you could trust that the carbs were clean and set-up right?)

[The Buddha]

I told him we can do that, but it was like 12 + when we were having that conversation... anyway... the hoses had brown tinted gas in it, and far from correct routing... Just to fix that I wanted to jet it... but he had to have stayed over in Charlotte and he couldn't...
Cool.
Srinath.

[scratch]

Still, really nice of you to help se7enty7, srinath. Kudos to both! Congradulations on the purchase of your GS!

[TheGoodGuy]

woot....

now keep the rubber side down and take it slow while you get used to the bike.

TGG