Greetings.....Back to the GS fold (in a sense)

[skidz]

Greetings all,

I have just secured a deal on a 1989 GS500E-K. Not the best of examples but cheap and having had a previous incarnation of the Bike 3 yrs ago (1996) Looking forward to coming back.

I am very lucky to be able to run an SV1000S as well, but the UK councils desire for salted roads with a cheap substitute with more corrosive properties means the GS will fill in, although i do enjoy the bike in its own right.

I only owned the 1996 bike for 4 months, is there anything i should need to know about with the older example? :dunno:

Thanks in Anticipation......

Warren

[JLKasper]

Warren,

Welcome to GS ownership (again)!  The differences between a '96 and an older example are just details.  I believe the shock linkage is different, as well as the brake calipers.  The newer ones had something done to lessen camshaft end float and noise; otherwise the engines are identical.

You folks across the pond must have a terrible time with acid rain and road salt corrosion.  Do most riders keep a "winter hack" in their paddock?

[vtlion]

you guys must have problems with corrosion over there.  Every time I pick up and issue of TWO, the GS is listed in the back with..... dum, dum dum.... ZERO stars because of its tendency to rust...  :dunno:

[skidz]

Well picked it up this evening , bit spluterry to begin with, but a new tank of LRP has done the trick and a Heady 90 seen on the Dual carraigeway, Overall condition is not too bad at all, just a few hours of TLC and a headlight fairing to go on as well.

Ideal

[Cal Price]

Hi JLKasper, it's not so much acid rain as constant rain, (our acid blows over to the land of crispbread) Salt on the roads, to be fair, works brilliantly but can be a bugger for corrosion, the only way around it is to keep washing her down, and yes, lots of people have "winter hacks" but a lot of them have four wheels.

[Turkina]

I wonder if anyone has tried one of those electrical rust preventers or sacrificial anodes on their motorcycle.  Maybe that could fight a bit of the rust!  :dunno: