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!!
Oh thanks man... always fun to help a new GS'er... or a GS'er get his GS... :lol:
Cool.
Srinath.
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?)
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...
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Srinath.
Still, really nice of you to help se7enty7, srinath. Kudos to both! Congradulations on the purchase of your GS!
woot.... :)
now keep the rubber side down and take it slow while you get used to the bike.
TGG