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n00ben7

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Hello.

I found someone selling a 1986 Suzuki gs750es. Most parts catalogs only show up to year 1979 and others 1983. Is there a 1986 model and if yes where can I find parts for it? Or interchange between other years and models?

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Suzuki GS750ES brochures

www.suzukicycles.org

Scrap yard for some parts, aftermarket for others.
Post a pic if you can.

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From the photos it looks like it says gs750es on the fairing, but after some Google comparisons it does look like a gsx750es.

I'm torn between this one and a 84 gs400.

I'm a new rider and I'm thinking of doing a cafe racer build. Which one would you guys recommend?
 
n00ben7 said:
From the photos it looks like it says gs750es on the fairing, but after some Google comparisons it does look like a gsx750es.

I'm torn between this one and a 84 gs400.

I'm a new rider and I'm thinking of doing a cafe racer build. Which one would you guys recommend?
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Neither. Sorry. It will cost you more to buy and get running than a modern bike and insurance is harder to obtain. Buy a 250/300 now, learn, ride it and have fun. A year of insurance on a 750 will probably cost you 5x (or more) what the bike cost you.

If you want to have a project bike as well, pick one up. When is is not running, you will still have a bike to ride. After a few years of a clean riding record, insurance on a vintage 750 may be reasonable.
 
Neither, there are better bikes for first time cafe racer build, but I would build a real racer too.
 
:ROFLMAO: great minds think alike

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No matter what you plan to buy price insurance costs first.
Plate it before you modify it, insurance companies frown on modified motorcycles
 
n00ben7 said:
Personal preferences aside, are the GS400s reliable and easy to find parts for?
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What parts are you planning to need?
A twin cylinder motor is twice as hard to work on as a single and a 4 cylinder bike is 4 times as much, leave those for enthusiasts and unfinished projects people.
GS400 has CV carbs, if you plan to run pods on that bike you will have a problem. I would only buy one that was unmolested and has low miles on it. To be honest, the bike you want is the one that somebody bought and crashed once when it was almost new and then just stuck it away in the back of the heated garage for a few decades.
 
Trials said:
What parts are you planning to need?
A twin cylinder motor is twice as hard to work on as a single and a 4 cylinder bike is 4 times as much, leave those for enthusiasts and unfinished projects people.
GS400 has CV carbs, if you plan to run pods on that bike you will have a problem. I would only buy one that was unmolested and has low miles on it. To be honest, the bike you want is the one that somebody bought and crashed once when it was almost new and then just stuck it away in the back of the heated garage for a few decades.
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Mostly looking for consumables such as seals, clutch/brake disks, stuff like that. Are they readily available and does the 84 interchange parts with other models which may ease finding parts?
 
Never buy a first motorcycle that's older than you are, unless you're prepared to spend a lot of time in the garage and not riding.
Just sayin'....
 
GreyGhost said:
Cough, $3500+modifications and then insurance of probably double that? What you smokin?
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That looks like a buy and ride bike from here.
Would be a good one for him/her to price for insurance even just for comparison. Street bike without insurance is pretty useless.
... you know what that bike would fetch in USA$
 
n00ben7 said:
I never told you how old I am lol. But the main purpose of this bike is to be a project.
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Oh don't worry, any 1980's motorcycle you buy will be a project (y)
 
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