Belper phil
Registered user
Well, rescued this R80 GS from the dead back in May and pleased I did, its going to make a cracking bike.
Jaber’s named it Lazurus but I quite like The Tank, pure bag of shit with no flashy paint job or chrome bits, just battle scars and surface rust. Seen Sean W’s accidental re-build of a 100 GS and Sean has already done much more than me, (good luck with the rest Sean) but as others have said the costs mount considerably and I certainly found this myself.
Side stand needs a bit of sorting.
84, 500 when I got it and stripped it down to frame, engine and centre stand only. No paint job on any parts other than brush paint the pannier rails, but did concentrate on a fairly in-depth mechanical re-furb.
Big thanks to Bob Murphy for his excellent and skilled work in re-furbing the gearbox (springs, bearings, seals etc) and the heads (valves, guides, cut valve seats, springs etc). This work has definitely given the bike a massive new lease of life and it will be sound now for many years to come. Thank you very much Bob.
Rear end stripped and sorted by Jaber with new paralever and pivot point bearings, baffles and drive shaft examined (like new by the way after work by previous owner) splines lubed and rebuilt. Also new front wheel bearings, steering head bearings, stainless push-rod tubes via Jaber along with countless, countless other favours and massive amount of help, top, top man
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New front brake disc, pads and goodridge hose with a full calliper strip down and re-build and full service with plugs, filters and fluids.
As new set of front forks and yolke’s fitted along with fluid change and these were courtesy of Jason (Colt) again this was a massive step forward with the re-build and without Jasons help would not have turned out as well. Cheers Jase.
Going to fit new tyres as I cant get on with the dual trail types on there, front Bridgestone and rear Pirreli, would make a decent set of off road tyres for someone, plenty of meat left but I am purely road based and will fit as such.
Finely must thank Rob Shallcross for his in-put and various bits of help with the bike although Jaber did smash some of his tools during the strip down. This is because he just has shiny, shiny bikes and we don’t like that.
Now to fit me panniers and get some use out of it.
Jaber’s named it Lazurus but I quite like The Tank, pure bag of shit with no flashy paint job or chrome bits, just battle scars and surface rust. Seen Sean W’s accidental re-build of a 100 GS and Sean has already done much more than me, (good luck with the rest Sean) but as others have said the costs mount considerably and I certainly found this myself.
Side stand needs a bit of sorting.
84, 500 when I got it and stripped it down to frame, engine and centre stand only. No paint job on any parts other than brush paint the pannier rails, but did concentrate on a fairly in-depth mechanical re-furb.
Big thanks to Bob Murphy for his excellent and skilled work in re-furbing the gearbox (springs, bearings, seals etc) and the heads (valves, guides, cut valve seats, springs etc). This work has definitely given the bike a massive new lease of life and it will be sound now for many years to come. Thank you very much Bob.
Rear end stripped and sorted by Jaber with new paralever and pivot point bearings, baffles and drive shaft examined (like new by the way after work by previous owner) splines lubed and rebuilt. Also new front wheel bearings, steering head bearings, stainless push-rod tubes via Jaber along with countless, countless other favours and massive amount of help, top, top man
.New front brake disc, pads and goodridge hose with a full calliper strip down and re-build and full service with plugs, filters and fluids.
As new set of front forks and yolke’s fitted along with fluid change and these were courtesy of Jason (Colt) again this was a massive step forward with the re-build and without Jasons help would not have turned out as well. Cheers Jase.
Going to fit new tyres as I cant get on with the dual trail types on there, front Bridgestone and rear Pirreli, would make a decent set of off road tyres for someone, plenty of meat left but I am purely road based and will fit as such.
Finely must thank Rob Shallcross for his in-put and various bits of help with the bike although Jaber did smash some of his tools during the strip down. This is because he just has shiny, shiny bikes and we don’t like that.
Now to fit me panniers and get some use out of it.
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was the best and in the mostest bestest colour
