Suzuki Gs850-1100 Shaft Drive 1979-1984: Service, Repair and Maintenance [Paperback]

Eric Jorgensen (Author), David Sales (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1984

Whether it's simple maintenance or complete restoration, don't start work without Clymer, the leader in service manuals Save yourself time and frustration with procedures and techniques the professionals use Comprehensive manuals contain exploded views, drawings, specifications and charts to illustrate each job Feature shortcut repairs and high-performance modifications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Clymer Publishing; 3 edition (June 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892873051
• ISBN-13: 978-0892873050
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Minimum service manual, September 25, 2005

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Thomas E. Hess (Lafayette, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suzuki Gs850-1100 Shaft Drive 1979-1984: Service, Repair and Maintenance (Paperback)

The manual says, "This manual has been specifically written and formatted for the amateur home mechanic." This description is correct. The motorcycles covered in this manual are at least 21 years old. Some parts are not available for these models. Owner's manuals are usually lost. Part of the attraction of older bikes is the lower cost, but hiring out maintenance can get expensive quickly. People who buy bikes this old should be prepared to do most repairs themselves.
This manual combines the essential information from both the owner's manual and a factory service manual, and does so at a fair price. People who are mechanically inclined will find the descriptions of the tasks to be quite direct. People who haven't worked on machinery before are likely to get themselves in trouble.
Comparing the Clymer manual with my official Suzuki manual for the GS650G is revealing. The Suzuki manual uses very clear line drawings. Clymer uses black & white photos, which were reproduced with a coarse screen and lack legibility too often. Suzuki explains, for example, how the carburetors work before describing maintenance procedures. Clymer goes directly to disassembly, and in less detail than Suzuki. To be fair, the Clymer manual has some details lacking in the Suzuki manual. Clymer also covers several models, and does so over a time span in which significant changes were made to the bikes . And the Suzuki manual, if it is still available, costs $62.
Anyone working on these motorcycles should become familiar with the GS Resources web site, at http://www.thegsresources.com/
Specific suggestions there go into greater detail than either manual in diagnosing and repairing problems that arise with these older, but still fine machines. The forums also give advice on finding replacements for parts that are no longer available from Suzuki, and on replacement parts that are sometimes better than OEM parts.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good info, June 4, 2009

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Rio :-) (Bergen, Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suzuki Gs850-1100 Shaft Drive 1979-1984: Service, Repair and Maintenance (Paperback)

The book covers most of the technical info you need as a GS1100G owner. The pictures are not very good, they are mostly black & white and rather unclear.

4.0 out of 5 stars A confused hobbiest outlook, March 22, 2000

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turtle (Atlanta, GA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suzuki Gs850-1100 Shaft Drive 1979-1984: Service, Repair and Maintenance (Paperback)

it is very indepth as far as explaining what to do.however more detailed pictures would have been a definite plus, I found it hard at times assertaining exactly where certain parts of the motorcycle were located.For a more advanced mechanic I'm sure that this wouldn't be a problem. But for the hobbiest, I hope in the next publication they would toss in an overall diagram explaining part location.