Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader - January 2008 - (Page 28)

MONTHLY FEATURE STORIES BENCH RACING Motorcycle Reports a call @ (303) 777-2385, he should have a collection of road tests on your bike, which if my memory serves me was a two year, “tariff beater” and as such only available in 1984 and 1985. By the way there is no GS 800, only a GS 850, however there was a VS 800 Twin. Whether or not the OEM manual is still in print I can’t tell you, but it’d be worth contacting your local Suzuki dealer to find out, as they’re probably the best source of information on the forks. I can tell you that those things were always flaccid at best, a situation caused in large part by the anti-dive brakes that were all the rage back then. Lastly, that’s a pretty quick 700 you’ve got. Those times aren’t much off what a new one did with a 140lb test rider on board. You can figure out the correction factor mathematically, but you also need to account for wind resistance etc. It’s hardly worth it, but the Internet has some great math sources, use “correction factors for drag racing” as a search phrase. John 1 Hey Mark, I need your help again. Recently I bought a 1979 Yamaha TT 500. The tag on the tank says to use 20W40 oil. When I tried to find some, every place I went I was told they didn’t make that weight any more. Should I go with 20W50? Should I go with a synthetic? What brand would you use? How about the lead Bench Racing #94 January 2008 By rights this issue should be reaching you before the 1st of the year so let me take the opportunity to wish all of our readers a happy and healthy New Year, may 2008 bring you nothing but the best. MZ Off the wall? Mark, I have a 1984 Suzuki GS 700ES, which seems to be somewhat rare or at least difficult to find information on. I see lots of information on the GS 800 series of bike but nothing on the 700cc. Where can I find articles about this bike from back in the 1984 time frame? How many years was this bike manufactured? Where can I find ¼ mile times and other specs for the bike from that time frame? Presents Q Bench Racing By: Mark Zimmerman Is there a way to compare ¼ mile times run on a vintage bike to those posted in original tests, when the person doing the riding is pretty large? My son is 6’6” 280lbs and he wants to know how close his times are, considering his weight, to the original times of the bike. His best times on the bike are 13.045 seconds quarter mile on a 1984 GS700 ES. It seems like this would be pretty close to the times posted in magazines about the bike back in the 80’s. Love reading your answers in Walneck’s. Hope my last question was not too off the wall. Thanks, Phil Wilson Via e-mail Questions are never too off the wall, answers maybe, but never the questions. As to the literature, give Ian Smith My 1984 Suzuki w/30k has an air suspension front fork. I ordered a shop manual for the bike but got some generic GS 800, 700 and 750 manual. The information in the manual was not instructive on the suspension, more of a how to disassemble. Where can I get more information on the air suspension for the bike, such as how to tell if it is working correctly? The suspension usually seems very soft and spongy. Q A 28 JANUARY 2008 I WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® I WALNECKS.COM http://WALNECKS.COM

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