one week since purchase, 77 GL1000

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bringenufgun
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Re: one week since purchase, 77 GL1000

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i second that. original paint, chrome, exhaust, seat, documents, good owner history is all at the top of my list. i look at this 77 and smile, reflecting on my life back then. its a segue for me.
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Re: one week since purchase, 77 GL1000

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Awesome looking bike, and totally agree on what I’m willing to do with an older bike nowadays. I learned my lesson well enough on an old BSA…but I don’t wanna talk about that….

Where’d you go for fuses? Mine look pretty old and want to replace them just cause, but of course all the auto parts stores around me have what I guess is the 30mm length and the GLs use 25mm??
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Re: one week since purchase, 77 GL1000

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thompson145 wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:36 pm Awesome looking bike, and totally agree on what I’m willing to do with an older bike nowadays. I learned my lesson well enough on an old BSA…but I don’t wanna talk about that….

Where’d you go for fuses? Mine look pretty old and want to replace them just cause, but of course all the auto parts stores around me have what I guess is the 30mm length and the GLs use 25mm??
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