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Definitely. The Clymers manual is missing info which is what threw me. Where the ^%$#@! is TDC? http://www.bwringer.com/gs/tdc.html This thread was also helpful https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?215076-Is-this-TDC&highlight=Timing+Mark

And finally, manual is wrong. My model and year does not use the mark on the case. case closed!

If anyone is reading, all the valves are within spec now. Timing still doesn’t work so something is off.

I have a manual but I’m still confused, so apologies in advance. so I thought I had top dead center with the mark on the engine case but when I’d turn the motor over slowly by hand, the valves would hit the pistons. cylinder 1 Specifically. So I’m scratching my head and looked around all over...

Absolutely. It's a little rough and one cylinder was low on compression and burning oil. That's all taken apart now and just waiting for some gaskets.

Hey guys, I was able to track down some KZ650 wire spoked wheels to use for my GS450L (19" and 18") instead of the weird 19" and 16" combo you can't find tires for. My question is how much modification if any would I need to do? Do I need to swap all the GS stuff onto the KZ wheels? will that...

Hey guys, just picked up an 85 GS450L for the wife a couple weeks ago for 200$. It's in decent shape, got it running without too much effort. Been reading some threads on here and looking forward to getting more info and maybe contributing some of the build. Thanks!