1978 Suzuki GS550

[s0crates82]

Hey all,

I just put down a deposit for a 1978 GS550, and i'm gonna be picking it up on Monday or Tuesday. Hooray first bike! (MSF BRC passed, M1 license acquired)



The downside is, there are a few things I need to get for it before I'm really happy...

First, I need (want) the left side battery box cover, but that's easy, i'll just keep an eye on eBay (and there are quite a few bike junkyards around here).

Second, and a bit more importantly, I need (yeah, really need this time) a new headlight. The one in there is cracked. Functional, but cracked. ...and kinda dim for my taste.

So... does anybody know where I can get a replacement headlamp, OR, get a easy replacement headlamp conversion (sealed beam to bulb-in-housing) and what bloody kind of lamp it is. e.g. 50/60 12v 8 inch three pin sealed beam, etc. If it were a car, I'd just go to sylvania.com, and it's easypeasy, but bikes seem to be a bit different.

[DieMonkeys]

When I first got my old GS550 home I slipped in the garage and the bike started to go down. I caught it but the headlight fell out and shattered.

I bought a replacement headlight from www.Z1enterprises.com along with a set of carb rebuild kits. The headlight was a sealed beam but it fit right into the old plug with no problems.

You may want to think about cleaning the carbs sometime soon.

A good helpful group (hate to mention another forum but it's for a GSer) is www.gsresources.com

They have a helpful forum and a bunch of guides on how to do stuff, they have a very well made and thorough guide for cleaning the carbs on a GS.

Congratz on the GS! Don't ever give her up, I've been regretting selling mine since day one.

[s0crates82]

awesome.

thanks for the info!!!

based on your z1 link, they're outta the 7" round lights btw, i found some 7" round conversion kits, so I'm not stuck with a sealed beam - i can get h4's and use em in the new housing.

second, the link for GSResources is: http://www.thegsresources.com/

if you forget the 'The' it takes you to a spam links page.

...i'm so excited! one or two more days. tick-tock, tick-tock...

[DieMonkeys]

Oops, you're right, I forgot THE.

Glad you're off to a good start now.

[T Co]

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