1987-1990 Kawasaki GTO (M8) maybe selling soon

[rahil627]

i bought this during the beginning of the pandemic (april 2020?), and i've used it since then

i haven't decided whether i will sell it, gift it, or ride it to Vietnam with it (if you know anything about this, please do reply on that post!!)

every Thai person on the street wants to buy it, so i'm only looking for people that are super duper interested, and mostly because i am very poor now, and will need to look for a job asap when i get to Vietnam. ????

if i cannot take it to Vietnam, then i will take a flight to Vietnam via DMK airport / Air Asia. I am currently holed up in the industrial farms somewhere near Ban Pong (?) train station, between Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi (help!! lol). So, hopefully there will be a way to meet up somewhere...??

list of stuff done off the top of my head

replaced:
front and rear tires (rear 5 months ago, but the front was replaced when i bought it)
front and rear inner-tubes
clutch and brake cables (5 months ago)
carburetor (1000b, 7 months ago)
  - a Chinese one from Lazada
  - kept the original Japanese one (Mizuki? Mizuni? something)
    - this can be repaired, i just suck at ordering the carburetor parts online, the Lazada sellers are garbage, posting the wrong pictures... or maybe i don't have an M8 carb? not sure
alternator (5 months ago)
  - the copper coil thing that generates electricity thing that makes lights bright! ????
    - (plz don't ask how long i've been using under-powered lights..)
chain (two weeks ago, 650b)
rear brakes (two weeks ago)
  - i think they were used, but in infinitely better condition than mine
clutch plates (5 months ago)
fuel on/off switch (5 months ago)
  - i forgot to keep the original, my bad

fixed:
the plastic front part that covers the head-lights and displays
  - this thing really is just 30-year-old brittle plastic...
  - epoxy glued a crack (not the best job)
  - used plastic tabs to connect it to the frame? (the part around the screws are broken)
  - used plastic tabs and tape to keep the head-light from rattling
wires (a few weeks ago)
  - all lights works now!!! signals, head-light, high-light, display, etc.

broken:
fuel gauge
  - it will tell you when you have a lot of fuel, but if it is less, you must slap the tank like a watermelon ????
speed-o-meter
  - 0 km/h because you will be going slow
  - this actually is fixable, just fiddle with the wire to see
(rpm-gauge works, and it is all you really need... maybe can live without it too though??)

added:
fuel filter
  - because the tank was hella rusty when i bought it, i've gone through a few of these...
a DIY box frame for the saddle bags
  - welded by lovely Thai friends that work at Kerry
  - only two screws to take off! ????
Kerry saddle bags
  - these are giant rain-proof bags that are were used by Kerry delivery workers
    - rain-proof only if you close them right ????

maybe more.. who knows... surely i've wasted money, time, and several terrible mechanics' efforts all over the country. i believe my biggest mistake was that i didn't clean the fuel tank when i bought it, so the rust may have messed the old carburetor up (i think, but i'm not a mechanic...). I wasted quite a bit of money cleaning the original carb quite a few times. Actually, the original carburetor is much better: it doesn't make any noise (arghhh Chinese parts!!), and even had a little screw to drain the fuel. This replacement carburetor seems pretty feature-less... ????.  The old carb's problem was that the fuel would get stuck in it, and then i'd have to drain it, clean the spark plug, kick, repeat. Otherwise, it's great!

i did get stuck in the mud once at night about 6 months ago, but hopefully i cleaned it off pretty well? Luckily, the structure is like a dirt-bike: everything important is nice and high! ????

anyway, thats enough. christ. i mean buddha!

[rahil627]

sorry for double post... i cannot edit anymore. ????

ah, i forgot, yes, of course i have the green book, under my name, registered in Chiang Mai (originally registered in Lumphun). Maybe you can see the Chiang Mai license plate... Tax is up to 2020, when i bought it. Inspection was a joke back then (basically, check frame and engine numbers in case i swapped them??), so it'll definitely pass again. Back then my alternator was shot, and they didn't care!

moar stuff:
3 spark plugs
  - with the old carb, i just kept swapping them to make it easy to start in case it got wet
tools
  - socket wrench

    - with a few useful socket sizes for this particular motorcycle
  - adjustable wrench

    - i bought in Chiang Mai turned out to be iron painted black ;(
  - spark plug wrench(?)
    - this is kinda warped now, aluminum??, from all the times i took it out with the original carburetor, but it still works, i just haven't used it much with the replacement carburetor
original carburetor
  - keep this! it is kinda rare and worth a lot of money (3000b+?), and likely better than the replacement
carburetor parts
  - maybe wrong, but maybe useful?
  - i might have left some with an old mechanic....

anyway, that's enough to get one started! ???? i'm not a mechanic, but you don't need much to do basic adjustments.

[Hummin]

Are you on Facebook?

 

Better chance to hit somebody there who would be interested than here. 

 

I can pm you one of the  bigger and serious groups there.

[rahil627]

ooooh right, yeah, thanks! i forgot about facebook groups.

i was thinking i didn't want to post to Facebook market-place, as i didn't want to deal with... the masses. but yes, you're right, i'll try some groups! thanks!

or maybe GT Rider... if anyone still uses that, for the moto-punks...

[rahil627]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/foreignridersThailand/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/734539703251936/ (expat bikers Thailand)

are there others?

i guess i'll try these two for now, before i throw it on the Facebook market-place...

[seedy]

PM sent - check your messages

[papa al]

Best sell it to a Thai.

Expat not into these.

Worth 10-15,000baht.

[rahil627]

yeah, i think you're right... it's def a Thai thing... and old Thai people at that!.. lol

very strange how non-natives are into uncomfortable big scooters that are a pain to maintain though.. ????

[papa al]

44 minutes ago, rahil627 said:

non-natives are into uncomfortable big scooters that are a pain to maintain though..

BS

[kickstart]

For parts try Kawasaki in Bangkok ,they are importers of genuine parts .

Put an in line flue filter on the fuel line stops anything getting into the carbs, a few bahts from your local bike shop .speedo not working ,look at the drive in the front wheel hub ,gets worn ,or tabs are bent on the gear ,plus some grease .

Looks like a late modal with some emission controls on it ,like mine ,one is the exhaust silencer ,that baffal just chokes the engine up,the gases  can not get away, take it out and put one in from a Mark 4 just a few bahts .

The biggest problem I had at the end was the gashole fuel ,that engine does not like it ,will not run right, 

The GTO are good bikes I have had 3 ,done over 500 000 km on them ,I still have one parked up ,just reluctant to get rid of it ,like the op people I know are still asking me do I still have my GTO,if so do you want to sell it. 

[rahil627]

2 hours ago, kickstart said:

Put an in line flue filter on the fuel line stops anything getting into the carbs, a few bahts from your local bike shop .speedo not working ,look at the drive in the front wheel hub ,gets worn ,or tabs are bent on the gear ,plus some grease .

yeah, i had to add and change the fuel filter several times because the fuel tank was rusty when i bought it. i should have cleaned it when i bought it, but i didnt know. it seems clean now though?

 

youre right about the speedometer, it's just loosely connected to the front wheel hub, very greasy. i think it's  an easy fix, i just never cared. it was quite nice not to worry about numbers though. i actually prefer without it.

 

2 hours ago, kickstart said:

gashole fuel

is this the part you fill fuel / petrol in?

 

2 hours ago, kickstart said:

The GTO are good bikes I have had 3 ,done over 500 000 km on them

yeah i felt that this GTO would outlast me! this is incredible, considering how early contemporary bikes die.

 

http://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/5364841596968168

[rahil627]

updated listing. no clue how fb marketplace works.

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1260761498053011/

 

welp, dang. tough to sell. i should have noted down the phone numbers of those cops that asked for it!

 

fb marketplace is hella annoying. so many people say they're interested, and then never follow up...?? i miss forums. much better attention span.

 

maybe i need to make a trip visiting police stations? lol

 

anyway, i'll be leaving the country this month, so just checking for any last calls.