Last year I bought my first motorcycle, a 1979 Suzuki GS425. I ended up getting it at a pretty awesome deal, put a small amount of work into it, and enjoyed it for the second half of the summer... I knew last year I was going to need to do a bit of work on the bike, specifically the carbs (maybe the valves????) but my knowledge of motorcycle repair is equivalent to a monkey screwing a coconut.
Are there any guys out there that have any pointers, tips, shops, or even would be willing to accept cash/beer for helping myself (and possibly a friend of mine, with an 80's Yamaha 650) tune up the carbs and odds and ends?
Also, does anyone have experience with replacing handlebars? id like to lower them a bit... not quite flat with the speedo, just a smidgen higher. hard? way too expensive? easy?
For reference (not my bike, but literally identical)
