The GS I have has always felt a little squiggly in the rear end, riding down the road it seemed to wander from side to side just slightly. I always figured it was just because it is an old bike with a small tube swingarm. But over the last week it got down right scary, when I used the rear brake it felt like the aft shifted a couple of inches to the right, and when I'd get back on the gas it would quickly snap to the left. Well I replaced the swingarm pivot bearings today, and they were definitely shot. There was NO grease left in them just some hardened muck that used to be grease, and a bunch of rust. I decided to replace the coils while I was at it so I won't know how much better it feels until I get some new plug wires. So my take away from this is that on a 30 year old bike you should at minimum pull the swingarm and grease it up.
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