GS Appreciation thread...SUZUKI that is...

That is a beautiful machine. There is a GS1100E 1983 at Action Sports in Alliance, Ohio. Owner is the parts man at the shop, bike is clean and mean. Want it badly, better judgement says wait. How often do nice examples come around?

Can I say right here and now, I fucking love Suzukis.

That's a nice one

i don't know why but i'm smitten with the old school suzuki drag whores. the bike was bought new to drag race by the original owner. he blew it up and parked it. resurrected by the second owner. 1800 original miles (geez, how many 1/4 mile passes is that? better get the calculator)
still has origianl bodywork, gauges, wiring harness, etc. my plan is to put a street tire on the back, find a baffle for the star header. and plate it. first though, terrorize the neighborhood with it. need to figure out a route with no right turns

Nice Find

I'm glad this thread is getting some attention.

My 1980 GS850G has been sitting too long, and I hope I can get some work done on it this weekend.


Has anyone gone the sidecar route with one of these?

Here's mine. 1982 GS850L. Bought brand new out of the crate in early '83. Timeless beauty and reliability. Hasn't let me down in almost 30 years.

....and, how my kids earn their room and board!

Looks great!!

how do I get mine that clean? Can I rent your kids?

Friday night is two-fers. Rent one, get one free! You just have to feed, clothe, educate, baby-sit and raise them like they were your own!

My son and I recently got GS1100s, an '81EX and an '82GL. We don't know yet who will ride which.

The E got a new seat cover and a bit of tuning.

The G got a modified seat and sport bars to make it less cruiser and more classic.
Plans are to ride the Beartooth and Bighorns which are just up the road a piece.

is there no cure for my addiction? i drove 1034 miles round trip on thursday to pick up these two. left @ 7am thursday, got home 1am friday.
bought from the original owner. 1229, 38mm flat slides, v&h cams and exhaust, stage two head, back cut trans, air/elec. shifter. 156 rwhp.
got the titled roller in the deal too. going to swap the 17" performance machine wheels onto the 1229, and use a couple of the body work bits onto the 1166.

Well, here she is. ALMOST done. Since these pics, I have mounted the exhaust and oil cooler/oil lines, all calipers installed and bled. Got the Shorai battery installed. Waiting on a different rear sprocket & an offset counter sprocket:





No mods to the frame, but have made the following changes:

2001 Bandit 1200 forks (stock valving, with 1.0 kg RaceTech springs), rims (rear rim in stock swing arm) and 6 pot tokico brakes.
1989 GSXR750 Triples (Top clamp is a Speigler unit allowing me to run handlebars)
Vintage Mikuni VM33 smoothbores
V&H 4-1 Street megaphone
I plan to add a Holeshot fork brace as well...

The factory exhaust weighs 44lbs. The V&H weighs 12lbs.
The Shorai Li-Fe battery weighs 6 lbs. less than the factory lead acid battery.
I didn't weigh the difference between the Bandit rims & the stock rims, though.

SO, the bike is at a verifiable 38lbs lighter than stock.

that'll be Nice!

I wouldn't have thought the stock battery even weighed 17 lbs.

They claim 16.91 lb difference. The stock Lead acid battery is HUGE. The Shorai weighs 1.6 lbs and fits in the palm of your hand. Honestly, I'd be inclined to believe it. Unfortunately, I recycled the old battery, so I can't test their claim. Perhaps I'll yank the KLRs battery (which is pretty fair sized) and see what the difference is there.

EDIT: Just did some checking...according to the Yuasa site, the battery for the GS weighs 7.6lbs, so Shorai's site is off by 10 lbs, if it is measuring a dry battery.

I bought this 1980 GS1100E a few days ago and will be picking up next week. It's not showroom, but it's a solid 8.5-9 out of ten and has mikuni flat slides on it, quite quick. It will be getting lower bars and the windshield will go immediately. We'll see what's next after that. I'm just getting used to my first airhead, and my CB750 is pretty tired these days, this should be fun for a minute.

So nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That thing must fly.