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

ADK · 01-08-2008, 02:41 PM

I had one like this (picture borrowed from the internet)...1977 GS-750

Grider Pirate · 01-08-2008, 02:53 PM

Nice UJM!

dfc · 01-08-2008, 03:00 PM

first bike I ever owned, scary to ride

s10rat · 01-08-2008, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADK

I had one like this (picture borrowed from the internet)...1977 GS-750

my first big bike too(over 350cc)
Back in the summer of 1989 at age 21 flew to San Diego
Shpped a day or two around (cycletrader)
found this gs 750 1978 sun burned bugundy red paint scheme
(was the cheapest " big" bike I could find in the cheapest bike/salvage dealer)..690$
put a motocross handlebar on instead of the "gaychopperstle that was fitted"
...drove it down the baja
painted it black matte in La Paz
driven back to San Diego on semi slick tires in a couple of days ... passing torrential rains ...which we were running away from
Sold the bike on cycletrader for half I paid for after a month and half use
and flew back to Italy...F...ing school

?!
A great trip and my first real motorcycle adventure

Boojum · 01-09-2008, 07:41 AM

I had a 1980 GS1100!

I had a blast on that bike........Burnouts, Drag Racing, Burnouts.........

I have also decided on my next project bike. I want to find a 82-83 GS1100E in that Champagne Color! Mukuni Smooth Bores, Header,.........maybe even a Vance & Hines Drag Pipe on it!

Just love the sound of an inline 4, Big Bore with an open header!

Boojum!

s10rat · 01-10-2008, 08:01 AM

As a matter of fact this is what I am riding now..for sure not for it's flickability
but these motors for sure have a reputation for reliability

s10rat · 01-10-2008, 08:04 AM

...still looking for an aftermarket exhaust

crazydrummerdude · 01-10-2008, 09:41 AM

1978 GS750. Very clean, very quiet. Bought a few months ago, with title.

Nessman · 01-10-2008, 07:54 PM

I've lusted after a GS850G for years. When I was stationed on Okinawa in the mid '80s the BX had a '82 holdover for cheap, why I didn't buy it I'll never know.

I've seen a few on CL lately...I have to restrain myself as I have too many projects already.

+1 for GS lust

larryboy · 01-10-2008, 08:46 PM

Wow, I just found this pic of me on my first legal street bike.

'78 GS550E

I know I have a side shot somewhere, this is all I have for now. I'm ATGATT, pants, shoes, gloves and a helmet...I put over 10,000 miles on it that first summer.

ADK · 01-10-2008, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazydrummerdude

1978 GS750. Very clean, very quiet. Bought a few months ago, with title, for $590.

give ya 650 for it...

thisflatearth · 01-11-2008, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s10rat

...still looking for an aftermarket exhaust

s10rat

what size front tire is that? stock rim? looks damn beefy

drhach · 01-11-2008, 03:55 PM

Bought it for $200. It was shot. It had been leaning against a trailerhouse in Louisiana for quite a while. I love a challenge. I got it runnign and have ridden it but I still have a little work to make it street legal. Namely, ditching the pillow seat and getting the rear tailights sorted out.

PirateT7 · 01-11-2008, 03:59 PM

I started out on a GS250T. The really funny thing is that I just came across this thread right after spending almost an hour trying to scan a picture of me on it, from back in '85, but the #$%*!! scanner won't work.

s10rat · 01-11-2008, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drhach

Bought it for $200. It was shot. It had been leaning against a trailerhouse in Louisiana for quite a while. I love a challenge. I got it runnign and have ridden it but I still have a little work to make it street legal. Namely, ditching the pillow seat and getting the rear tailights sorted out.

Nice project man!!!
Those disc brakes up front, are them new?
keep posting pics please
Had a gs for about 5 months when in Australia...bought it with 100000 km and crossed the country two up.... from east to west
nice memories

01-08-2008, 02:41 PM	#1
ADK ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Oddometer: 7,760	GS Appreciation thread...SUZUKI that is... I had one like this (picture borrowed from the internet)...1977 GS-750 ADK screwed with this post 03-17-2009 at 04:31 PM

01-08-2008, 02:53 PM	#2
Grider Pirate Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2007 Location: LV, NV Oddometer: 1,669	Nice UJM! __________________ Please don't tell Mom I'm a pilot. She thinks I play piano in a whorehouse. http://griderpirate.smugmug.com/ http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum

01-08-2008, 03:00 PM	#3
dfc Old and In the Way Joined: Jun 2006 Location: FunkyTown Oddometer: 2,481	first bike I ever owned, scary to ride __________________ Do not adjust your Stereo Distortion is Intentional

01-09-2008, 07:41 AM	#5
Boojum I Miss the PartyBoss Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Ringgold, Ga.....Saaalute! Oddometer: 5,883	I had a 1980 GS1100! I had a blast on that bike........Burnouts, Drag Racing, Burnouts......... I have also decided on my next project bike. I want to find a 82-83 GS1100E in that Champagne Color! Mukuni Smooth Bores, Header,.........maybe even a Vance & Hines Drag Pipe on it! Just love the sound of an inline 4, Big Bore with an open header! Boojum! __________________ "I aint no ruff guy, aint no tuff guy. Don't get out much, and don't dress up fly" BMW's: 1999 GS 1100 "Work Horse", 1975 R90/6 "Black Betty", 92 R100 GSPD, 03 XR 650L with Farkles, KLR 250, 72 Honda CL-70

01-10-2008, 08:04 AM	#7
s10rat Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2007 Location: around the world soon Oddometer: 2,017	...still looking for an aftermarket exhaust Attached Images

01-10-2008, 08:01 AM	#6
s10rat Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2007 Location: around the world soon Oddometer: 2,017	As a matter of fact this is what I am riding now..for sure not for it's flickability but these motors for sure have a reputation for reliability

01-10-2008, 09:41 AM	#8
crazydrummerdude Wacky Bongo Boy Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Moore/OKC Oddometer: 6,917	1978 GS750. Very clean, very quiet. Bought a few months ago, with title. __________________ 1974 BMW R75/6, 1974 BMW R90/6, 1969 BMW R60/2 hack, 1929 Ford Model A, Metal casting, Part 2/Part 1 among others.. crazydrummerdude screwed with this post 09-09-2011 at 08:07 PM

01-10-2008, 07:54 PM	#9
Nessman Social invalid Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Everett, WA Oddometer: 1,294	I've lusted after a GS850G for years. When I was stationed on Okinawa in the mid '80s the BX had a '82 holdover for cheap, why I didn't buy it I'll never know. I've seen a few on CL lately...I have to restrain myself as I have too many projects already. +1 for GS lust __________________ Matt Moto Guzzi T-3 '05 DR650

01-10-2008, 08:46 PM	#10
larryboy Paint it black. Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Über Alles,Ca Oddometer: 12,881	Wow, I just found this pic of me on my first legal street bike. '78 GS550E I know I have a side shot somewhere, this is all I have for now. I'm ATGATT, pants, shoes, gloves and a helmet...I put over 10,000 miles on it that first summer.

01-11-2008, 03:55 PM	#13
drhach gorillamanufacturing.com Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Waukegan Oddometer: 1,880	78 Gs1000 Bought it for $200. It was shot. It had been leaning against a trailerhouse in Louisiana for quite a while. I love a challenge. I got it runnign and have ridden it but I still have a little work to make it street legal. Namely, ditching the pillow seat and getting the rear tailights sorted out.

01-11-2008, 03:59 PM	#14
PirateT7 Back on Two Wheels Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Alpharetta, GA Oddometer: 498	I started out on a GS250T. The really funny thing is that I just came across this thread right after spending almost an hour trying to scan a picture of me on it, from back in '85, but the #$%!! scanner won't work. __________________ Steven ~~ "When in doubt, ride." ~~* my words, my pictures.

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