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    August BOM 2013

    Very Nice, Frank! It's really wonderful to see a beautiful '81 with the Original Owner still attached!

    (...you can smell the Jealousy, eh? I will go to my grave pining for a bike I used to have, through my own weakness of character...)

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    Great looking bike, a real work horse! one of my favorite colours as well. Can't say many people own a vehicle that long, well done.
    Rob
    1983 1100ES, 98' ST1100, 02' DR-Z400E and a few other 'bits and pieces'
    Are you on the GSR Google Earth Map yet? http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=170533

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      #3
      azr, Gorminrider, thanks for the props! I wish that I could take all of the credit for holding on the Ol' Blue for so long, but there was more than one occasion when I was getting tired of having it in the garage, and considered selling. My wife talked me out of it every time, saying that I might want to ride again someday. She's a saint!

      Gorminrider, thats a great idea for a thread on these forums, "The Bikes I Used to Have"! For me, it's the Honda 90, remember the ones with the white fairing down low? Took the fairing off and used it as a trail bike, what a blast! I was 12 or 13. Wish I had her today..

      Cheers!

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        #4
        Congratulations on BOM! My favourite colour is blue. However, we did not get that colour combo here in South Africa. I am also the original owner of a '81 850.
        1981 GS850G "Blue Magic" (Bike Of The Month April 2009)

        1981 GS1000G "Leo" (Bike Of The Month August 2023)

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          #5
          2BRacing, I just looked back at the April '09 photo of your BOM, sweet machine! Glad to hear of another OO 81 850 out there... a rare breed indeed!

          Cheers!

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            #6
            Very nice bike indeed ,impressive to own a bike that long,Brian

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              #7
              Originally posted by harley10 View Post
              ,impressive to own a bike that long,Brian
              Thanks, Brian! Like I said, I owe it in part to the wife. Wait a minute, I just realized, I married her the same year, hey...maybe there's a connection...

              Cheers!

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                #8
                Nice bike! I bought my GS1000E new in '79 and still have it too.
                And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
                Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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                  #9
                  Thanks Kieth! I'm impressed; OO '79! Lots of good miles on that one, I'm sure...

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                    #10
                    Frank: I really love your bike, especially the color!

                    The 850's (my first GS was an '82 850, I bought from my nephew Dan) are one of my favorite bikes of all time and it's cool that your son was involved in the resto.

                    1979 GS1000

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                      #11
                      gsgeezer, thanks, man! She's a beauty indeed! Never really appreciated how solid the 850's are until I started riding again. Seems like we've aged together. Definitely not the bike for pure, unadulterated speed or nimble handling, but solid in all the areas where it counts.

                      Cheers!

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