Hello from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Back in 1986, I was in college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, living at home with my mom and sister, taking a city bus down to campus. One day, while I was minding my own business, my mom came up to me and said, "Tom, you should get a motorcycle." I kid you not. It was HER idea. She even put up the first $250. I had a buddy with a motorcycle quickly teach me how to ride, then I purchased my 1978 GS550 with 13k miles for $450. I still have that same bike today. The photo is me giving my grandmother a ride shortly after I bought it.
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Here's a selfie I took yesterday while riding around in Saint Paul and Maplewood, Minnesota. Notice I'm wearing the same Schott Perfecto leather jacket from the first photo, except now my belly is too big to zip it up!You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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41 years for me. I'm down in Lakeville not far from Buck Hill. Welcome to the GSRs !!82 1100 EZ (red)
"You co-opting words of KV only thickens the scent of your BS. A thief and a putter-on of airs most foul. " JEEPRUSTYComment
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34 and 32 years, repectively, for each GS.Dave
'79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car windowComment
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Welcom... Congrats, my parents didn't even want me looking at motorcycles.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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Welcome to the site. Great post.2@ \'78 GS1000Comment
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If you count dust collectors, I have one but the plastics are slowly disintegrating.Comment
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See my sig lines. 40 years last month!Jim, in Central New York State.
1980 GS750E (bought used June,1983)
1968 CB350 Super Sport (bought new Oct,1968)
1962 CA77 305 Dream (bought used Feb,1963)Comment
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Only had mine since ‘87,
back then I was a long haired hooligan,
these days I’m a grey thinning haired hooligan
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Bought my 1983 GS 750 E brand new, so 40 years for me. However for health reasons { safety in riding } it doesn't look like it will make 41 ..... Someone will likely be getting a bike with 20,000 km on it before the year is out .....Comment
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I purchased an '80 model GS850 new in December, 1979 and owned it until September, 2017 when it was 'claimed' by Hurricane Irma along with four other bikes. So, 37 years and 9 months or so. Otherwise I would still have it.
At the time of the storm I had another 850 getting work in a shop away from the flooding which I still have and I also purchased another one since then. So what I can truthfully say is that I have owned at least one 850G continuously since 1979--soon to be 43 years.
Believe in truth. To abandon fact is to abandon freedom.
Nature bats last.
80 GS850G / 2010 Yamaha Majesty / 81 GS850GComment
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Great old photo! You're in Birmingham, so that must be one of those right hand drive bikes for the UK market, yeah? ;-pOnly had mine since ‘87,
back then I was a long haired hooligan,
these days I’m a grey thinning haired hooligan
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