New member from Ohio

[Big ugly]

Hello all!
New to GSR, I bought a barn find 1980 GS850G with a Windjammer fairing and Vetter trunk. I am familiar with the 850 since I had ridden one for 7 years. Now I have the barn find running fairly well and it is a nice old bike to ride. The paint is suprisingly good and most of the trim is there too. The old owner had cut the exhaust off in front of the rear axle so I need to remedy that, it's too loud. I currently own the 1980 barn find 850 and a 2012 V-Strom 650. I will try to post a pic of the 850 soon! Any GS owner meets / rides in Ohio?

[alke46]

Welcome to the site. Lots of GS owners from Ohio. Check out Chuck78 (I think that's his username) he has a lot of suggestive routes to ride.

[dorkburger]

Welcome. .

[Steve]

Oh, yay, another GSer in oHIo.

Yes, there are a bunch of us here, but most of us are a couple hours south of you. Some a little east of that "south", some a bit west.

Not really a gathering in oHIo, but we do meet up in Indiana in June. Next year, it will be on Father's Day weekend. Details HERE.

Nice bike (I'm partial to 850s) come on down for a visit when it's running well enough. Or make an appointment, you can trailer it down and we can work on it in my shop over a weekend.

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[Guest]

Welcome, I ride with a mix-matched group of geezers on Wednesday night's to get supper.
We will occasionally end up in your neck of the wood. Carmey's in Tiffin, Fat Heads in Republic, Rays on The Bay in Bayview and The Tackle Box II in Fremont amongst others.
We have Wing's, BMW's, Harley's, Spyders and my Suzuki.

[kerrfunk]

I live in WV and ride the southeast section of Ohio quite a bit. Lovely roads between Parkersburg and Chillicothe.

[storm 64]

Hey you live on the same street as me, RT224 well same street just 150 miles away! (RT224 goes across the whole state of Ohio) 👍

[Redman]

Welcome to GSR.

I would say your 850 is not so ugly.
(but then again, I had 850G with samsonite bags and trunk that look exactly like suitcases - big suitcases.)

Well, the exhaust aint so pretty.
Good to see that you want to do something about that.

Findlay OH to Bedford IN is 130 miles.

Do post pics, and introduce yourself some more.

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[Steve]

Findlay OH to Bedford IN is 130 miles.

Dave, Not sure if you need a new map or just get your odometer recalibrated, but STRAIGHT-LINE, it's 213 miles from Findlay to Bedford.
If the road he needs to take has any curves (most of them do, down here), Google Maps says it's 270-285 miles.

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[Redman]

Dave, Not sure if you need a new map or just get your odometer recalibrated, but STRAIGHT-LINE, it's 213 miles from Findlay to Bedford.
If the road he needs to take has any curves (most of them do, down here), Google Maps says it's 270-285 miles.

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Steve,
I did google search "Bedford IN Findley OH" ......
doah.... now, I see I got distance between Bedford OH and Findlay OH ... doah.



Big U,
Do consider joining us in Bedford INDIANA, in June, but you will not want to follow me anywhere now that you see my mapping skills har har har

Although I have managed to make it down to Ohio River and back.

Typically are 25-30 folks from 5-6 states, and 8-10-12 GS's there.

Dave

[havokcledj]

hello to all OHIO Gs riders, up north we run in packs around the lake...see you all out there when the snow melts

[ddaniels]

Welcome aboard! Another Ohio(an) here, down in Dayton. You're only an hour and a half from here, maybe 2 hours to Steve's shop.