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  • Nadrol
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    New guy!

    Hey everyone, new guy here! I'm pretty new to motorcycles as well with my first being a 82 KZ550. I bought it with a blown motor and in a generally poor shape. Fixed all the little stuff and put in a 650 because it's what I could find.

    Anyways, that was a year or so back in college and now I have a bit more money and want something a bit nicer. So i bought a 82 GS550M... makes sense right?
  • Redman
    Forum LongTimer
    Past Site Supporter
    • Mar 2004
    • 13723
    • Michigan, west Michigan

    #2
    Yah, sounds good.


    Something like this ??
    http://webpages.charter.net/ddvrnr/GS850_1100_Emblems.jpg
    Had 850G for 14 years. Now have GK since 2005.
    GK at IndyMotoGP Suzuki Display... ... GK on GSResources Page ... ... Euro Trash Ego Machine .. ..3 mo'cykls.... update 2 mocykl


    https://imgur.com/YTMtgq4

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    • Nadrol

      #3
      That's the one. I got mine cheap at $300 and it shows. There's a picture in the project thread.

      I think it looks better than the classic jap bikes, but not contorted with plastic like the modern GSXRs

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      • LAB3
        Forum Sage
        Past Site Supporter
        • Mar 2018
        • 3493
        • No fixed address

        #4
        Welcome! $300 for a complete bike isn't shabby, you'll probably find this to be one of the better boards out there to get questions answered.
        2001 Kawasaki Voyager XII (Current bike)
        1982 GS450txz (former bike)

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        • Gorminrider
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          Past Site Supporter
          • Aug 2012
          • 4803
          • British Columbia, Canada

          #5
          Hi, Nadrol! you'll want to go here and dig around...
          BikeCliff's Website

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          • GS1150Pilot
            Forum LongTimer
            Past Site Supporter
            • Nov 2013
            • 18914
            • MoN, AZ

            #6
            Cool bike! Welcome, Nadrol.
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
            ~Herman Melville

            2016 1200 Superlow
            1982 CB900f

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            • Nadrol

              #7
              I stumbled onto that site looking through the newbie section. The amount of info there is incredible!

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              • dorkburger
                Forum LongTimer
                Past Site Supporter
                • Jan 2013
                • 10770
                • Stupid Freehold Boro NJ

                #8
                Welcome.
                A thread on an in progress resto of the same bike.
                Are you doing a restoration project of some kind on a GS? Let everyone see what you are doing by posting the details here.
                sigpic
                When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

                Glen
                -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
                -Rusty old scooter.
                Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
                https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
                https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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