A friend put me in touch with a gs1100e owner that hadn't had his bike running in years. his health had gotten bad enough he was selling off his toys. We spoke on the phone and the next morning I picked up my big brother, a big coffee and his trailer and off we went to see a GS. I thought at the time guys are making videos of this kind of trip and getting paid. Anyway, it was a 3 hour drive on a 2 lane highway, we took a couple shortcuts going cross country. We arrived, the owner seemed pretty forthright, the bike looked good and the price was low enough I could afford the hit if the engine was toast. After a nice visit and some drag race stories, money and paper exchanged hands. We loaded up and headed for home with our prize. Along the way we stopped for lunch and a photo with the same F84 fighter jet where I got a pic of my old kz1000 when it came home.
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Sounds like a great trip... Is it red, silver, black, blue, champagne, maroon, Bright red, or navy blue?... maybe we can figure what yr. model it is...WE WANT PICTURES... Then we can start the rest of the stuff. Oh yeah, Welcome1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100 -
1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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This one is black with the red and orange stripes. I'm working on posting pictures.You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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Black with red and orange... tells us a "81" lunch box headlight model. Personally I like that style better than the later models, though I figure Rob will got to disagree. Looks pretty dang good, should hopefully be a very nice get her up and going project. Is those 33mm smooth bore carbs?Last edited by rphillips; 02-16-2024, 06:24 PM.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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Last year for lunch was '81.1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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Yes, 1981. The carbs are smoothbore Mikunis but I think they are 29's. I'm considering trading them in for 34 flat slides but I never get in too big of a hurry. I want to ride it a little more and get to know the bike.Comment
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OOps, I hit the wrong button, the "82" was the beautiful champagne color or deep red. Wondering if 29's would be an upgrade to OEM, 34's?1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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Very nice ! Enjoy !!Larry D
1980 GS450S
1981 GS450S
2003 Heritage SofttailComment
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1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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Congratulations - that's quite a nice find. That model came stock with Mikuni BS34 CV carbs (1150's had BS36 CVs). With the pipe and pods, whoever set up those smoothbores just may have had them dialed in (which is a bit of an art). I'd ride it first for a while and then decide on the flatslides (which isn't a bad idea either). Don't forget, it was the world's quickest production bike with CV carbs, an airbox and stock exhaust!Scott
1982 GS1000S #1 bought in 84, #2 gone, #3 in hibernation
1983 GS1100ES #1 (bought in 03, July 09 BOM, 65k traded in 17), #2 New daily rider, #3 in hibernation
1982 GS1100E Red #1 - Original owner, sold in 93, #2 (Red) sold in 20 to Andy B
2018 Gold Wing Tour - new out of the crate :) 1st non-Suzuki in 38 years
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Oh geeze, that's my old Suzy, best damn bike I ever owned. Bought it new in '81, and rode the well oughta it till I stuck it in the side of a Chrysler in"86.Take care of that, and always have it pointed where you intend to go before you pull the trigger.Expecting the Spanish Inquisition
1981 GS850G: the Ratzuki
1981 GS1100EComment
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The guy I got it from had one for a drag bike but lost it in a divorce. Years later he saw this one and bought it just to make the point that he can have a gs1100 if he wants one. He didn't really ride it a lot.Comment
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Oh yeah, an EX for sure. Put a lot of miles on mine!Currently bikeless
'81 GS 1100EX - "Peace, by superior fire power."
'06 FZ1000 - "What we are dealing with here, is a COMPLETE lack of respect for the law."
I ride, therefore I am.... constantly buying new tires.
"Tell me what kind of an accident you are going to have, and I will tell you which helmet to wear." - Harry HurtComment
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Great find, and story, too.
I feel chastened as I did not recall anything about F-84 planes. I actually thought it might be a mis-type for F-86 Sabre which I did know of as I had an old friend who piloted them.
For anyone else like me, here is the Wiki story of the F84:
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