I love this dirty, ugly old bike!

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  • climberpilot

    #1

    I love this dirty, ugly old bike!

    Those late night phone calls....You know the ones...where you just know its bad news by the tone somehow.

    I got a call telling me my uncle had passed and that I needed to get home. Only problem was my cousin and her kid are here in Denver also, with no way to get to San Diego, California. Me being the genius that I am, decide that I'll stuff them into my car with my family and I'll follow along on my future project bike, an '81 Suzuki GS850 that has a bald rear tire and no speedometer and sat in the P.O's backyard for 10 years prior to my purchase a few months back.

    To make a long story short, that GS took me the entire 2000+ miles to San Diego and back and allowed me to take my uncle (in ash form) on his last ride to his burial at sea without a single mechanical problem.

    The old girl earned my love last week.
  • steve murdoch
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    Past Site Supporter
    • May 2004
    • 8512
    • St. Catharines, On.

    #2
    Good story, climberpilot.
    Sorry for your loss.
    2@ \'78 GS1000

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    • Mad Mark

      #3
      cool story, sorry about your uncle. maybe he helped you get there.

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      • Guest

        #4
        Best bike ever built.

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        • Guest

          #5
          Very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing a nice story. Ray

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          • Bevo

            #6
            Sorry for your loss but that bike ride was a tribute to you uncle.

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            • climberpilot

              #7
              Yeah, as he was a biker my whole life I really did feel like the ride was a tribute.

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              • jimcor

                #8
                Good on you mate!

                I once rode my 550L from Lexington, KY to north of Dayton OH because I got a call a bro' was in the hospital from a heart attack. I got there and it turned out it was no big deal and he was jonesin' for a cheeseburger.

                Well anything for a ride, I reckon.

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                • gustovh
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                  Past Site Supporter
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 5030
                  • Vernonia

                  #9
                  You are a man after my own heart, if it runs, give it a go, surprises you more often than not.
                  V
                  Gustov
                  80 GS 1100 LT, 83 1100 G "Scruffy"
                  81 GS 1000 G
                  79 GS 850 G
                  81 GS 850 L
                  83 GS 550 ES, 85 GS 550 ES
                  80 GS 550 L
                  86 450 Rebel, 70CL 70, Yamaha TTR125
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