GS Sightings

[Tom MLC]

GS1000S replica

At the Street Vibrations event this weekend. A mostly Harley event. Up at Virginia City I spotted this funny looking HD parked on the strip.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h113/Tom_MLC/Street%20Vibrations/HPIM0543.jpg

A '79 GS1000E with the fairing and paint job to look like a Wes Cooley "S". Owners name is Mark(?) from Manteca. He got a look at our '78's and I told him about the GS Resources. Hope he checks it out, and can join us for some ridin' and wrenchin'.

[chronoman]

GS450l

I just saw a early 80's GS650go by my store in Waxhaw, cool looking bike.
Of course for the last two weeks my neighbors have been seeing my 87 GS450L.

[Tom MLC]

Found some old pics

My wife dug up a few old pics of a very young me on my first two GS's.


Geez, was I ever that young?
The blue scooter is a '78 GS750 I bought new when I was stationed in Japan. Had to sell it when I transfered back to the US. The red bike is an '81 GS750 I also bought new. This one was stolen out of my carport one night. That was a drag. I rode a Yamaha RD400 for a while after that, but it just wasn't the same as my GS. Gave the Yami to my brother, and took a long hiatus from riding. Until last summer, when my mid-life crisis kicked in. Now I'm glad to be back on two wheels, with a stable full of sweet old GS's!\\/

[DanTheMan]

Is that a Great Lakes Decal on the fork of your red one? I thought I recognized the location of the first one, it was taken in Yokosuka wasn't it?:-D

[Tom MLC]

Is that a Great Lakes Decal on the fork of your red one? I thought I recognized the location of the first one, it was taken in Yokosuka wasn't it?:-D

Pretty close Dan. I was stationed at NAS Atsugi, Japan. Which you probably know, was where the Midway's airwing operated while the ship was in port. I was there from '76 - '79, and then again from '83 - '86. When were you over there?

And the decal on my red bike was from NAS Moffett Field, CA. I retired here in '95.

[daveo]

Damn Tom! I had an 81 almost identical to yours, I put a chrome fender from an 'L' model on her, one of the kids totalled it about 4 yrs ago

[Pharkmeh]

hahah - kool ole piccys Tom...


gr8 bikes - just love dat new shine..

cheers

Phark

[DanTheMan]

Pretty close Dan. I was stationed at NAS Atsugi, Japan. Which you probably know, was where the Midway's airwing operated while the ship was in port. I was there from '76 - '79, and then again from '83 - '86. When were you over there?

And the decal on my red bike was from NAS Moffett Field, CA. I retired here in '95.

I was over there numerous times, 7 different ships, about 10 deployments. My last duty station was in Guam aboard the USS Niagara falls, AFS-3, de-commed it, turned it over to MSC in '94, now it's TAFS-3. I also retired in '95 Jan 31, to be exact.

[bonanzadave]

OK Sailor boys. I thought this was a GS sightings thread. OH WAIT !! I bet were gonna here about the GS taxi trike in Olongapo you saw. I know, I know. What happend in Subic stays in Subic !

[DanTheMan]

Hey, any thread is fair game to be hijacked!:-D :-D :mrgreen:

[bonanzadave]

Dan, Nice side step on the Subic comment. Lets see how Tom avoids it.

[DanTheMan]

Dan, Nice side step on the Subic comment. Lets see how Tom avoids it.

Gracias, senor, no hablo Tagalog no more......:mrgreen: :twisted:

[jimcor]

Mt. Sterling, KY

I saw a GS 650GL in Mt. Sterling tonight. Badges removed and an older custom paint job on the tank. Parked on a purpose built pad on the front yard of a house on Main Street. Reved up my engine and blew the horn but nobody came to the door. Bike looked just a little neglected but overall in good shape, good tires, two different styles of mirrors. Too bad it's not covered.

[mark]

Saw a total beater '80 GS850 in Beatrice Nebraska today. Tank half-painted, different colored side panels, plastic milk carton holder on the back, ripped up seat. Guy was wearing old brown Carhart coveralls, workboots, and a pair of sunglasses under a black 3/4 helmet.

I almost stopped to talk to him, but got scared and kept driving.

[Ninja_Lancer]

78ish blue GS750? Whitten and I40 broke down on the median. I would have stopped to help, but someone beat me to it. Second time I went by bike was gone so I guess he fixed it? Might have just been out of fuel.