Do you still own a GS?

[administrator]

Just want to see how many people who visit this site still own a GS.

[Big Block]

5 right now. Still looking.

[Baatfam]

I am at a point in my life, (70 in April), that I need to part with a few bikes.
As of right now, I am keeping the 1100E.

[administrator]

I don't blame you on either the decision to part with a few or the one you're keeping. It gets to the point in life where you decide you need to get rid of some stuff.

Is your 1100 a 1982 model? I always thought that year was the best looking of the 1100's.

[dorkburger]

I've owned my 1150 since 1999. A couple of GSs preceded it.

[1978GS750E]

Currently have 3 in the stable. (Along with a Triumph) At least 2 of them, maybe all 3, will be for sale this spring

[administrator]

Selling them all? Are you retiring from riding?

[Burque73]

Yessir! Two at home still, a few re-homed.

[dpep]

If you have two should you vote twice?

[administrator]

I think that's called "rigging the election".... ;-)

[GSXR7ED]

I have 2 of the same model as indicated in my sig...have not worked on them since coming back from NM.

[dgates1]

I currently have 2. Told the wife I would sell the 850 when I get the 1100 road reliable... but we'll see.

[administrator]

A guy can change his mind, right?

[Grimly]

I currently have 2. Told the wife I would sell the 850 when I get the 1100 road reliable... but we'll see.

You always need a back-up.

[maicojoe]

IMG_0124.jpg I still have 2 1983 GS1100e, 1 1982 GS1100e, 1 1984 GS1150, and, 2 Bandit 1200’s. The 1150e is a project, and one of the Bandits is a project. And, a 1984 RM250 and a 2003 DR-Z250 if we count dirt bikes. I’m still in the denial phase, at 62, I hope I can still ride ok till 75.

[1978GS750E]

Selling them all? Are you retiring from riding?

Oh no not quitting riding! I plan on spending more time on longer trips on the Triumph and getting tired of turning wrenches all winter.

One of the 3 is a "skunk" project that is putting me over the edge! 

And one is last winter's project that I never intended to keep when I bought the pile of parts!

I will admit, letting go of the '82 GS1100 will be very hard to do! We shall see!

[trevor]

I'm down to these three. Like Ron, I must admit I am losing interest in wrenching as well.
I am much more into big touring. And I have 3 sport touring bikes for that....oh and my dr650 for off road stuff....plus a 1st gen Hayabusa....not sure what that's for....lol

[Baatfam]

...plus a 1st gen Hayabusa....not sure what that's for....lol

The drag strip, Trevor, the drag strip.

[bwringer]

I've always been a one-GS type of rider.

Just looked at the title, and I bought my 1983 GS850G in March 1998. I remember that it was above freezing when I rode it home, but there was melting snow everywhere and the roads were wet.

What I had in mind, and what I had been searching for, was a shaft-drive sport-tourer, which at that time meant BMW. However, I didn't have new BMW money, and none of the BMWs old enough for me to afford were appealing or in decent condition.

This article in Motorcyclist magazine landed on my doorstep in May 1997, and pretty much led directly to scooping up the first GS850G I could find.

https://www.bwringer.com/gs/850sport_tour/

My first motorcycle was actually a 1976 or 1977 GS400 (don't remember which year exactly). It was the basest of base models, with a drum front brake, spoked wheels, and a kick starter. IIRC, I bought this one in about 1990 or 1991, and used it to get to class at Purdue when I re-entered (I had to spend a few years out of college due to family/finance difficulties). Anyway, parking a wee motorcycle at the Purdue campus was truly one of life's better cheat codes. And of course, it got me back and forth to work, long rides into the countryside, and overall I slowly started to figure out how motorcycles worked.

After that, I bought a 1977 KZ650 from one of the folks in my band, and the step up in power was incredible. Once I had the GS850 in the garage, the KZ sat almost completely neglected and I sold it the following spring.