1980 Wes Cooley in the garage....finally!

[trevor]

Congratulations! This bike will clean up awesome! It's unlikely that you will ever learn what the true mileage is, considering the speedometer/odometer have been swapped and the PO has passed on. But who cares it's an '80 Cooley!!

Thanks everyone!
Vmass..can you tell me why again why it's not the original speedo? Thanks buddy...

Congratulations on the new arrival Trevor, looking forward to seeing it in person one of these days.

Did you go to the border and clear the bike yourself or did you use a broker?

BTW if you need anything, I know a little about them.

Cheers,

David

Oh don't worry buddy, you will see it in person as I plane to ride the wheels off this bike!
Yes I had Bosch Brokerage do all the paper work...I just went to the border and showed the original paper work...Title and bill of sale and gave them the ITN number that Bosch provided for me. Cost me $125us for that.

[Kiwi Canuck]

Congratulations on the new arrival Trevor, looking forward to seeing it in person one of these days.

Did you go to the border and clear the bike yourself or did you use a broker?

BTW if you need anything, I know a little about them.

Cheers,

David

[Vmass]

Congratulations! This bike will clean up awesome! It's unlikely that you will ever learn what the true mileage is, considering the speedometer/odometer have been swapped and the PO has passed on. But who cares it's an '80 Cooley!!

[dorkburger]

Cool(ey). Glad its finally in your garage.

[GSXR7ED]

Great news Trevor and congrats!


Ed

[Joegs1100gk]

Good looking bike Love the blue paint scheme.

[Charlie G]

Congratulations Trevor. Nice to see you got the bike.

[trevor]

Congrats! Looks very good and correct. Even has a Telefix fork brace on it. That level of paint damage can be touched up so it is barely noticeable and the original paint is preserved. Does it have the 2 position on/off switch (turns off the clock) tucked in behind the right side of the gauges and does the clock work?

i will be putting a battery in it tomorrow. Yes the paint...it for sure can be fixed and like you say preserved. I will investigate the clock tomorrow.

Hey this is a cooley!! Nice job, you are a lucky one.
Could you if possible take some more pictures about the mirrors because i am going to try making new ones... thanks boris

Yes my internet seems to have crapped out on my lap top but be patient I have more to post.
cheers

Hey this is a cooley!! Nice job, you are a lucky one.
Could you if possible take some more pictures about the mirrors because i am going to try making new ones... thanks boris

Congrats! Looks very good and correct. Even has a Telefix fork brace on it. That level of paint damage can be touched up so it is barely noticeable and the original paint is preserved. Does it have the 2 position on/off switch (turns off the clock) tucked in behind the right side of the gauges and does the clock work?

[trevor]

Well since the thread I started back in June has been "purged" I will start a new one as I have good news today.

This is from another forum where I wrote the same thing...with pics that the po sent me and I based my decision to buy...

So, I had decided that after my 83 had gone to the grave I would not try to simply replace it with another 83 1100e...I thought I would be harder to get it out of my head thinking it wouldn't be the same. So I decided I would not get another bike...it wasn't like I needed one...lol...

Then a couple of weeks ago...just like on here, I posted on a "German bike forum" that I was going to Vegas to "clear my head" from my recent loss.
The guys on the forum were very supportive as of course I had posted many times and pics about my GS bikes...got a lot of love there for our old Suzukis.
Anyway, one of the guys says to me..."sorry about your bike, I know it was special as your dad had painted it"....I have a 1980 gs1000s...I think it's a Wes Cooley....if you are interested..."?......I said.."I'm listening..." lol....We pm'd back and forth and now I'm going to have a Wes Cooley in my garage.

He explained that the bike was purchased years ago from an ex brother in law that had died suddenly of a brain aneurysm. And it's been sitting in his barn...yes barn ever since...he hadn't even put the bike in his name.
It for sure is going to need some work...he thinks the mileage is correct..no reason to not. He said he started it up years ago and it ran great but the carbs were leaking. The damage on the left side is likely from a drop in the driveway.
So I'm taking a bit of a leap of faith buying something not seen in the flesh....but hey..it's a Cooley...