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    broke a ton; then chickened out!
    sigpicA distinguished Gentleman's ride

    1981 Suzuki GS850gl, Café Racer!

    Built, not Bought!

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      I was going south on the sprain parkway just past the tappan zee br. and looked down to see the needle whipping around 134-140. Never did that again. Bike was bouncing too much. Have replacement speedo from another year and a fork brace.






      1981 GS650GX
      Last edited by Guest; 10-11-2018, 12:49 AM. Reason: Bike type

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        Originally posted by firesurfer View Post
        I was going south on the sprain parkway just past the tappan zee br. and looked down to see the needle whipping around 134-140. Never did that again. Bike was bouncing too much. Have replacement speedo from another year and a fork brace.






        1981 GS650GX
        Did your needle do what mine did in the first post here?
        https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...y-speedometert hit 120mph but I know I was going 70mph or so. The cable was the culprit.
        Roger

        Current rides
        1983 GS 850G
        2003 FJR 1300A
        Gone but not forgotten 1985 Rebel 250, 1991 XT225, 2004 KLR650, 1981 GS850G, 1982 GS1100GL, 2002 DL1000, 2005 KLR650, 2003 KLX400

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          This little girl right here was purchased 25 years ago, and completely rebuilt by yours truly without any engine modifications what-so-ever, and she's topped out at 125 mph more times than I can count.

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          An old naked bike like this at that speed makes you feel like your going damn near 200 mph, and she's never let me down.......GO SUZUKI!!!!

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            Those that have 85 MPH speedo's use your tach to determine your speed when you are above 85 mph. When you tach out in high take notice of the tach reading. If you are at 8500 rpm then 'half' that is ALSO half the speed. If 8500 rpm then bring down rpm to 4250 and read your speed off of the speedometer. So if 4250 rpm is 65 mph then 8500rpm is 130 mph. I sent my speedometer to 'Moonlight limited' to have it recalibrated with new speedo face to 150 mph. Looks factory . Very reasonable price too.

            Terry
            1980 Suzuki GS550E, 1981 Suzuki GS 1100EX all stock, 1983 Suzuki GS 1100EX modified, 1985 GS1150E, 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer, 1971 Kawasaki Mach lll 500 H1, 1973 Kawasaki Mach lV 750 H2.

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              https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?248167-Gs1000-Bonneville-Bike

              For those who havenot seen this thread yet, we made several passes in excess of 140mph on thesalt flats with a stock engine!



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                Heh! Currently my old GS is pretty quick at collecting dust & leaves in the shed!!
                '78 GS750E (currently undergoing TLC).

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                  Back in the day I had a new 1979 GS1000EN and had it up to an indicated 121 MPH. I also had a 1981 GS1100EX that I wicked up a number of times but it had a 85 MPH speedo on it. I lost count of how many times the needle hit the pin, but on just about every ride I believe.
                  78' GS1000EC
                  79' GS850GN
                  79' GS1000N
                  79' GS1000EN
                  81' GS1100EX

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                    My 83 GS 1100 wasn’t fast enough for me when I bought it new but now 36 years later it’s too fast.

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                      Originally posted by red1100 View Post
                      My 83 GS 1100 wasn’t fast enough for me when I bought it new but now 36 years later it’s too fast.
                      I know exactly what you mean!!! My bike is faster than greased lightening...

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                        I had my 82 750 e up to a little over 100 last summer as indicated by the speedo and chickened out.

                        but with good reason.

                        when I had a late 70's GS 750 in 79 through about 84 I got it up to an indicated 120 on a highway at 2am and hit the tiniest of tiny bumps and the front wheel took on a life of its own with the handlebars shooting back and forth uncontrollably. I managed to live but ... my shorts needed to be thrown out. The engine can do it but the stock suspension is not up to snuff. I will never forget that day.

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                          My GS450 is so fast that I was able to exceed the speed of light! This made it possible to travel backward in time where I ended up in the Suzuki engineering offices in the mid 70's to make a suggestion that resolved that pesky problem we all have with 3rd and 4th gear popping out under acceleration. The fact that this is no longer an issue proves my success but they had to cut some corners with the charging system to price the bike competitively, this was a lower cost option in case there was a recall.
                          Last edited by LAB3; 02-07-2019, 07:03 PM. Reason: Speeling
                          1980 Yamaha XS1100G (Current bike)
                          1982 GS450txz (former bike)
                          LONG list of previous bikes not listed here.

                          These aren't my words, I just arrange them

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                            Faster than yours!... Lol...

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                              I have pods and exhaust on my gs400. Seems as it was rebuilt before I bought it so who knows what else was done. I got the thing to 100mph and it was stable enough....

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                                My 1150 has been 135 recently.
                                1985 GS1150E 22k miles Work in progress

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