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82 GS1100GK comes home...

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You realize Dave that this bike never would have happened for me if you hadn't posted that original thread!!
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Just glad someone from the GSR got it and not some part stripper. Really glad you got it. With a few mods it will make you a great bike. Respect it's power and it's not to much to handle. Talk to Patti, she's just a tiny thing and she rides like the wind.
 
pntrdave said:
Just glad someone from the GSR got it and not some part stripper. Really glad you got it. With a few mods it will make you a great bike. Respect it's power and it's not to much to handle. Talk to Patti, she's just a tiny thing and she rides like the wind.
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Me too! That was a big part of my incentive to keep bidding!

The way I am looking at it is this:

It's a really big heavy bike for a small framed newbie... however...

I have all the time in the world.
I welcome it as a project.
I have the room.
I have the resources to draw from right here, and there is no rush.
I should soon have other smaller cc bikes on which to develop my skills.
Selling it out of intimidation will likely mean kicking myself later.

So I am looking at it as more of a project than my first ride... a labor of love while I continue to accummulate knowledge and skills.

Frankly, it doesn't bother me a bit that I can't ride it yet... simply the fact that I have a GS in this kind of condition in my possession for me to love and improve is enough for me right now, not to mention the weather is already crap. My goal was never to get a liter + bike, but here she is, so I will be taking things very slowly and let her evolve as I do. One day, when I am ready for her, she will be ready for me.

Thanks again to everyone for all of the support. I'll grow into this beast of a bike, and you'll all be here to watch it unfold!
 
If you want to go back to the stock brake pedal and shifter and foot pegs, I think they are still on a parts bike I have. Let me know.
 
Do you think you'll be hanging onto them for a while? I'm at a point where I don't want to make any decisions too fast. I sat on it for a long time tonight and checked everything out... the shifter didn't seem too confusing (tho different) but the width of those boards is a lot. It looks like swapping them out won't be a difficult endeavor (famous last words lol) because it's all out in the open. Part of me would like to work with standard controls and another part of me says to work with what I've got. Decisions, decisions...
 
I just think a naked bike with floor boards would look funny. but thats just me. No rush the parts aren't going any where. If I even have them.
Haven't looked at the old parts bike for awhile.
I'll look though, and if I get a chance pulll them off.
 
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