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Aussie GS750EC

Himble

Himble

Forum Apprentice
Greetings all, have just bought a very tidy GS750E after looking for ages for a Honda CB750K. In AUS the Hondas are few and far between, and when one comes up in any kind of reasonable condition, the prices are so far over the top!! :rolleyes:
I reckon I've gone down the right road with this....I rode it a couple of days back....smiles abound!:cool:
Cheers
Andy

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Nice looking ride, and welcome to the forum. You will have no regrets on purchasing a GS over a Honda. Enjoy, and check out Basscliff's website for some excellent tutorials.
 
Good to see another Aussie on the forum,great place for all round info.
nice GS where did u pick it up from?
steve
 
Hi Steve, I don't know the full history yet, but like me, it's been a Perth bike for a fair while.
Andy
 
Welcome from the east coast, that certainly is a very neat example, good score!
 
Thanks all for the nice remarks!
I realise that my initial (1st) post was "arse about" i.e. I should have given a bit of info about myself first of all. Oops.
So....I live in a northern suburb of Perth...have done since 1988. Prior to that I lived in the NW of WA in a small town called Carnarvon.
I first learned to ride on a Bridgestone 90 and a Triumph 650 when we were still in our early teens (no licence, no helmet) LOL!
Since those early times, I've had a number of bikes as can be seen in my sig.
My longest break between bikes was after I sold my Beemer R100LT in the late 90s. In April '17 my enthusiasm (which had been lurking below the surface) was rekindled when I rode a fully restored (read "Concours"!) Honda CB750K1 that belongs to a long-time friend/work colleague.
I then hunted around for a bike I could tinker with and came across a '72 CB500 that was in cafe racer style. Being late 60s of age a cafe racer was too uncomfortable for me!!

It begged to be restored to something of its original glory so I set about a stock-ish restmod which I completed in late '17.
So as I indicated in my 1st post, I was looking for a decent CB750K series but gave that up quick time!
Instead I found this GS750E beauty!

There you have it...my (brief) story!:)

Cheers
Andy (Himble)
 
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Picking up the bike tomorrow afternoon (Sunday Perth time!
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) then a 40+ km ride back home on the mobile carpark otherwise known as the Kwinana Freeway, then onto the Mitchell F/W.

Unfortunately Perth didn't learn from the mistakes of much bigger cities e.g. Los Angeles, so all our major freeways get clogged most times of most days...........argh!!
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The good thing is that it only takes 15-20mins to escape the urban madness, then we have some great roads to give our classic bikes their heads!!
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Good stuff Andy, be sure to post some more pic's up once she's home where she belongs.
 
OK so the bike has been with me for a week now, and after the initial euphoria I took off the rose coloured glasses and had a closer look.
Well, the bike is definitely original.... apart from most NIS screws in the engine being replaced with SS socket heads. The tank is also original, and has a couple of small dents and a few chips which have been touched up with the wrong colour!
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I don't think the handlebars are stock, so I'll look for some which have a higher "rise", close to stock.
The sump pan drain plug is definitely NOT stock! Needed A 24mm socket to undo, then found it was a long bolt with an extra nut screwed onto it to ensure it didn't go too far into the oil pan! Sheesh!
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It was weeping a tad, so fixed that until I get a replacement pan.
Other than that, the bike runs very well indeed!
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More pics soon!
 
Gotta love PO "modifications"... that sump plug's a beauty! Sounds like she's survived pretty well though, good to hear!
 
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