First road trip on the GS750

[Guest]

I've owned my 78 GS750 for about a year now and finally took it on a proper road trip. Left from Tampa, Florida on tuesday and visited the Florida keys. Made it back on friday. Loaded her up with some camping gear and made the best of the beautiful weather. I figure I've got to give some thanks to the people that have helped me fix all the issues by posting some pictures.

The old girl burned one full quart of oil in the 1000 miles and the only failure was of the turn signal switch, which was remedied by disassembling it and cleaning it up. On 2 of my best legs I even averaged over 50 mpg.

 

[Guest]

Camping in Okeechobee

 

[Guest]

Lake Okeechobee

 

[Steve]

A couple more trips like that, you should be able to trust it enough to get out of state. :encouragement:

Tampa to Key West is about 425 miles.
Tampa to the Georgia border north of Jacksonville is only about 230 miles.
Tampa to the Alabama border west of Pensacola is about 475 miles.

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[1978GS750E]

You gotta believe! Seriously, the more you ride and ... the more you fix for yourself, the more you will enjoy the bike! If you ever get to Lexington, yell and we will see some great horse country! Old Suzuki GS's rule!

 

[LAB3]

A lot of folks, especially these days, find it disconcerting to be in the position to have to fix their bike somewhere on the side of the road. Those of us that know can't help but feel the confidence that it inspires!

 

[Guest]

A couple more trips like that, you should be able to trust it enough to get out of state. :encouragement:

Tampa to Key West is about 425 miles.
Tampa to the Georgia border north of Jacksonville is only about 230 miles.
Tampa to the Alabama border west of Pensacola is about 475 miles.

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I considered going north to try to find some mountains...but it's cold up there!

 

[Steve]

I have been to the highest point in Flori-duh. It barely qualifies as a "hill" at a whopping 345 feet. :-\\\

The closest "mountains" to you would be the hills north of Atlanta, which is about 450 miles away.

Plenty of fun stuff to see and do in your area, but for fun motorcycle roads, you will burn up a weekend just getting there and back, with no time to enjoy them. Sorry about your luck.

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[Guest]

I have been to the highest point in Flori-duh. It barely qualifies as a "hill" at a whopping 345 feet. :-\\\

The closest "mountains" to you would be the hills north of Atlanta, which is about 450 miles away.

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You got that right on the "hills" here at least I get to ride year round though

I think for the next one I'm going to save up some time off of work to make it up to the Carolinas and find some real mountains

 

[NavyDad]

Nice. I was touring the country when that bike was considered State of The Art and now we talk about traveling on our vintage machines. Sheesh, time does fly. That 750 is just begging for a run at the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 

[sam000lee]

I bought my GS750 in the fall, fixed it up over the winter, did a 250 mile test run in the spring, and left two weeks later on a 10,000 trip. I think you're ready!

That's a good looking GS, too. I love the darker blue

 

[Guest]

I bought my GS750 in the fall, fixed it up over the winter, did a 250 mile test run in the spring, and left two weeks later on a 10,000 trip. I think you're ready!

That's a good looking GS, too. I love the darker blue

Sounds like a fun time! Where'd you go to?

The pictures make it look a bit darker than it really is. But I love it as well. When I bought the bike I figured I might keep 6 months or so, fix it up and sell it again. Here I am over a year later and I haven't found a motorcycle I like more

EDIT: found your road trip threat

 

[Guest]

I have been to the highest point in Flori-duh. It barely qualifies as a "hill" at a whopping 345 feet. :-\\\

The closest "mountains" to you would be the hills north of Atlanta, which is about 450 miles away.

Plenty of fun stuff to see and do in your area, but for fun motorcycle roads, you will burn up a weekend just getting there and back, with no time to enjoy them. Sorry about your luck.

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Been at 12,000+ on my 750, loss of power at that altitude is very noticeable, on the way down it isn't lol.