GS Sightings

[gr333nyboy]

The only other GS i ever saw near me was a rather nice maroon 550, very tidy, it was often parked outside the oxford coffee shop leamington and an old boy (about 70 id say) with bubble visor helmet used to ride it. He tootled around town very sensibly for years and i think he'd probably outlived all his boy racer mates. I havent seen him in a while so maybe time finally caught up with him. I always quite fancied the bike myself, but never got around to making him an offer...

 

[willie]

Every so often I pass a guy on a GS550 on Fort Henry Drive in Colonial Heights, TN . Buddy, if you're reading this I'd sure appreciate a PM from you. I'd like to meet you in person and commend you for riding in the temps you do. The last time I saw you was crossing the bridge below the dam. The temp at the bank read 22 degrees. You were not behind a fairing. I'm impressed!
Willie

 

[Guest]

Oh G

Oh G

I get to work with a lot of industrious persons. Last fall I worked with a guy that ratted out a G. As follows:

Truck directional



Tractor seat / battery. Oily shop towel filters.



Clock, 12 ga chock knob, can older and money for a toll bridge to work everyday.


The tractor seat and hose grip.


Yes you are seeing it right. Also the air horn compressor is in the bag.


Simple recoil to amuse and the bottom of the air horn tank (fire extinguisher)


Flashlight running light in 12v. Kickstand plate. Air horn tank and valve.


Operating winch and shovel to bury it, if it would come out of the ditch.



Grill level and license plate light.

 

[Crankthat]

I am digging that grille.
Would not want it all the time but it would come in handy now and then.
The more I think about it the more often I think I would use it.
Not so keen on the propane tank though, Would remove while riding.
Yeah I think my KnG rack may get a upgrade.

 

[Guest]

I didn't take a picture to appreciate the skill it took to bend the thick lexan windshield, but apparently it is a challenge to bend and work with clean.

 

[Guest]

Wow I've never seen anything like that before. Gotta appreciate the effort that's for sure.

 

[bluewool]

. Gotta appreciate the effort that's for sure.

No. No, you don't.

Picking on a G is like rolling a retired man in a wheelchair..

 

[smoothbored]

Yasser Rat bike...

Yasser Rat bike...

Those pictures of the Rat bike were a must see for everyone here! Does it run ? Very funny!

 

[viperg]

There is just something ya gotta love about a grill that can go 100+mph!

 

[bbjumper]

There is just something ya gotta love about a grill that can go 100+mph!

I'd be willing to bet it can't reach 100.

 

[loud et]

Well many of us have heard of the Suzuki GS "sighting" in the music video for Electric Avenue. Also we know that George Burns rode a white GS 1100E (I think ) in the movie Oh God, Book Two.

Here is a new one I just found.
1988 movie called Stand and Deliver...starring Edward James Olmos, Andy Garcia and Lou.Diamond Phillips....Its about a class of Latino students in a crappy East Los Angeles high school who defy all odds and pass a complicated AP Calculus placement test with the inspiring guidance of their teacher (Olmos) Play cheesy inspirational 80's music......NOW! Haha
The pictures are from a scene where the teacher was walking out of the school.
550 Katana.

Enjoy!

 

[Steve]

I was at "The Shop"* today, dropping off a header to have it ceramic coated.

Did not get a picture, but saw an '80 850L in the lot and asked if it was a customer's bike or for sale. I was told it was a customer's bike.

As I was getting ready to leave, I went over to get another look at it, and had to go back inside to talk to the guy at the counter. I showed him that the petcock was in the PRIme position, which could lead to some problems.

Strange thing, though, it had all the appearances of being an '80 850L, but did not have the "dreaded" petcock. :-k
I wonder if it was late enough in the '80 run to have an '81 tank?

I left a card with him to pass on to the owner, we might have yet another GSer in the Dayton area.

* Yes, the name of the shop is "The Shop".

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[jsandidge]

spotted 2

spotted 2

My wife has spotted 1 several times near me. She claims it is just like mine, but sporting hard luggage.

I've also spotted a near mint 750 that also has hard luggage. That one belongs to one of the salesman at the local cycle dealer. They told me he goes by the name "Duck". Not sure what that's all about, but the bike is a real beauty.

 

[gustovh]

Spotted a 79 1000E, all there and definitely ridden, had over 50000 miles on it, at the St. Helens DMV.

V

 

[loud et]

Totinos Pizza roll commercial... is that a GS at 5 seconds in ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUBv6ENdSg

 

[Griffin]

Totinos Pizza roll commercial... is that a GS at 5 seconds in ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUBv6ENdSg

It's a "cafed" KZ650, I believe.

Stock version:

 

[loud et]

Hmm...I think you are right...

 

[yekrahs]

Last Friday 7/18/14 I saw a skunk going down Rabbit Ears pass heading into Steamboat Springs, Colorado....would have chased it down but I was heading out of town for the weekend...

 

[Allie]

I basically saw my bike yesterday when turning onto a county back road by my house, it was waiting at a stop sign alongside a sport bike. The striping on the tank was the same zact color, tho it may have had a slightly different pattern and been a different year. I didn't get to see much of it but was cool none the less.

 

[Redman]

.............. .................. ............... .................... .................... The striping on the tank was the same zact color, tho it may have had a slightly different pattern and been a different year. ........ ... .

I think same color striping would mean the bike is same year, even if bike is different model.
I think different pattern would mean different model (or repainted).

My understanding is that each year has different color(s) striping, and that same color(s) on all the models that year, regardless of the base color.
Such as 80 is the red/gold strip weither the base is black or maroon or whatever. NExt year is a different color strip(s) even if the base color is the same.
And 82 is double gold.

THis is just my observation/theory. I state this just to see if anybody can confirm or refute it.


80 850G

82 1100GK

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