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How fast is is your old GS?

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earlfor said:
Oh, I dont know about that. :-) I like a bit of acceleration, but the real pleasure is having enough open road to ease it up to high subsonic, settle in, and watch the world go by as a mixture of elongated colors.

Earl :-).


Hotblack said:
It's the accelleration that keeps me coming back - not top speed.
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Oh if I lived in a locale like yours I'd flirt with top speed a little more,,, or a LOT more. There just aren't many places around here to really open it up. The upside is lots of twisty turns and hills.
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85 chasing a new Jac XK convertible

85 chasing a new Jac XK convertible

Hope my wife doesn't see this! I hit 85 in a heart beat trying to catch what I believe was a new Jag XK convertible this afternoon with what appeared to be a 30 something blonde female at the wheel. She also had two blonde labs in the car . . . . . but , I digress. Did I mention I ride an 82 GS1100GK with fairing, bags and trunk installed? She was really pulling away quickly and I nearly had heart failure when I finally looked and saw thw needle clear 85 (& still climbing). Thats all it reads any way. Enough for me.

PS. Still very stabil (the bike, not me) 8O
 
I got mine up to 10 mph moving it into a neighbors garage before the huricane last year. I am almost done with getting her road worthy and hope to hit 30 or 40 this weekend!
Patrick
80 GS850G
Firts time rider, first bike.
 
Hmmm 10 mph? Thats about the speed I ride downhill and backwards when getting the bike out of the garage. :-) :-)

Earl


whodatpat said:
I got mine up to 10 mph moving it into a neighbors garage before the huricane last year. I am almost done with getting her road worthy and hope to hit 30 or 40 this weekend!
Patrick
80 GS850G
Firts time rider, first bike.
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earlfor said:
Hmmm 10 mph? Thats about the speed I ride downhill and backwards when getting the bike out of the garage. :-) :-)

Earl


whodatpat said:
I got mine up to 10 mph moving it into a neighbors garage before the huricane last year. I am almost done with getting her road worthy and hope to hit 30 or 40 this weekend!
Patrick
80 GS850G
Firts time rider, first bike.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
im not liscenced yet so all i've done is blast up and down the length of the hanger at work, top speed so far has been about 90km/h in 1st and just barely 100km/h in second before I have to hit the brakes
 
GS Speed

GS Speed

I had my '78 GS1000 over 140 last fall. I regeared it and put on a Vance & Hines 4 into 1 exhaust on it and now I'm kind of scared to see what it can do
 
GS Speed

GS Speed

I had my '78 GS1000 over 140 last fall. I regeared it and put on a Vance & Hines 4 into 1 exhaust on it and now I'm kind of scared to see what it can do
 
How Fast

How Fast

81 1100Ex, V&H 4into1 Megaphone, 530 chain conversion, Stage 1 DynaJet, Accel Coils. K&N filter in swiss cheesed stock airbox. About
135 on Jersey Turnpike. Did the math from the Tach.
 
How Fast?

How Fast?

Had more in it but I got a little nervous. Too much wind resistance.
 
Hmmm, 85 Gs1150E, about 140 mph on any day. Good day with 45 mph tailwind, 115mph at about 1/4 to 1/3 throttle. Wasnt that curious. :-)

Earl
 
earlfor said:
Hmmm, 85 Gs1150E, about 140 mph on any day. Good day with 45 mph tailwind, 115mph at about 1/4 to 1/3 throttle. Wasnt that curious. :-)

Earl
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Earl check your jetting , it must be terribly lean to be that slow! I have had my Tractor of the clock in top gear plus 1000rpm, BTW the speedo reads to 260 km/h(162mph)
Dink
 
I've never had my 1980 GS850GT over 78mph. That's fast enough to get around a truck on the interstate around here. I've had my Yamaha Venture much faster than that. It doesn't get wound up until you're over 85mph. Sounds like you're sitting on a turbine! Vee fours are cool!
Terry
 
Its been a while since I checked, but last time I did look, I was a tad on the rich side Uhh dink, I meant at 115 I was using 1/3 throttle and still had 2/3rd to go. :-) Conservatively, it will run 140+ in any state of tune.
I actually have a good turn of throttle left at that speed.

Earl


Dink said:
earlfor said:
Hmmm, 85 Gs1150E, about 140 mph on any day. Good day with 45 mph tailwind, 115mph at about 1/4 to 1/3 throttle. Wasnt that curious. :-)

Earl
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Earl check your jetting , it must be terribly lean to be that slow! I have had my Tractor of the clock in top gear plus 1000rpm, BTW the speedo reads to 260 km/h(162mph)
Dink
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I was forced to peg the needle the other day on the interstate with a Kenworth bearing down on me I didn't start to get any distance between him and me till I got to 80. I pegged it and did a little more. It had plenty left. I really don't want to see how much unless conditions are ideal.
 
fast , real fast

fast , real fast

i had my gs 750 L up to 60mph the other day , i` really having problem with bogging down when i hit the gas , haha :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Stored my 83 GS650 for 10 years cause I FU@%' up and let someone else get on her..
Instruments hit Curb first... forks junk...

WELL loosened forks to replace... they straightened out.
2 2x4s, clamps, rebolted.

HIT 125 and not a shimmy in her.....

LOVE my GS
 
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