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Recent content by Boogywstew

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    Fairing?

    I will look for a small fairing with a clear plastic windscreen and if sunlight reflects off of it and I find it annoying, I will wear sunglasses. I don't see the appeal of a tinted windscreen other than from an appearance standpoint. I don't like tinted windows in a car unless it's just along...
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    Fairing?

    I've been riding motorcycles since my mid twenties and I'm now 72. I only started wearing full face helmets in my late 50s. Before that, it was goggles!
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    Fairing?

    I never had a motorcycle with a windshield or a fairing but my next bike will get a small fairing like yours! I have driven motorcycles with both fairings and windshields and I have a question I have never seen discussed: How can you people see through those things at night? Wouldn't a clear...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    The GS500 and the S40 are modern bikes without water cooling and would be easier for me to work on. "KISS" (Directed at me and not you!)
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    My first bike was a 1980 Kawasaki KZ440, and the only new bike I ever owned. I put 33,000 miles on that bike in 3 years. I drove it from Central FL to Central WY via Augusta, GA ... 2,600 miles. Albuquerque NM to Webster, FL ... 1,800 miles and Lander, WY to Albuquerque, NM 800 miles, all on the...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    Would there be any chance if you would know whether a GS450T fuel tank and seat will bolt right on a GS450L ??? All I'm seeing lately are the "L" models, at least the only bikes I would consider buying. We all have various "red flags" and one of mine is I won't buy a bike that the owner has...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    I live in Erie, PA, the center of a triangle defined by Buffalo, NY - Pittsburgh, PA -Cleveland, OH which puts me 100 miles from each market, On average,I find the used bikes sold on Craigslist to be more expensive than on FB Marketplace. My search parameters are 500 miles out from Erie on...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    I have over $5 K to use but I won't buy anything new. I'll let others take the hit on depreciation. I am living right now in Erie, PA in a house on the busiest road in the city and there is no garage, shed or even a basement. I'll be moving 41 miles away into a 14 X 68 mobile home with a 2 car...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    If I've learned one thing already it's that a few people will buy that bike and decide it's too small and/or under powered. I might consider a used one then? The street 400 market is heating up, what with the Royal Enfield Guerilla 450 and the Harley Davidson X-440 . Anyone here have personal...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    I want an air cooled Japanese twin or thumper with belt or chain drive and between 400 and 650 cc. That's the sweet spot for me. I would buy a late 70s model bike if parts weren't too much trouble to get. I have been looking at the Suzuki GS450, GS500, GR650 and the LS650 Savage - Boulevard 40S...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    I understand the GS500 engine will fit in the GS450 frame with the exception of the head which has the exhaust ports angled differently and they would hit the GS450 frame. I've read here and other sites that the GS450 head will bolt right up to the GS500 engine, solving that problem. I thought...
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    FINALLY have the money for a GS450 or a GR650.

    Merry Christmas ! I have been lurking here, on and off for years, with only a very few comments. 1st: Is it safe to go to "gstwins" ? My browser keeps warning me not to? 2nd: At this point in time, are there parts not available for the GS450 or GR650 that would keep me from riding for a few...
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    Seat- Side Covers- Fuel Tank: will the "E" or "T" versions just bolt on an "L" model?

    The KZ440A was one of two 440 models that were the "chopper-lite" versions, similar to the GS450L. The "A" was chain drive and the "D" was belt drive. The KZ440B was the basic model with a drum front brake and the "C" was comparable to the GL450E.
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    Seat- Side Covers- Fuel Tank: will the "E" or "T" versions just bolt on an "L" model?

    My first bike, and the only new bike I ever owned, was a 1980 Kawasaki KZ440A. Aside from being an SOHC it was very similar to the GS450. After that, I owned a Yamaha SR500, 2 Yamaha XS650s, a Kawasaki KZ750B (twin) and back to 2 more Yamaha XS650s. The KZ440 was a 6 speed and everything else...
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    Seat- Side Covers- Fuel Tank: will the "E" or "T" versions just bolt on an "L" model?

    I wrote that "I don't like the look of the "L" model. I should never have termed it that way. The "L" model is OK appearance wise but it doesn't look good to me comfort wise. I find those severely stepped seats to be very uncomfortable after a few hours. I find those high rise "buckhorn"...
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