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GS1000 road test

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uk gs nut

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Hi all, I thought this YouTube video by biker of Atlantis of my GS1000 may be of interest. Andy is on a quest to ride 100 different bikes. I have owned my bike 27 years and it is not as it left the factory, but it is as I like it !. For the first 20 years it was in California.
 
Thanks for sharing that. I got the impression he liked your GS. :)

It confirms just about every impression I have of these bikes and why they are my preferred ride after all of these years (I bought my first GS--an '80 850--in 1979). I still had it in 2017 when when a hurricane took it. That seat on the early G models is the most comfortable I have ever encountered on a motorcycle to this day including some custom ones.
 
Enjoyed watching. Though haven't rode one of those GS1000's for a long time, the memories could make me relate to everything he was feel'in, All Good. Those GS1000 seats were about the best available back then, till the 850 & 1000 "G" models got here. Like dpep, I can't say as I can remember any bike seat more comfy than those early "G" models. Thinking everybody that ever rode my "80" GS1000 G commented on how good the seat felt... Somebody please his bike had gear position indicator, I don't remember my chain dr, GS1000's having that feature, have I just forgot??? Do remember the "77" GS750's had them..
 
rphillips said:
Enjoyed watching. Though haven't rode one of those GS1000's for a long time, the memories could make me relate to everything he was feel'in, All Good. Those GS1000 seats were about the best available back then, till the 850 & 1000 "G" models got here. Like dpep, I can't say as I can remember any bike seat more comfy than those early "G" models. Thinking everybody that ever rode my "80" GS1000 G commented on how good the seat felt... Somebody please his bike had gear position indicator, I don't remember my chain dr, GS1000's having that feature, have I just forgot??? Do remember the "77" GS750's had them..
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Well spotted on the gear indicator. It's the top part of an L model dash centre. Modified by me to fit on top of clocks, the gearbox sensor is from a GS with gear indicator.
 
Here is my take on the GS1000.

(First picture post since the forum update. )
 

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