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It's not perfect, but it's mine

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I took all of your advice, and my '83 looks better. I wanted the world to see that it's a GS, so I had some bolder decals for the sidecover cut - whaddya think ?
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I think it would work better if you get another decal in black just a touch smaller and put it on. So they would match the lettering on the tank.
 
I'm not sure what kind of pipe it is - it came with the bike, and there's no identifying marks on it.

The factory decal is white, stringy lines outlining the letters.

I've got a set, on another set of sidecovers I painted, so I can always make it look stock.
 
Nice looking bike! The decals may not be stock (I usually prefer stock items) but they don't look that bad. There was a guy in my old neighborhood with an old Delta 88 with '7.5' on his front quarters in gold mailbox letters - now THAT'S redneck - and funny!
 
Don't let these guys and gals fluff your feathers. Do what you like, it's your bike!!

I got some ball busting about the debadging and lettering on my bike at first, but I like it so it's stayin!!

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The lettering is actually red, it looks orangish in this pic.... Definately not stock... not even close... Call it Neo-Classic! DO what makes you happy!
 
keman said:
Don't let these guys and gals fluff your feathers. Do what you like, it's your bike!!

I got some ball busting about the debadging and lettering on my bike at first, but I like it so it's stayin!!

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The lettering is actually red, it looks orangish in this pic.... Definately not stock... not even close... Call it Neo-Classic! DO what makes you happy!
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That's kind of neat looking too. Got a pic of the whole bike? What does it say?
 
There was a guy, many years ago with the same idea and repained and badged his bike with Japanese script.
He copied the Japanese "Suzuki" directly from the famous red OEM parts packet we know so well, and was very proud of it and showed all and sundry who were prepared to look.
Until one fine day a Japanese speaking mate translated it for him......."Suzuki Genuine Parts"
 
Flyboy said:
There was a guy, many years ago with the same idea and repained and badged his bike with Japanese script.
He copied the Japanese "Suzuki" directly from the famous red OEM parts packet we know so well, and was very proud of it and showed all and sundry who were prepared to look.
Until one fine day a Japanese speaking mate translated it for him......."Suzuki Genuine Parts"
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Love it! It's still a cool idea though.
 
Erki said:
I think it would work better if you get another decal in black just a touch smaller and put it on. So they would match the lettering on the tank.
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+1, but whatever floats your boat...it is your bike.;)
Pipe is a Mac, I believe.....buddy had one on his '83 too, that was laying down around 150 hp (1260 kit + nitrous). He has an ironic sense of humour.;)
 
Allie said:
That's kind of neat looking too. Got a pic of the whole bike? What does it say?
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Lots of pics in my profile, also in the thread I started http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=184365 in the general forum.

The lettering is old kanji converted to single symbol lettering. The sides say GS850G, the tank... SUZUKI..
The decals are under a few layers of clearcoat, so they will not get rubbed or damaged during day to day wear and riding.
 
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