Pics of my 83 GS750E

[thijones]

I got a great digital camera for Christmas so I am deciding to finally post some pics of my bike. Please note that she doesn't have her face on. I've been pulling it apart and poking in it during this winter.

This is my first bike which I picked up in the summer of 09. It had about 24k miles on it. There wasn't any major mechanical issues with it, a fuel line was leaky, a bit dirty, needs new fork seals, and generaly a little TLC. I had waited two years before I bought a motorcycle, I was saving up money, taking my basic riding course, and scouring craigslist, cycletrader and ebay, looking for what I wanted.

When I found this one I went and saw it with my pop. My first impression was that it needed tlc, but nothing that would be too expensive, so I had the seller ride it around for me. When he gunned it, I fell in love and the rest is history. I had it inspected by a suzuki dealership (everything was mechanically sound) and I bought it.

As I left the seller's house, I had a slight reality check. It had been over two years since I had taken my basic riding course and I was nervous, to say the least, about hoppng on a bike that was 3 times the cc the course bike had. When I swung my leg over the saddle I was shaky but super excited. My pop would be in front and I would be following him home. As I turned the ignition key, made contact, and pushed the starter button, the biggest smile started to form on my face. Once I put it in first gear and started, it turned into the biggest smile i've ever had (and I've had some big ones) all the way home.

leftside carb

left side engine

 

[thijones]

right side carb

 

[thijones]

right side engine

 

[79FiveFifty]

I am on high speed internet and have a very large monitor and I can't even load the photos at any good rate of speed, or view even 1/4 of them at a time.

You are going to want to remove those photo links, and or ask someone to help you resize them.. nobody can load this page properly.

 

[Steve]

WOW!!

Them's some BIG pictures.

Wonderfully-detailed camera, I'm sure, but please either set the camera to something like 1200x900 maximum or use something to re-size the pictures. Some of the guys here are "high-tech" with a 1024x768 monitor, so setting something just a tad smaller than that will fit on virtually any screen we use. Personally, I have my Photobucket account set to automatically re-size anything I put in there to 800x600. It's entirely adequate for viewing on a computer screen and minimizes the amount of space I take up on their site.

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[bonanzadave]

nobody can load this page properly.

I can see them fine. Hey ! Theres some rust on your clutch cover bolts. On my monitor they appear to be about 90 mm instead of 10mm.

 

[jwhelan65]

Holy Hell them is huge pics!!

 

[Redman]

I see you are storing the photo on Image Shack. Perehaps there is a selection for what size to convert the photos to when they are loaded onto Image Shack (photobucket has such).

Or when taking a picure can set a setting on camera for smaller picture file. Or leave the camera set for larger picture file (good for large prints) but set the ImageShack for smaller file.

400 or 500 or 600 or 640 pixel wide should be good.

Perhaps we have chatted before, but let me ask were in general you are located in Michigan.
Are a few of us on west side that have tried to get together on a couple occassions. It almost worked once.
A couple of us have meet one at a time for afternoon ride or such.
I am in grand haven and have met one guy in Muskegon and one guy in New Buffallo.

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[thijones]

I'm sorry, I guess they are ridiculous in size. If someone can help me, I'll happily resize them to something less obnoxious.

 

[1100E]

Open the pics (one at a time) in Microsoft Paint, click the "Image" tab, click "Resize/Skew". Reduce the pics to 20% in the horizontal and vertical. Once you're happy with the new size, click "Save As" and rename them. I'm sure there are other ways of doing this but I've found this method to be fast, easy and effective (and you already have the software in your computer - unless its a Mac...).

Here's an example of what it will turn out like:

Let me know if you need any help, good luck!

 

[Redman]

I assume you have transfered photos from camera to your computer. And then loaded photos onto the ImageShack web site.

One option: on your computer, use whatever photo editing software (paint, photshop) and edit (resize) the picture and save as a smaller size. Then transfer those new files to Imageshack. Then edit your GSR posting, delete the exiting, and add the new smaller pictures.

Option two: No need to edit photos on your computer.
Go to ImageShack, see if there is a setting for what size to resize any picuture you load to imageshack (480 or 640 wide would be good for posting on a web page). Then download the same pictures to image shack. Then edit your GSR posting, deleting the existing and add the new pictures from imageshack.

Option three: Go to imageschack and see if can edit the photo to smaller size and then save it by same name. No need to edit the GSR posting.

Option four:
Change setting on camera to take smaller picture files. Take new pictures. Transfer to computer. Transfre to ImageShck. Edit GSR posting to delte existing photos, and add new photos.

 

[thijones]

Ok sorry for the delay. I have resized the images. let me know if anyone still has problems seeing them.

Also, please be gentle in your suggetions for me to fix something, she is my first .

 

[cyclefvr2]

what did you pay for it?, a pipe,and someone been messing with the points cover 2, how does it run?, not a bad bike, its the ed model like mine

 

[phoenix_rising]

Nice score. We share a common bond. Both of us chose the same identical bike for our first. Although yours is mint compared to my 750. Your very lucky, Keep up the good work.