What year(s) were "skunk"?

[Rob S.]

What years, exactly, were "Skunks"?

I'm pretty sure 1978, were there others?

What about size and styles? Was it only the 1000e?

 

[SocialAnomaly99]

I've been wondering about this "Skunk" too. What makes them a Skunk anyway?

 

[Steve]

What makes them a Skunk anyway?

Let's see if we can give you a clue. :-k

Can you tell yet?

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[Steel Toed Tank]

This is sedelens 1978 GS1000E, the only year and model of the 'Skunk'

It only came in one color combo which was black with a white stripe, hence the nick name 'Skunk'

 

[Rob S.]

This is sedelens 1978 GS1000E, the only year and model of the 'Skunk'

It only came in one color combo which was black with a white stripe, hence the nick name 'Skunk'

Thanks for the straight forward answer, Steel. (So little of that going on here these days!)

 

[Steve]

It only came in one color combo which was black with a white stripe, hence the nick name 'Skunk'

On the contrary:

That last one might have been a European color. I think the American version was a darker blue (almost turquoise) with a navy blue stripe.

The one definitive feature that marks that model is not just the stripe, but the fact that there is an indent in the tank where the stripe runs.
The '78 1000E was the only one to have it.

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[Steel Toed Tank]

I thought the 78 GS1000C came in two tone red and two tone blue with the indented tank, but the 78 GS1000E only came in black and white.

 

[Agemax]

My GS is a "skunk" although it has a different tank now. it was red when i first got it.
Looked like this, 19 years ago!

 

[SVSooke]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=189732 Just sayin

 

[trevor]

My GS is a "skunk" although it has a different tank now. it was red when i first got it.
Looked like this, 19 years ago!

wouldn't that be the rare "Ginger" skunk??

 

[Rob S.]

My GS is a "skunk" although it has a different tank now. it was red when i first got it.
Looked like this, 19 years ago!

Absolutely gorgeous, Agemax!

Current pics?

 

[Agemax]

Absolutely gorgeous, Agemax!

Current pics?

most recent decent pic i got, but its changed a bit since this was taken......

 

[Rob S.]

most recent decent pic i got, but its changed a bit since this was taken......

The reverse Skunk!

And I like the way you treat her. No beautiful old lady should be kept out of the house.

 

[chuck hahn]

To me..Its a 78 1000E. It came black and white thus earning its nickname.

 

[GSEScraze]

for most there is only 1 true skunk 1978 GS1000E black and white but there were 2 other 1978 GS1000 combos in the US with the stripe the same year both mine need time and love

 

[chuck hahn]

What you need to do is have that blue scanned and send me the paint code... thats the color my second 78 1000C is gonna be. And of course I will need yo find the decals.

 

[GSEScraze]

What you need to do is have that blue scanned and send me the paint code... thats the color my second 78 1000C is gonna be. And of course I will need yo find the decals.

I have seen the decals on Ebay $$$$$$ I was looking at the ones for the skunk so I could turn the fugly duckling into a skunk I have rims and forks for the 2 brake set up. we have a place around that can scan I will look into it they could not do the paint on my GS1100E because it has gold flake in it
is what they told me so I am not to trusting of them

 

[GSXR7ED]

Learning about Skunks on here....



Ed

 

[GSEScraze]

I do love this blue

 

[GSEScraze]

most recent decent pic i got, but its changed a bit since this was taken......

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