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    What are the most beautiful GS models? Aesthetic questions

    I think my tastes in GS models is a bit off center.

    I find the 83 GS750e to be very attractive.

    I think the '81 GS1100e to be a very pretty bike.

    I never thought the skunks were very appealing, and even though I owned a GS1150ES, I didn't think it was beautiful.

    I'm not after appreciation for a singularly restored version of one model, but rather, what folks think are the absolute prettiest models and years in GS history and why.

    The only Japanese standard I have these days is the '82 CB900f, which I think is extremely pretty, though I don't love the instrument cluster or the wheels.
    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
    ~Herman Melville

    2016 1200 Superlow
    1982 CB900f
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    The '82 and later 850G, 1100G and GK are most appealing to me. Why, I can't really say. Nostalgia maybe since right out of high school in 1991 I had an 850G. Even then I enjoyed looking at it almost as much as riding it.

    '82 GS1100E in red is pretty sweet too.
    Last edited by Burque73; 09-16-2024, 11:37 PM.
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      #3
      I agree, the 1982 850G is a very good looking bike.
      "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
      ~Herman Melville

      2016 1200 Superlow
      1982 CB900f

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        #4
        '83 11E red. Same year 750 is awful pretty. Sorry Burque, but in my garage...

        "We don't take kindly to shafts around here!"

        "Aw, Skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody."
        1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

        2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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          #5
          For some reason, the front wheel on that body style always looked slightly too large to me, aesthetically, Rob.
          "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
          ~Herman Melville

          2016 1200 Superlow
          1982 CB900f

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            #6
            Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
            '83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB
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              #7
              Definitely pretty, but something makes me think it would look just that little bit better with an 18" front wheel.
              "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
              ~Herman Melville

              2016 1200 Superlow
              1982 CB900f

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                #8
                My opinion: If you don't look at it as you're walking away, you bought the wrong one !!!
                Current:
                1993 ZX11 - 2nd build in progress
                1977 GS750 (710 is getting closer)
                1998 Kawasaki Voyager - selling
                1998 Chevy C2500
                1999 Rav4
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by GS1150Pilot View Post
                  For some reason, the front wheel on that body style always looked slightly too large to me, aesthetically, Rob.
                  19" front, 17" rear. Always looked 'neutral' to me. What I can't stand are some of the extreme diameters and widths on Harleys that are all form and no function. Typically they're oversized diameters and undersized widths up front, visa versa in back, but some are overly wide in front. And some of that goofiness has infected my beloved Sportster line. Most of the Sportster line, it seems. The only Harley line I don't completely detest.

                  I can't think of many bikes that look as good stock as a 1972 Sporty. First year of 1000cc, still right side shift.
                  1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                  2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                    If you don't think the 1985 Suzuki GS1150E in pearl cool white and candy alpine blue is the prettiest GS ever, you must have never seen one.!!! That's my opinion and ought to be yours
                    1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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                      Originally posted by rphillips View Post
                      If you don't think the 1985 Suzuki GS1150E in pearl cool white and candy alpine blue is the prettiest GS ever, you must have never seen one.!!! That's my opinion and ought to be yours
                      Opinions are like armpits. Everybody's got one, and it usually stinks!
                      1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                      2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                        #12
                        The 82-3 1100e bikes are beautiful. Simplistic in a good way and that big engine and headlight gives it presence. Third gen 700 / 750 bikes have grown on me quite a bit.
                        1150 e... awesome
                        ​I still love my 1150es but don't necessarily consider it beautiful. Kind of clunky and awkward depending on what angle its viewed from.... but it's totally cool.
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                        Glen
                        -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
                        -Rusty old scooter.
                        Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
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                          #13
                          OK like an oil thread everybody is wrong, but everybody is right. My take:

                          I never could get into any the early 80s - square-ish tank/headlight bikes, they just looked chunky, ungainly. The 82/83 1100E is good and I love it, but it is derivative of the Katana, that design language really took over ad nauseum. The 1100E did it best, some of the others that used that style just wrong to me. So there is a bit of a downer by association. Suzuki GS style got hideous in the mid-80s but they were so badass I forgive them. To me the Cooley is fine except I don't like white as the predominant color, it looks like an ice cream van. So for the big 4's I'd say the 78/79 1000E is close, but that seat is too huge and it's a bit plain on the color scheme. I think the touring G's were handsome, if stodgy, but that suited their role, like a strong plow horse. Having had an '82 GS1000SZ Katana, I'd rate it pretty high for impact, but not everyone's cuppa tea. I can't stand any L models and think only Kawasaki ever made a decent looking 'cruiser' in the KZ900 LTD times.

                          So my winner is the 450S, prefer in black. Only seat/tail section Suzuki ever got right IMO.

                          Tom

                          '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
                          '79 GS100E
                          Other non Suzuki bikes
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by GS1150Pilot View Post
                            Definitely pretty, but something makes me think it would look just that little bit better with an 18" front wheel.
                            My '82 had the EPMs in 18x 3.5 rear and 18x2.5 front. I think it worked well visually but the front fenter's curvature wasn't as good as it could be if designed for it.

                            Tom

                            '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
                            '79 GS100E
                            Other non Suzuki bikes

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by oldGSfan View Post

                              My '82 had the EPMs in 18x 3.5 rear and 18x2.5 front. I think it worked well visually but the front fenter's curvature wasn't as good as it could be if designed for it.

                              How could anyone notice anything except that turbocharged beast of an engine?
                              1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                              2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.
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