Just bought a 1980 GSX750E

[Guest]

Hello everyone, just picked it up, 600.00$usd! It's my first motorcycle and I'm gonna learn on it! I have maybe 20 minutes of riding experience before I hopped on my GS, felt pretty comfy riding it up and down my street. It's an awesome bike. Going to motorcycle safety class some time soon when I get home from work trip. I'm here to learn and find out everything I can. I live in Anchorage Alaska and fix airplanes. Glad to have found this forum seems like it will be a great resource!
I don't know much about my bike yet as I've owned it for about a week. I heard from previous owner he's been running AMSOIL 10w40 synthetic and the owner before that jetted the carbs, but so far it's been running really well after sitting un-ridden in a garage for the last 2 years, the speedo reads a little over 20k miles and it's got a rear sprocket that adds top end speed. That's about all I know!

[dorkburger]

Welcome. Nice looking bike.

[LAB3]

A running bike for $600! Nice find.

[Phred]

Welcome to the Forum. That is a pretty nice looking ride for $600.

[BadPilot]

Thanks guys, took it out for a spin around the neighborhoods near my house, brought it up to 55 on one of the main streets rides like a dream. Can't stop thinking about riding it again, this work trip is lasting too long!

[GSXR7ED]

Welcome!

My good friend MrBill has the same year bike as yours! Very nice price for an operational bike.

I know the feeling about riding it at 55. Of course, you can go faster but moving at that speed on a bike like this is simply awesome!

Please let us know how you progress.


Ed

[BadPilot]

The speed limit was 45 and I'm not about to get pulled over on it without that M on my license 😂 I've already had people come up to me and look at and compliment the bike as I was driving it home with it in the back of my truck. Been looking for bikes where I work in California and can't find anything near as good a deal as I found on this bike.