Sept BOM

[trevor]

Great looking bike and even better story. Congrats and I'm glad you put that beautiful bike back on the road.

http://www.thegsresources.com/images...me/2013_09.jpg

[gsgeezer]

I am jealous!

[Charlie G]

I've never seen one in that color scheme either. Great looking bike.

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[jetta90]

That's a super looking GS 750 you have there Ken! Love the way they go, stop and handle!
There has to be at least 2 of the red ones out there as I had one as well that I sold off this spring. But I can live with that as I still have the one dressed in black.
I've attached a pic of the Twins.

[winfield]

Love the bike, Ken. How lucky is that that the bike didn't hardly deteriorate during its hiatus?!

Got any more pics to share?

[gs scott]

Same words as Trevor - thank you for sharing!
83 was the last year for 750's here in the states, and I sure don't remember that paint scheme on any 750 or 700 before - very sharp!

[SVSooke]

Very cool story.The post 83 Canadian 750's are have quite a few detail differences from the US 700's.

[Ken O]

84 gs750ee

Thanks for the kind comments. I was also surprised that it didn't seem to deteriorate. I did uncover it in 2002 to change the motor oil and brake fluid and put a few drops of oil in the empty gas tank to try to prevent corrosion. I had to buff out the pits on the wheel rims. I have since changed the old brake lines with new stainless steel ones and defeated the anti-dive feature; resulting in much better feel at the front brake lever.

I suspected the '84 750 wasn't available in the states, since U.S. parts supplier websites stop at 1983.

jetta90: While looking at the pic of your 2 beauties, I remember that the dealer I bought the bike from, swapped the mirrors from a new GS550 which had longer stems because I commented on poor rearward visibility. I wonder if the buyer of that 550 is still looking at his shoulders in his mirrors.
Best regards, Ken

[jetta90]

Thanks for the kind comments. I was also surprised that it didn't seem to deteriorate. I did uncover it in 2002 to change the motor oil and brake fluid and put a few drops of oil in the empty gas tank to try to prevent corrosion. I had to buff out the pits on the wheel rims. I have since changed the old brake lines with new stainless steel ones and defeated the anti-dive feature; resulting in much better feel at the front brake lever.

I suspected the '84 750 wasn't available in the states, since U.S. parts supplier websites stop at 1983.

jetta90: While looking at the pic of your 2 beauties, I remember that the dealer I bought the bike from, swapped the mirrors from a new GS550 which had longer stems because I commented on poor rearward visibility. I wonder if the buyer of that 550 is still looking at his shoulders in his mirrors.
Best regards, Ken

Hey Ken, yea the mirrors on the red GS I had provided excellent views of your elbows/shoulders as I recall. lol I just had to move my arm a tiny bit and I could see what was behind me. The black GS on the other hand, has bar end mirrors installed and the rear view is much much better. I really just enjoy the character traits of these bikes. They are quick and feel very light when riding. The twisties are always a pleasure as the bike is quite flickable in the twisties, and they stop quite well. I really think people don't know how good of a motorcycle this is.

[cdnoel]

Nice to see some different models.

Nice to see some models under 1 liter make the bike of the month photo. More often than not they are 1000cc or larger. Very sharp example of this model. Maybe we'll see a full dresser or two in the coming months?

[Steve]

Maybe we'll see a full dresser or two in the coming months?

I just did some looking. Apparently, the last dresser to earn the honor was in February, 2010.

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