Poeple Sighting our bikes

[conrail]

Personelly look at all bikes, saw this a few weeks ago at work,thought it was cool..BMW is ok but...I knew it was an older model


Now I don't ride a Suzuki but if I saw an '80 model you bet I would be looking at..just like the older UJM's...

[Bribird]

When I built it I really didnt know there were so many fans of the GS bikes. I love it whenever I get out for a ride on my 650... I am somewhat flattered that everyone seems to love my bike, but really love it when someone asks me how old it is... the look on their face when I tell em its an 81 is worth every penny and the countless hours building it.

One of my good friends now Rejean... I actually met him one day when I stopped by the bike shop up in Durham and he walked by my bike...stopped..looked at it for awhile... then came up to me and said "dude...gs resources...thats the bike of the month bike!! It looks even better in person!" Well,we were instant friends after that... lol

[jhillier449]

Went for a wee run on my GS1000G today and at an intersection a beautiful example of a GS850 pulls up alongside, my old GS brother legaleli. Haven't seen him all summer so we pull into a parking lot and get caught up on what he's been up to. Seems his mechanical woes with his clutch have been put to bed and a fresh carb clean and rebuild have put his ride at top shelf. His is the only GS I have seen in these parts besides my own.

[apogeecustom]

I stopped for gas today in the middle of a long ride and a guy called out about my GS1000. He asked if it was a 79 from across the parking lot. We got to talking and he said he had a 79 GS1000S WC replica. After a few minutes of maintenance talk he realized we had a lot in common. He was on his way to work on a friends old Honda. In all his excitement he walked me over to his vehicle to show me a photo album. It was old 80's quality photos. He was European and his GS1000S was red and white. It was so nice! He said he wish he never got rid of it. I could see the wheels turning in his mind about trying to get one again. I told him about GSR so maybe he'll show up soon. It was a nice interlude on my trip. It was also my first real time on the interstate. I thought I would just get blown all over the place by cars and trucks, maybe keep it in the right lane the whole way. I ended up leading the pack I love my GS1000.

[Kerry]

Went for a wee run on my GS1000G today and at an intersection a beautiful example of a GS850 pulls up alongside, my old GS brother legaleli. Haven't seen him all summer so we pull into a parking lot and get caught up on what he's been up to. Seems his mechanical woes with his clutch have been put to bed and a fresh carb clean and rebuild have put his ride at top shelf. His is the only GS I have seen in these parts besides my own.

Wonder if my old RD still survives around there somewhere...fond memories of tooling around St. John's on that bike in the early 80's (trailing smoke behind me!) Thinking back, I don't recall seeing too many GSs then, either. Mostly Hondas and Kaws...

[Darkstang]

Went for a ride on the Blue ridge Parkway the other day and was taking pics. Pressed for time, I was really pouring on the throttle between pullovers that i wanted pics from. Pull into one and park, get my camera out and up comes a bunch of Harley riders. The pullover was full of them. Group of guys doing a week long trip. They heard me coming and wanted to know what the hell I was riding... One of them recognized it and said his first bike was an 84 GS. Took one look at mine and wanted to know what I had done to get the big tires on! They took pics of my bike and we talked awhile. Pretty good group of guys.

At one pullover their was another Harley group all wearing patches and sporting their club regalia... Hell on Wheels. Heard one of them say " look at that old suzuki! Bet it flies.." but none of them acted like they wanted to be very social....

[Larry D]

I stopped by the bank a couple days ago to put some money in my daughters account. She is a junior at the University of Kentucky and well.....she needs money, I think at this point I own a classroom there.....Anyway as I'm standing in line I notice a car has pulled up behind the GK and the driver is giving it a serious looking over. My eyesight isn't what it used to be at a distance unless I have my glasses on and I couldn't see the driver very well. I figured I should walk outside and what was going on. As I walked outside I realized that it was the koolaid kid !!!! I hadn't seen George in awhile and we had a nice talk in the parking lot. My wife and I recently moved to the eastside of Indy and I knew we lived close to George but, come to find out he's only about a mile away. Al in the pic below is also very close to where we live now. It's nice to have GSR members closeby.

Here's a pic of a motley crew.....from left to right is Al (awjoesii) and his son, Brian (bwringer) and the aforementioned George (koolaid kid).

[Kerry]

Y'know, I love seeing pictures of the forum members. When you've read enough of their posts, you start to get a sense of their personalities and then a picture starts to form in your mind. Love bursting the bubble by seeing their real appearance.

[Larry D]

Me too. There was an old thread that had members and their pictures.

Here's me and my beautiful bride.

[Pete Logan]

Here's me and my beautiful bride.

You're right - she's waaay too good for you

[noobie]

I thought I would just get blown all over the place by cars and trucks, maybe keep it in the right lane the whole way. I ended up leading the pack I love my GS1000.

Oh, I do that all the time with any bike.

Until there's no incoming traffic and they can overtake me.

Was probably the only sportsbike rider in my country who strictly obeyed speed limits. Not anymore, though. The bike is out of commission and will probably be sold as a crashed bike once the matter is settled with the insurance company. Am looking for a Roulette Green Speed Triple instead... as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it.

[makenzie71]

I can't dictate how many times people have come to talk to me about my bikes...especially my GS and my old CX (what kind of Guzzi is that?). Most recently I come out the city hall of this little town a bit north of Lubbock to find some guy and his wife taking pictures of my GS in the parking lot.

[Redman]

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Here's a pic of a motley crew from left to right is Al (awjoesii) and his son, Brian (bwringer) and the aforementioned George (koolaid kid).
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Al and his son, Brian .....
har har har
haw haw haw
oh, ... now I see, once I scroll down further ... there IS a young child in the photo.

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[Redman]

Came out of grocery store this morning. Was a guy walking out ahead of me, and he goes straight to my bike and stands there looking at it.
WHen I got there he asked me "What year is that?".
I told him.
He made some complmentary comments.
(this is how such conversations usally go. I am wondering if this is some guy that just likes to talk or if is someone interested and expereinced with bikes.)
Then he makes a few comments about being a nice day, and not going to be many nice days remaining and such. Sure a nice day for a ride and such comments.
(yah, yah, I am trying to get somewhere at a certain time)
Then he says "oh, that is not a goldwing, what is it?"
So I tell him abit about it being factory stock, and was about the time GoldWings also first had stock fairing and bags. He didnt seem interested.

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[conrail]

Not to go off topic but where did you take this pic

AlsoAlso..how did the factory fairing work,keepingyou dry,warm etc? ..I ride a Yamaha and put a Vetter on it,thought it looked better,with the optional lowers it doesn't do too bad.