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Thanks canroc for pulling this story out of the archives. What a great story!My Motorcycles:
22 Kawasaki Z900 RS (Candy Tone Blue)
22 BMW K1600GT (Probably been to a town near you)
82 1100e Drag Bike (needs race engine)
81 1100e Street Bike (with race engine)
79 1000e (all original)
82 850g (all original)
80 KZ 650F (needs restored)
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I am trying to figure out if the GK of this story is the same GK as the “GSResource Project” (of which would be an entire other story).
.Last edited by Redman; 03-22-2022, 09:38 PM.http://webpages.charter.net/ddvrnr/GS850_1100_Emblems.jpg
Had 850G for 14 years. Now have GK since 2005.
GK at IndyMotoGP Suzuki Display... ... GK on GSResources Page ... ... Euro Trash Ego Machine .. ..3 mo'cykls.... update 2 mocykl
https://imgur.com/YTMtgq4
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Wow; that was in interesting blast from the past that was before I re-joined. I'd been a member before but in the earlier times and only came back when I decided to resurrect old Whitey, the '80 bike, in 2012. I'd obviously utterly missed on transcontinental journeys.---- Dave
Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window
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Great story from the archives. This place really does have a long history.
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Glen
-85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
-Rusty old scooter.
Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/
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Don could tell maybe a couple more
stories of buying GSs from long distance, cross country, and riding them home.
He could also tell story of riding mocykl (or scooter) cross country, getting other bike to ride home, then go back to ride original bike home.http://webpages.charter.net/ddvrnr/GS850_1100_Emblems.jpg
Had 850G for 14 years. Now have GK since 2005.
GK at IndyMotoGP Suzuki Display... ... GK on GSResources Page ... ... Euro Trash Ego Machine .. ..3 mo'cykls.... update 2 mocykl
https://imgur.com/YTMtgq4
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Originally posted by canroc View PostDon, that was almost 19 years ago when I met you in Buffalo to hand over the GS1100GK for your ride to Florida... did Muddy River eventually give up the ghost? (I see one just like it for sale here in Rochester.. 1982, brown, 19,000 miles)
When I get a little time I will locate and post here pictures of Muddy River / Mr Ratley / Yellow Frank in its different incarnations for you to view.
...Believe in truth. To abandon fact is to abandon freedom.
Nature bats last.
80 GS850G / 2010 Yamaha Majesty / 81 GS850G
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The Yellow Frank bike story is Documented on the GSR Homepage.
Rich
1982 GS 750TZ
2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux
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I love this forum for the random stories that I never would have seen had it not been for the engagement of members.
DPep, I know you have a penchant for adventures, but to take on an Ironbutt, on a new-to-you ride, more or less sight-unseen. THAT is a whole 'nother level, sir.'83 GS650G
'83 GS550es (didn't like the colours in the 80's, but they've grown on me)
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Originally posted by dpep View Post
Mike, your old GK has woven into GS Resources lore, under different names, until the present day. In 2004 I was leading a GS ride with it down in the Ocala National Forest area when an unmarked curve bit me and crashed much of the plastic work and piping on the bike. I put it back together with parts obtained from several different GSR members which imparted both a sense of community and a motley appearance. I gave it the name Mr Ratley and used it on one or maybe two of the West Virginia rides I organized. Then a few years ago I got all the parts painted yellow and hauled it up to Frank, our administrator. in north Georgia to serve as the GS project bike under the name Yellow Frank.. There it still be.
When I get a little time I will locate and post here pictures of Muddy River / Mr Ratley / Yellow Frank in its different incarnations for you to view.
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