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    #1

    Not on my bike!

    It's that time of the year again. Time to update the list:

    Luggage rack
    Saddle bags
    Trunk
    Tank bag
    Side car
    Trailer
    Fairing
    Windshield
    Crash bars
    Highway bars
    Sissy bar
    Back rest
    Arm rests
    Heated seat
    Heated grips
    Sound system
    Phone
    Intercom
    GPS
    Radiator
    Tassels

    Don't notice anything new? See the next post.​
    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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    What might you see on a bike of mine?

    Steering dampener
    Oil cooler
    Radar detector

    and new for this year...

    Fork brace!

    And that's it! I know some of you are going to tell me about how much tassels add to your riding experience, but you're wasting your breath.
    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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      #3
      Rob, Honest question. Being familiar with your story. Not wanting to rub salt in it. Are you planning a return to riding?
      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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        #4
        Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ View Post
        Rob, Honest question. Being familiar with your story. Not wanting to rub salt in it. Are you planning a return to riding?
        No. The last time I drove a car, I totaled it (large Cadillac). The last time I rode a motorcycle, I totaled it (new Sportster). I really don't miss the responsibility. Plus $200 a month to park the bikes, $200 a month to park the car, insurance, registration, etc.

        And I can't upshift with my left foot. Of course, the most beautiful bike in the world, the '72 Sportster, has a right side shift. Know where I can get one for less than $100k?
        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
          Originally posted by Rob S. View Post

          No. The last time I drove a car, I totaled it (large Cadillac). The last time I rode a motorcycle, I totaled it (new Sportster). I really don't miss the responsibility. Plus $200 a month to park the bikes, $200 a month to park the car, insurance, registration, etc.

          And I can't upshift with my left foot. Of course, the most beautiful bike in the world, the '72 Sportster, has a right side shift. Know where I can get one for less than $100k?
          So really, Rob, the #1 item that is "not on your bike" will be you. The rest of us will continue riding with whatever set of equipment we choose.
          "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
            Ha, ha. My list looks pretty much like his list! They're motorcycles not lazy boy rocking chairs!
            1986 1150EF
            2008 GS1250SEA

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              #7
              Originally posted by Big Block View Post
              Ha, ha. My list looks pretty much like his list! They're motorcycles not lazy boy rocking chairs!
              Exactly! I'm reading Zen and the Art and Mr. Pirsig felt the same way.
              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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                #8
                I buy an old bike and after getting it running properly...I do SS brake lines and new for springs.....and I do like a 4-1 exhaust
                No signature :(

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                  #9
                  Traveling and living around the world, I've found that Americans buy bikes as toys more than anywhere else, due to price and income I suppose. Ride till they need maintenance then put them in the corner of the garage (hmm, that's where I come in - 15K miles? nearly free? OK just refresh them). In Europe, Asia, Australia, and NZ they use motorcycles more for transportation and outfit them accordingly for duty, if that's their need. Not a lot of cruisers, it's more substance over 'style' (yeech on cruisers 'style' IMO tho). I got my '51 BMW R51/2 with sidecar in Pireaus Greece in '83, and saw others still being used as pickup trucks, carrying bricks and lumber in the narrow city streets. Overseas I saw more tasteful and useful mods. I guess no JC Whitney catalogs. Oh, generally speaking, they also wear proper gear. America is immature about bikes IMO. It's mostly image and bravado. Not that the same isn't true elsewhere, it's just overdone here. 'Murica.

                  Harleys? Long topic but they were crap for years, now they are fine bikes. I rode with guys on their HDs and they broke down and scattered parts as badly as my Norton haha. Thankfully a huge influx of yuppies sustained them for a while. Now they make good bikes but their demographic is in the Pleistocene era and it's all downhill from here​
                  Last edited by oldGSfan; 11-16-2024, 07:32 PM.
                  Tom

                  '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
                  '79 GS100E
                  Other non Suzuki bikes
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
                    It's that time of the year again. Time to update the list:

                    Luggage rack
                    Saddle bags
                    Trunk
                    Tank bag
                    Side car
                    Trailer
                    Fairing
                    Windshield
                    Crash bars
                    Highway bars
                    Sissy bar
                    Back rest
                    Arm rests
                    Heated seat
                    Heated grips
                    Sound system
                    Phone
                    Intercom
                    GPS
                    Radiator
                    Tassels

                    Don't notice anything new? See the next post.​
                    Omitted a few things...

                    Antilock brakes
                    Wheelie control
                    Launch control
                    Cornering control
                    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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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Rob S. View Post

                      Omitted a few things...

                      Antilock brakes
                      Wheelie control
                      Launch control
                      Cornering control
                      You actually have all those because you don't ride it.
                      No signature :(
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                        #12
                        And it still got away from me a few months ago!
                        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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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
                          What might you see on a bike of mine?

                          Steering dampener
                          Oil cooler
                          Radar detector

                          and new for this year...

                          Fork brace!
                          And definitely 4-into-1 and pods.
                          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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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
                            Steering dampener
                            Oil cooler
                            Radar detector
                            Radar detector? I'm surprised they're still around.

                            Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
                            and new for this year...

                            Fork brace!
                            Good move. I wondered who'd bought that Muscle Brace.
                            I have an 1100E fender with its fairly stout internal brace, but I noticed a difference when I fitted an extra brace above it.
                            ---- Dave

                            Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Grimly View Post
                              Good move. I wondered who'd bought that Muscle Brace.
                              I have an 1100E fender with its fairly stout internal brace, but I noticed a difference when I fitted an extra brace above it.
                              It wasn't me. Just sayin' I could tolerate one.
                              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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