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    #16
    Well I think the truckers take the cake.
    Tom

    '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
    '79 GS100E
    Other non Suzuki bikes
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      #17
      "Five Gears In Reverse" - Elvis Costello (Get Happy)
      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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        #18
        Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
        "Five Gears In Reverse" - Elvis Costello (Get Happy)
        I led my son to the E.C. rabbit hole. He's hooked. Radio Soul tour coming, will be playing early stuff, can't go wrong there. He is looking at buying tix but the whole concert thing is just awful thanks to Ticketmaster etc. I saw EC at the Greek around '88 in LA, and in Baltimore in the 90s. So many years ago.
        Tom

        '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
        '79 GS100E
        Other non Suzuki bikes

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          #19
          The shift sequence on the old Oliver 70 tractors I drove as a kid on the farm.



          2002 bmw r1150gs 1978 gs1000E skunk les pew 1979 gs1000L dragbike
          82 gs1100L probably the next project
          1980 gs1000G the ugly 1978 gs750E need any parts?
          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_m2oYJkx1A
          1978 gs1000E skunk #2 RLAP
          https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2f1debec_t.jpg

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            #20
            Originally posted by dorkburger View Post
            The Hurst equipped 4 speed shifter connected to a Muncie M20 trans and big block Chevy was my favorite. I've done the typical 4 / 5 peeds in various pedestrian and commercial trucks over the years. The 1986 Ford Cargo 6000 truck I drove for work for a number of years had the most vague shifting and longest linkage I've experienced.

            As GregT mentioned, the cable actuated hand clutch / hand shift like on my little scooter is fun.
            Actually i didn't mention that one. I meant true British vintage. Left hand clutch, shift lever on RHS of the tank.

            But the left hand twistgrip change was common on European scooters and mopeds when i was a teenager. Rode a lot of them.

            One I've seen but not ridden is the racing Kreidler 50cc. Foot change 4 speed with an auxiliary 3 speed twistgrip hand change box also. 12 gears - and you'd probably never know which you're in. Being a peaky 2stroke you'd just go up or down to keep it in the power.
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              #21
              Originally posted by oldGSfan View Post

              I led my son to the E.C. rabbit hole. He's hooked. Radio Soul tour coming, will be playing early stuff, can't go wrong there. He is looking at buying tix but the whole concert thing is just awful thanks to Ticketmaster etc. I saw EC at the Greek around '88 in LA, and in Baltimore in the 90s. So many years ago.
              Saw him, met and briefly spoke to him and the band (they were lost in the SUNY Brockport Rathskeller) in early '78. Been hooked ever since.

              Saw him in NY City in early '80's and the opening act was...Squeeze! Now that's a show.
              Last edited by Rob S.; Today, 03:14 AM.
              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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