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Howdy! Been a good while since I was on here, prob at least 4 1/2 years, since I sold my last bike - '91 GSX1100G. Just got me another one last week, and thought I'd come back for the "Other" bike section I seemed to remember (vs joining a Kawasaki forum right away).
A little background I'll try to condense - I first joined this site in 2005, around the time I upgraded to my 2nd bike - a 1983 GS750T, from the GS450L I started on in 1997. I didn't have the T long (it was great; too great and I didn't want to do anything but ride, lol), but picked up a low miles '83 GS850L that same year and kept it for about 8 1/2 years. Idk what got me looking, but I upgraded from the 850 to my previously last bike, the "G". Had that one for 4+ years and sold it in 2018 to get a boat...
So I'd had nothing but Suzukis, until last week. There was even a GS700 in the mix for a while, but it was supposed to be for someone else, so I don't really count that one. Well the boating thing was fun, but I wound up not getting to use it as much as I'd have liked to, either from the weather not lining up with my day off, or just not feeling up to all the getting ready and so forth. And it's 30+ years old, and has required a certain amount of repair and maintenance. Whereas when I was riding, I did that all the time (mostly commuting). I knew that would be the case, but I wanted to try boating (still like it; would be better able to do it if I was retired; don't think my boat will last that long though...).
So I was perfectly fine out of the riding game, never really missing it, and my son bought a GSX-R600 a couple months ago and I took a 5min ride on it. That was enough to remind me how much I used to love riding. I started looking (kinda wanted an '84 Honda Interceptor 1000, and looked at one, but passed; price was right, but needed more work that I wanted to do; ran and shifted good though), and ended up with a really nice '97 Kawasaki. I'll post more about it later.
Nice to be back in the saddle again, and on a bike that is a lot of fun, just riding around normally. : )
A little background I'll try to condense - I first joined this site in 2005, around the time I upgraded to my 2nd bike - a 1983 GS750T, from the GS450L I started on in 1997. I didn't have the T long (it was great; too great and I didn't want to do anything but ride, lol), but picked up a low miles '83 GS850L that same year and kept it for about 8 1/2 years. Idk what got me looking, but I upgraded from the 850 to my previously last bike, the "G". Had that one for 4+ years and sold it in 2018 to get a boat...
So I'd had nothing but Suzukis, until last week. There was even a GS700 in the mix for a while, but it was supposed to be for someone else, so I don't really count that one. Well the boating thing was fun, but I wound up not getting to use it as much as I'd have liked to, either from the weather not lining up with my day off, or just not feeling up to all the getting ready and so forth. And it's 30+ years old, and has required a certain amount of repair and maintenance. Whereas when I was riding, I did that all the time (mostly commuting). I knew that would be the case, but I wanted to try boating (still like it; would be better able to do it if I was retired; don't think my boat will last that long though...).
So I was perfectly fine out of the riding game, never really missing it, and my son bought a GSX-R600 a couple months ago and I took a 5min ride on it. That was enough to remind me how much I used to love riding. I started looking (kinda wanted an '84 Honda Interceptor 1000, and looked at one, but passed; price was right, but needed more work that I wanted to do; ran and shifted good though), and ended up with a really nice '97 Kawasaki. I'll post more about it later.
Nice to be back in the saddle again, and on a bike that is a lot of fun, just riding around normally. : )
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