Look in the recent few weeks of the "Post pictures of your custom GS" thread on here in the Appearance sub-forum.
I listed all the mods I have done over the years to make that sort-of-stock-looking bike into a fine handling sports/tourer. My idea of touring does not include hardcase saddlebags, luggage racks, big windshield, etc... by sports touring I mean I load a minimal amount of backpacking gear onto my bike and tools / food / rain gear in saddlebags and head for the mountains!
It's a very fast 750, I often think I need to do more mods (head ported by Rapid Ray sometime soon, mega cycle cams) because it's "not quite fast enough yet" & then I ride with other people or ride other bikes that I used to think were really fast, & I realize mine is really really fast! My buds on a 2000's Ninja 750 and a ZRX1200 can barely keep up with me in the twisties and can just sneak by me on the highway as they slowly pull ahead. They are thoroughly impressed with how fast I can pull away from them or pass cars. It pulls well even at 115+!
With GS850 pistons / pods&pipe / careful re-jetting it was a rocket at high rpms and would hang with modified KZ1000 1132cc quite well. He was actually very impressed at how fast the bike would go when downshifting and burying the tach needle through the gears above 5500rpm-9000 or so. It revs to 11500 well while still making power. With bigger pistons I try to keep it under 10000rpm now.
At 920c it's an absolute street menace. I try not to ride it in the city much as I just screams for me to twist that throttle grip backwards rapidly... it's a bad influence on me for city riding!
A 77-79 GS750B/C/N/EC/EN with brake&suspension upgrades, Wiseco K844's, & Megacycle camshafts is one heck of a package if you don't have any GS1000's available or just want a slightly smaller bike than a 1000
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