How fast is is your old GS?

On the Dyno a few months back I had a reading of 204km/h (about 130mph) at the rear wheel when the bike hit the red line in 3rd gear.

Mildly tuned GS1150, Keihin FCR39 carbs, .348" Webcams, 4-1 exhaust.

Goes way beyond that in 4th and 5th gear.

I was out here in Salem Oregon on a beautiful Sunny Day. I thought to myself, "hmmm, how fast will this old bike go?" So, I figured between 105-115mph. How fast for you?

I know one thing for certain: my bike goes WAAAAAAY faster than I do.

PS: Especially the Gixxer... when it was still whole.

I am going to have it re-dynoed at a local Harley shop which just installed the very latest Dyna-jet Pit Dyno. It may be a few weeks but I will report the results when available. I agree on the torque but cannot for the life of me understand why the Dyno operator at a Suzuki shop swears that was a true reading. The peak torque was shown at 3,000 rpm. ????Go Figure? All yuor comments and input is taken in context. Thanks-greg

Dyno operator forgot to switch from a 2-cylinder rsetting to a 4-cylinder setting.

faster then a speeding tickit

i'v had my 81 gs custom at 150mph next to a busa then he pulled away and i was out of poop! but i have mods gears big carbs and so one my wifes stock 81 will lay out at 130 but it takes a min to get there..
thiss is my toy now
its 6inch lower now and has 36 mm carbs

[blowerbike]

Here's a leisurely 95 mph on the 1150

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6xhpBvF47E

I've had it up to an indicated 140 mph...it seemed to have some left, but I didn't.

why didn't you pick up the lovely hitch hiker and go pop some wheelies

[renobruce]

Here's a leisurely 95 mph on the 1150

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6xhpBvF47E

I've had it up to an indicated 140 mph...it seemed to have some left, but I didn't.

'85 gs550es. Runs smooth, rides smooth, goes faster then I care to go at this point in my riding career. Ive hit 75-80, and she still had more then enough go for my newbie rear.

Remember Star Wars or Star Trek when jumping to light speed and all the stars are a blur? Sort of like that

Spaceballs! "They've gone to plaid!"

I don't know..........my speedo stops at 130 and I spun it/broke it last September

upgraded suspension, PODS, Dynojet Stage 3, 114 Racing Fuel, Custom 4to1 exhaust

have not really opened her up with the new suspension yet but it has seen the north side of 120 yesterday.30mph over in Canada and you lose your vehicle and license how much does that suck

never heard that one about the 30 over i know that is not true here in alberta but could be else where in canada

silver bullet

have not really opened her up with the new suspension yet but it has seen the north side of 120 yesterday.30mph over in Canada and you lose your vehicle and license how much does that suck

I'm an old, worn out, stock car driver. I'll pretty mutch drive as fast as any car can go. But when I'm on my bike, that's a different story. I've had my bone stock 83 550e up to 80mph at about 7400rpm sitting straight up in the wind like Peewee Herman. I imagine if I tucked down and gave it the rest of the right grip it would certainly do 115-120 to be concervative. When it comes to bikes ............. I'll never know how fast mine will go..............

there are times when I go under a bridge or overpass and my GPS says I'm doing 130 I think the only way I'd ever really hit 130 with my little 450 is to ride it off a cliff, and I hope that never happens.

I went 10,000,000mph in my 250, didn't even leave 2nd gear!
Of course my stupid speedo only goes up to 9,999,999!

Ok. Somewhere up above these posts I told of the performance of my 1986 GS1150E with a "Built Motor". We dyno'd it today and it produced 116.5 HP and 172 Ft Lbs of torque. I know those torque numbers seem impossible ( at least to me) but the Dyno Operator is experienced and does a lot of Suzuki GSXR's and Hayabusa's. No wonder it is a wheelie monster.

I am going to have it re-dynoed at a local Harley shop which just installed the very latest Dyna-jet Pit Dyno. It may be a few weeks but I will report the results when available. I agree on the torque but cannot for the life of me understand why the Dyno operator at a Suzuki shop swears that was a true reading. The peak torque was shown at 3,000 rpm. ????Go Figure? All yuor comments and input is taken in context. Thanks-greg