Suzuki GS1000 owners?

From Googling (so worth what I paid for it...) there was apparently a
GS1000G available in other markets which had the same bore/stroke (70.0
x 64.8) as the GS1000. The GS1100 (not available in the UK?) and GS1100G
appear to have been bored and stroked (72.0 x 66.0).

The GS850 appears to have been a bored 750 (69.0 x 56.4 vs 65.0 x 56.4).

I'd guess the 850 cranks were similar to/the same as the 750, not sure
about the 1000 and 1100.

Mike

 

God, but I loved the look of the 'S'. Right up until it got ousted (in
my mind) by the Katana.

Of course, I then discovered Kawasakis...

 

Aye, the Katana continues to be one of the worst styling exercises in
history.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

But seriously, guys, the thing was as ugly as an ugly thing that'd
been beaten repeatedly with the ugly stick. All nasty sharp edges and
sticky-out bits. Compared with the rest of the GS range, all nice
flowing lines, sexy curves, it just jarred.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

Yebbut, you're well-known as a man with very poor taste in 80s bikes.
You even liked the CX, FFS.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

<Sharpens edge of Japanese sword>

 

<points at Ace>

"He's Spartacus!"

Err...
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

You need to accept that there are few of us around who can see what an
abomination the whole Katanga range actually was. I couldn't see the
attraction when they first came out and I still can't.

 

Phew! I was beginning to think it was just me.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick

<shuffles, stares at feet>

I don't like them either. I thought the GS range just looked 'proper'.
As did the Z1. The Katanas were... Not proper.

<looks at .sig>

I'm probably not helping much, am I?

--
Wounded Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

^^^^^^^

You are Theophilus P Wildebeest AICMFF pairs of leather strides

 

I rate Katanas alongside CG125s and Marmite in being totally wrong
however you look at them.

 

Move over Adie, I think I want to have Andy's babies...

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

I seem to remember a piece on Radio 4 about the Katana when it was released.
Perhaps it was 'Going Places' before it was crap, or maybe 'PM'.
Anyway, someone referred to it as 'The first ergonomically designed
motorcycle',
which I thought was rubbish at time.

 

Quite. Also 'gone wrong' at around that time was the Z1R, which, with
its huge triangular side panels, just ruined the wonderful lines of
the Z1/900/100 that preceded it. In retrospect it's not as bad as the
Katanas, but at the time it was just... wrong.

Any support is welcome. In any case, none of the bikes in your sig was
ever actually _bad_, just sort of middling.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

Errr, I used to love the shape of the Katana. My ex rebuilt hers and it
was incredibly sexy.

 

<picks up hammer and nails and joins the Katana loving mob>

<files for divorce>

he's all yours.
--
Adie
(replace spam with nickname to reply)

UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/
keeper of the ukrm faq for my sins

YZF-R1: ZX9R E1

MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

No. I'm not.

Oh, no argument there.

Indeed.

But you're still wrong...

--
Wounded Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

<throws away popcorn>