# My new motorcycle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186 "2008-04-13T18:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/1 "2008-04-13T18:56:00Z")
I just got an amazing deal on a vintage Suzuki! Check out the pictures [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/octarinefire/sets/72157604503487804/). The bike is a 1982 GS750E. One owner, 75 years old, and meticulously maintained. The pipes have NO bluing on them, any blue you see in the pictures is the reflection of the tarp on the ground. It’s still a little cold to go get it but I should have it Tues or Wed. ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/2 "2008-04-13T19:03:47Z")
That thing’s in great shape. Congratulations and enjoy (safely). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/3 "2008-04-13T19:04:22Z")
Nice. Although I don’t have any at the moment, I like the Old School bikes. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/4 "2008-04-13T19:12:11Z")
I prefer the older bikes as well. In addition to being easier to work on, I think they have more character than the new plastic covered bikes. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/5 "2008-04-14T06:08:34Z")
Good Lord, I miss my old bike!! ☹ Before I moved west, I had a [1978 Suzuki GS750](http://www.suzuki-classic.de/i/modelle/gs750_1978.jpg), blue, with slightly lower bars, and a 4-into-1 exhaust. When you cranked on it, it sounded angry sweet!! When I was to move, I couldn’t fit it into the back of my Civic, so I sold it to a friend of mine. He had it about 2 weeks, when it got stolen out of his driveway. ☹ I want another bike!! S^G ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/6 "2008-04-14T06:15:22Z")
Christ, that is beautiful! Congratulations! That’s like the Suzuki counterpart of my old [CB750F](https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/akentisa/Filemanager_Public_Files/bike.jpg) ('79.) Almost the same color scheme too. Awesome, man, awesome. Be careful, there’s a lot of sand on the road around this time of year which is a hazard for bikes. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/7 "2008-04-14T06:32:24Z")
My first bike was an '81 Suzuki GS750L that I bought for $500 when I was in college, and I loved that thing. Yours looks to be in great shape - better than mine ever was. Congratulations, and enjoy it! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/8 "2008-04-14T13:43:08Z")
[QUOTE=Satellite^Guy] 4-into-1 exhaust. When you cranked on it, it sounded angry sweet!! [/QUOTE] Heh. When I damaged a muffler on my Seca II I replaced it with a 4-into-1 Vance & Hines. A little old 600cc standard, and it sounds mean. My R1 whispers by comparison. (And I like it. Quiet is good.) ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/9 "2008-04-14T15:15:31Z")
Wow, that sure is nice. It makes me miss my '71 Honda. (the '04 Buell helps) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-motorcycle/445186/10 "2008-04-14T17:53:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Wow, that sure is nice. It makes me miss my '71 Honda. [/QUOTE] CB750-Four? I’d like to have one of those.