Comments on: Retro Rides: 1980 Suzuki GSX1100, Muscle Mania!

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:10:42 +0000

Yeah. And these early GSXs were the best. Tightest handling. Dunno if it was tooling wear or whether we just got used to them. I like them, and I don’t say that about many bikes.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:04:52 +0000

I did an apprenticeship in a Suzuki shop , assembling and riding them to the motor registry for rego. Now that was a good job, not highly paid but enjoyable. Capable of doing 100,000 km quite easily, even hard km. Roger probably knows Nigel, he had one and didn’t baby it. If a bike could survive 100,000 Nigel km then they’re pretty indestructible. Great torque off idle and usable power not like these modern big bores that are overkill. Imo. They didn’t feel that large either. I know a guy with one, only problem is, it’s behind a wall in his garage. Along with an ADRd TY250. I regularly did 160kmh in back streets cleaning out babied 1st service bikes. The Katana was a better bike but as a daily rider these were much easier to throw around tight corners.

By: Paul Prideaux

Paul Prideaux — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:47:08 +0000

A great resto.

By: Paul Prideaux

Paul Prideaux — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:46:46 +0000

HAD A 24L BIG TANK SILVER ONE BOUGHT FROM MICK HONE NEW.A FABULOUS MOTORCYCLE.