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    Classic bike anyone?

    I have been looking for this bike...I had the same one brand new when I was 18 and unfortunately I had to sell it not too long after buying it because I needed a reliable car for a new job. I loved that bike.
    I had taken an ad out on Craigslist in Vancouver looking for one...last weekend a a guy sent me a link to one for sale in Washington...I called the guy and bought it over the phone....

    The details that I know so far..

    He is the original owner
    Just under 17,000 miles
    All stock including original exhaust
    Apparently it runs like new.

    I have hired a custom broker to do the paperwork for the border and I'll go get it this week. Can't wait!!!

    So I got my 83 GS750ED home yesterday.
    I went to Washington to pick up the bike Tuesday leaving on the 6am ferry from Victoria.


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    #2
    Cut with a curse sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul, damned is your life!
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      #3
      Congrats on the new to you bike!
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        #4
        Look great!
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          #5
          Sensible seats were standard back in the day. I NEVER fell off or lost a passenger. Comfy with room to move around for both pilot and pillion. This bike is a fine example of the best of the UJM's. Congratulations Trevor, for finding and acquiring it.
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          • 802Mike
            #5.1
            802Mike commented
            09-29-2019, 06:46 AM
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            "I NEVER fell off or lost a passenger"

            Well, back in the day they had that strap across the seat.
            Was the passenger supposed to hang onto that?
          • 955i
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            955i commented
            09-29-2019, 12:54 PM
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            Those "passenger straps" were the most ridiculous bit of equipment ever. I don't know of a single passenger who ever used one!
          #6
          Looks like new on the outside.

          I'll bet the insides will shortly be like new in your hands....
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            #7
            I plan to do the valve seals as it's been sitting and like to smoke on start up. Also installing a period correct Yosh I got of another gs750 i bought a couple weeks ago...just for the pipe...lol...I sandblasted and painted it up in my make shift paint booth...
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            • 802Mike
              #7.1
              802Mike commented
              09-29-2019, 06:11 PM
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              Have you tried powder coating?
            • jargon
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              jargon commented
              09-29-2019, 06:25 PM
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            #8
            You can't powder coat for heat as far as I know...I have done ceramic coating on a kerker I have on my Cooley...But I have had pretty good luck doing it myself with VHT header paint...got out today yo "cure" it...

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              #9
              Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
              Chattanooga, TN
              Certified Hooligan.
              2018 S1000XR, 2014 R1200GSAw, 2015 Husqvarna FE501S
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