Saw one on the drag in Odessa in 85-86? Oh did it make an impression, and everyone used to gather around it like vultures until the new wore off. In the mid 70s prior, my friend down the block....His Dad and Uncle had matching Ducati 900SS, Silver with Blue accents. Not what you’d expect to find in my neighborhood, especially back then. All these bikes left a deep impression I haven’t forgotten yet. This was very cool to see man. Thanks for bringing it to us.
What a perfect time capsule !!!! Co worker had one and put an air shifter on it and was cleaning up at the local sanctioned drag strip . He sold the 750 for the larger one 1100 for full racing . Both were absolute beasts . He had a RD 350 triple also . Sounded like a fly next to those Suzuki’s with tuned headers lol. The elementary school children next door loved it when he worked on his bike. .... teachers not so much lol you could hear it start up across the lake . And trying out air shifter on 35 mph road usually had the kids ecstatic lol Good to see an upload from ya! Hope all is well with your end .
Oh man, that is one clean bike! I was just at a motorcylce exhibition showcasing the history of motorcycles from the beginning right through to the future with electric bikes etc and this bike could have easily slipped right in there among the others and not been out of place. It's a special bike that's for sure!
Great lil’viddi again Tim 🤙 My first street bike (for only 3mos) ‘92 GSXR 750 same/similar color scheme...too young & dumb to keep it back then, lol Great edit with the 2 Bandits and the OG ending clips!
A lot of people dont realise the First GSX-R was not the 750 in 85, but the 400 in 84, very few countries got them, we got them here in NZ. Also you could argue that the first "race replica" was the MHR Ducati 900, or the CB1100R. Those oil cooled fours cylinder engines are great, a tuners dream, so easy to get HP from, they also also came in 1400cc, in the GSX1400.
Absolutely. He was a motorcycle mechanic and service adviser for decades before he retired, and is the only guy I trust with my own bikes besides me. :)
Yeah, since the Buck Horn shut its doors, they've opened that new restaurant and bar on the main highway, so we decided to ride out there and check it out. Cool place.
Drool-worthy for sure, but I think I'd call that a "modified original" with that canister and those K&N's on it (but hey, who wants a bone-stock original anything, really? All my bikes are modified in some degree.) Love to see what else he has!
That's the way I look at it; original paint, original engine with original miles, numbers-matching, etc. In the classic sportbike world it's hard to find a bike so unmolested. Also, he has all the airbox parts and other components, so they could easily be reinstalled. He has a nice collection of bikes in his stable and everything else is at least this nice, so I'll try to talk him into letting me show a few more. Cheers.
Interesting way to put it, "unmolested". I have the original parts for my Daytona but they're not going back on it as it's better with the modifications! Same with the Bonnie (airbox removed, also the secondary air injectors which yours might run better without, and there are some nice decorative plugs on the market to fill the holes, mine are Union Jack designs). Here in MD you can put a "historic" tag on a vehicle that's at least 25 years old; it would look kind of odd to put one on the Daytona in a couple more years (it's a '97, and was a clean-sheet design sharing no parts with the '96 900cc model), but I may eventually put one on the Bonnie as it's the Centenary Edition. I have one on the Yamaha, I've owned it since I bought it for my 19th birthday (1973). That bike is very different from stock, incorporates later-model parts as well as custom items such as the reground cams and Mikuni carbs which I bought from Gary Nixon back when he had a shop up in Cockeysville, MD (it's going to be getting a Race-Tech fork treatment as part of its current ground-up rebuild). Threw all those old parts out years ago, including the starter motor so it's kick-start only (and usually fires after only one or two kicks unless the temps are below 40). Threw that out to make it easier to service the balancer drive chain, you originally had to pull the alternator rotor and starter drive to get to it but without the starter drive there's enough space to get to it without pulling the rotor!
That bike looks like it just left the factory floor. (yes i am slightly jealous) On the other end of the spectrum there is my junkyard banana suzuki gs500 e rust craked plastiks destroyed fairings. (winter bike for salty roads) the only redeeming feature.......heated grips for the winter
I learned to love heated grips during the springtime before last when I rode that white BMW into the Texas Hill Country.Those things warm your whole body.
@@TimKreitzAdventures if i do not make the gs 500e into something like a cafe bike (cheaper restoration and better sale value as a cafe) then next winter i might add some heated soles to my riding boots.
Hey Tim , I just saw your review on the Kawasaki 800rs and while I do like the bike I feel the same about the price as who they target it for ,(55yrs old) . Give you credit for your honesty while everyone else is gushing over the bike . I just sold my 09 Fz1(bittersweet) for 5g’s that bike is killer ! I want something smaller that I can run around town as yet take on a couple of hours rides . I have a 02 Road King , and a wr250r I am thinking of selling . I prefer fuel injection , what modern bike do you like for that ? Sv650 , v strom 650 , Fz7 , I also love round headlights (my age I guess) and small fairings can be added , don’t want a cafe style as my shoulders have seen better days . Thank you , stay safe .
@@TimKreitzAdventures I remember cartwheeling off my Yamaha RD125LC at a roundabout near a local bike haunt when I was young enough to not know better, and hitching a lift home on the back of one of these, at the time I'd never been so fast... or so terrified on a bike as the owner was chasing an RGV250 through the twisties back home 🤪🤣
@@HippoDrones That's the kind of experience that'll get you hooked on sportbikes. I remember my cousin riding me around on his KZ900 when I was about nine years old. I always wanted to go fast on a bike after that.
I think Rodger bought this one from the original owner in '92 or '93. He also has a pristine 1987 GSX-R1100 that he's owned since new. I need to talk him onto doing another vid about it.
1984 = The answer to every question on every hangout! >_<
Seriously clean bike, a real gem.
Hahaha! Now there's a great memory! Thanks, Bimble. :)
That's really beautiful, It looks like he rolled it out of a museum.
Absolutely. You should see the rest of his bikes. :0)
@@TimKreitzAdventures Sounds like a good idea for some future episodes. 👍🏻
Definitely!
I just bought one of these in black and red. In 1987 I bought one brand new when I was in the Navy.
Saw one on the drag in Odessa in 85-86? Oh did it make an impression, and everyone used to gather around it like vultures until the new wore off. In the mid 70s prior, my friend down the block....His Dad and Uncle had matching Ducati 900SS, Silver with Blue accents. Not what you’d expect to find in my neighborhood, especially back then. All these bikes left a deep impression I haven’t forgotten yet. This was very cool to see man. Thanks for bringing it to us.
My pleasure. Fingers crossed Rodger will let me feature a few more of his bikes this year.
What a perfect time capsule !!!!
Co worker had one and put an air shifter on it and was cleaning up at the local sanctioned drag strip . He sold the 750 for the larger one 1100 for full racing . Both were absolute beasts . He had a RD 350 triple also . Sounded like a fly next to those Suzuki’s with tuned headers lol.
The elementary school children next door loved it when he worked on his bike. .... teachers not so much lol you could hear it start up across the lake . And trying out air shifter on 35 mph road usually had the kids ecstatic lol
Good to see an upload from ya! Hope all is well with your end .
Thank you, sir. I'm getting back into the swing of things. Glad this vid brought back some good memories for you.
Another Great vid, Why you don't have a mill subs or views is beyond me. RSM8
RUclips doesn't like me, I guess. Thanks, Kev! I hope you and yours are doing well.
Great to see not only a bike that age still pristine but the owner too on the road. Funny timing on that south park reference mate. Ride safe Timbo.
Yep, agreed. Rodger is in his seventies and still going strong. Cheers and thanks.
Oh man, that is one clean bike! I was just at a motorcylce exhibition showcasing the history of motorcycles from the beginning right through to the future with electric bikes etc and this bike could have easily slipped right in there among the others and not been out of place. It's a special bike that's for sure!
I'm hoping Rodger will let me show the rest of his stable. It is just as impressive.
What a beautifully preserved bike! Thank you so much for sharing this video with us.
My pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Gotta love the innovation and exciting new bikes that come from things like the horse power wars
Very true.
Such a beautiful bike. I actually didn't know anything about this bike before. Thanks for the lesson on the history
My pleasure. It's definitely an important piece of motorcycling's past.
AWESOME EXHAUST SOUND COVER OVER
Brh-bruh-bruh-bruh-bruh-bruh-bruh! Ha.
Beautiful!
Indeed! It's a beautiful survivor.
Drool indeed I wish more guys saved old bikes like they do cars.
No doubt.
......damn......
And the South Park Harley clip was priceless :)
I couldn't resist. LOL. :-)
Too damn cool. What a gem.
Great bike too!
For sure. :-)
Barry Sheene!
That's an amazing old bike. A proper shiw piece 👍
The toilet hummer was brilliant 🤣🤣🤣
Great video Tim.
Cheers 🍻🐕
A show piece for sure. I hope you and Bruce are doing great, my friend. Cheers.
Fantastic!
Agreed. Super cool. :-)
Great lil’viddi again Tim 🤙
My first street bike (for only 3mos) ‘92 GSXR 750 same/similar color scheme...too young & dumb to keep it back then, lol
Great edit with the 2 Bandits and the OG ending clips!
Thanks, man! It's crazy how somewhere along the way, these bikes became highly sought-after collector items.
your back!!!! nice to see you tim. Beautiful bike....how old is roger?
He's in his early seventies and bicycles about 200 miles a week.
A lot of people dont realise the First GSX-R was not the 750 in 85, but the 400 in 84, very few countries got them, we got them here in NZ. Also you could argue that the first "race replica" was the MHR Ducati 900, or the CB1100R. Those oil cooled fours cylinder engines are great, a tuners dream, so easy to get HP from, they also also came in 1400cc, in the GSX1400.
We never got the GSX-R400 here in the USA, but we did get a limited number of Bandit 400s, and I believe it features the same basic powerplant, IIRC.
Love his Trek jersey!
He's in his seventies and bicycles 150 to 200 miles per week.
Omg bro this is the nicest old-school gixxer ever the guy really cool and awesome 👌 love the video tim you never lost your touch 😎🙌🏽
Thanks, Will! I was really happy when he agreed to let me feature it. I'm hoping he'll let me do the same for the rest of his collection.
That didn't look that clean when it left the factory. Sweet ride.
I do believe you're right. :-)
That guy obviously knows how to keep a bike clean and beautiful.
Absolutely. He was a motorcycle mechanic and service adviser for decades before he retired, and is the only guy I trust with my own bikes besides me. :)
great video, had me dying blur bla bar roar blah bur hahah. That's a clean ass bike for sure.
Oh yeah, it shines like a new penny. Bruh-bruh-bruh-bruh! LOL.
That is a awesome ol piece of iron. Where are yall Goldsmith ?
Yeah, since the Buck Horn shut its doors, they've opened that new restaurant and bar on the main highway, so we decided to ride out there and check it out. Cool place.
Miss Sunday rides to the Buckhorn. Have to check that one out. Ride safe
Dang that thing still looks sweet :-)
Indeed it does. He takes great care of his entire collection.
I had an 86' GSX-750 and had thr wheels powder coated white to resemble Kevin Schwantz race bike.
93 1100 remains the best 😍
Classic era Gixxers are so cool.
Bikes cleaner then my truck and its 20 years older go figure lol super beautiful.
Rodger keeps all his toys super clean and shiny.
@@TimKreitzAdventures always best you take care of it it'll take care of you.
Wow that motorcycle is a beauty ..I wouldn’t even ride it
I'm hoping he'll let me show the rest of his stable. It's pretty jaw-dropping.
The South Park clip got me 😂
LOL. 😂
Ironic. The reason I am up watching this is my next door neighbors noisy diesel truck exhaust, so I posted a video of my own old, noisy diesel truck.
YEAH, THAT IS A NICE OLD SUZUKI.
For sure. :-)
かっこいいなぁ、ほしいなぁ
All a guy can really say... is.... DAMN!! that's nice .
It's a peach for sure.
Pic in the end of video has the right carbs and fuel tank 😊
Drool-worthy for sure, but I think I'd call that a "modified original" with that canister and those K&N's on it (but hey, who wants a bone-stock original anything, really? All my bikes are modified in some degree.) Love to see what else he has!
That's the way I look at it; original paint, original engine with original miles, numbers-matching, etc. In the classic sportbike world it's hard to find a bike so unmolested. Also, he has all the airbox parts and other components, so they could easily be reinstalled. He has a nice collection of bikes in his stable and everything else is at least this nice, so I'll try to talk him into letting me show a few more. Cheers.
Interesting way to put it, "unmolested". I have the original parts for my Daytona but they're not going back on it as it's better with the modifications! Same with the Bonnie (airbox removed, also the secondary air injectors which yours might run better without, and there are some nice decorative plugs on the market to fill the holes, mine are Union Jack designs). Here in MD you can put a "historic" tag on a vehicle that's at least 25 years old; it would look kind of odd to put one on the Daytona in a couple more years (it's a '97, and was a clean-sheet design sharing no parts with the '96 900cc model), but I may eventually put one on the Bonnie as it's the Centenary Edition. I have one on the Yamaha, I've owned it since I bought it for my 19th birthday (1973). That bike is very different from stock, incorporates later-model parts as well as custom items such as the reground cams and Mikuni carbs which I bought from Gary Nixon back when he had a shop up in Cockeysville, MD (it's going to be getting a Race-Tech fork treatment as part of its current ground-up rebuild). Threw all those old parts out years ago, including the starter motor so it's kick-start only (and usually fires after only one or two kicks unless the temps are below 40). Threw that out to make it easier to service the balancer drive chain, you originally had to pull the alternator rotor and starter drive to get to it but without the starter drive there's enough space to get to it without pulling the rotor!
That bike looks like it just left the factory floor. (yes i am slightly jealous)
On the other end of the spectrum there is my junkyard banana suzuki gs500 e rust craked plastiks destroyed fairings. (winter bike for salty roads)
the only redeeming feature.......heated grips for the winter
I learned to love heated grips during the springtime before last when I rode that white BMW into the Texas Hill Country.Those things warm your whole body.
@@TimKreitzAdventures if i do not make the gs 500e into something like a cafe bike (cheaper restoration and better sale value as a cafe)
then next winter i might add some heated soles to my riding boots.
Lmfao :DDD the pisser scene!
Heh-heh! :0)
Nice looking bike!! Hey this reminds me. What happened to your ’wing? Be well!!
Oh, the GS1000? I still have it. It's on my to-do list for this year. Fingers crossed. LOL.
Hey Tim , I just saw your review on the Kawasaki 800rs and while I do like the bike I feel the same about the price as who they target it for ,(55yrs old) . Give you credit for your honesty while everyone else is gushing over the bike . I just sold my 09 Fz1(bittersweet) for 5g’s that bike is killer ! I want something smaller that I can run around town as yet take on a couple of hours rides . I have a 02 Road King , and a wr250r I am thinking of selling . I prefer fuel injection , what modern bike do you like for that ? Sv650 , v strom 650 , Fz7 , I also love round headlights (my age I guess) and small fairings can be added , don’t want a cafe style as my shoulders have seen better days . Thank you , stay safe .
I have an FZ-07 in my stable and like it a lot. You might look at the 1200cc Bonnevilles, as well. Good luck.
drool!!!!!
😁
I know, right? Awesome bike. :-)
This screams a movie, Ford vs Ferrari but with motorcycles.
Now there's an idea! :-)
Nice Slabby :-)
For sure.
@@TimKreitzAdventures I remember cartwheeling off my Yamaha RD125LC at a roundabout near a local bike haunt when I was young enough to not know better, and hitching a lift home on the back of one of these, at the time I'd never been so fast... or so terrified on a bike as the owner was chasing an RGV250 through the twisties back home 🤪🤣
@@HippoDrones That's the kind of experience that'll get you hooked on sportbikes. I remember my cousin riding me around on his KZ900 when I was about nine years old. I always wanted to go fast on a bike after that.
@@TimKreitzAdventures Have always loved bikes even from before I could ride a bicycle :-) but that ride did send me dreaming of superbikes! :D
Bought mine new in 87 for $3250
I think Rodger bought this one from the original owner in '92 or '93. He also has a pristine 1987 GSX-R1100 that he's owned since new. I need to talk him onto doing another vid about it.