My first real street bike was a GS450L, a 1982. I did a very similar treatment on mine, but I had more flat black paint and a bandana-upholstered seat. Great looking bike bud! Couldn't tell if you had a tach on yours, but you couldn't have been winding her out more than 2/3 of the way through the RPM range.... let her breath! She'll scream! Don't go by sound, shift when it feels like it runs out of steam!
what speed can you cruise at before the bike starts to top out or get kind of wanky? I'm interested in buying one of these and wondering if I can get on the interstate.
Stock gearing, you can run them up as high as the engine will take you. I have a ticket from State Patrol showing I managed to hit 105 on mine on the highway, stock ( I may hav had UNI pods on and a rejet at that point). Make sure you have your front end sorted out; I had a death wobble come on at 85-90mph when I had a front fork leak on one side. Thought I was going to die in a tank slapper, but held it down and fixed the problem. No issues afterwards!
My first real street bike was a GS450L, a 1982. I did a very similar treatment on mine, but I had more flat black paint and a bandana-upholstered seat. Great looking bike bud! Couldn't tell if you had a tach on yours, but you couldn't have been winding her out more than 2/3 of the way through the RPM range.... let her breath! She'll scream! Don't go by sound, shift when it feels like it runs out of steam!
Nice video, thx for not adding music.
Great video... is this the L model?
what speed can you cruise at before the bike starts to top out or get kind of wanky? I'm interested in buying one of these and wondering if I can get on the interstate.
Did 80 on the highway just fine. Wasn't until about 90 mph when it started to get sketchy.
Stock gearing, you can run them up as high as the engine will take you. I have a ticket from State Patrol showing I managed to hit 105 on mine on the highway, stock ( I may hav had UNI pods on and a rejet at that point). Make sure you have your front end sorted out; I had a death wobble come on at 85-90mph when I had a front fork leak on one side. Thought I was going to die in a tank slapper, but held it down and fixed the problem. No issues afterwards!