Author Topic: 1970's alternative iconic bikes ?? (Read 27361 times)

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #150 on:** January 10, 2015, 11:34:07 PM »

The GS is a fine motorcycle and does pretty much everything better than all these "head turning" motorcycles. That's the whole thing, by the time it came out it kind of snuck under the radar because it didn't really "turn heads". Ascanio, at some point you might realize that the points in your motorcycle career that are most enjoyable are when no one can see you and no one is looking anyway...because there is no one else there...just you and a motorcycle.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #151 on:** January 11, 2015, 04:20:31 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on January 10, 2015, 11:34:07 PM

Ascanio, at some point you might realize that the points in your motorcycle career that are most enjoyable are when no one can see you and no one is looking anyway...because there is no one else there...just you and a motorcycle.

Hallelujah brother.....

ekpent · « **Reply #152 on:** January 11, 2015, 06:49:06 AM »

Chick magnet

750 or 850 take your pick, draw em' in like flies.

Stev-o · « **Reply #153 on:** January 11, 2015, 07:19:50 AM »

Quote from: calj737 on January 11, 2015, 05:27:28 AM

I would like to order a large, buttered popcorn please?

754 · « **Reply #154 on:** January 11, 2015, 09:37:30 AM »

Yeah, yeah the Suzuki is best if you say, around here they were not the buzz, and styling wise, they took hind tit. .
Even today..how many do you see? We actually have a lot of them in our local club, but even the owners of them are not missionaries for them like someone on here. They treat them as utility. Bikes, not race bikes.

Step back and look at which of these bikes are being reintroduced today.. I think that speaks volumes.

Steve_K · « **Reply #155 on:** January 11, 2015, 10:27:32 AM »

Gee, the Norton and the Ducati girls were the hottest in the ads. Does that count?
Steve

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #156 on:** January 11, 2015, 02:12:56 PM »

Quote from: 754 on January 11, 2015, 09:37:30 AM

Yeah, yeah the Suzuki is best if you say, around here they were not the buzz, and styling wise, they took hind tit. .
Even today..how many do you see? We actually have a lot of them in our local club, but even the owners of them are not missionaries for them like someone on here. They treat them as utility. Bikes, not race bikes.

Step back and look at which of these bikes are being reintroduced today.. I think that speaks volumes.

Pissy comment Frank, I'm quoting every motorcycle expert and magazine of the day, even the best racers of the day left Kawasaki to ride the Suzuki, its all in black and white, its NOT what i think, its what the EXPERTS said and still do, I have no idea why you need to comment like that, I've post facts relevant to the thread, not emotions, I'm also not just posting for your sake, get it through your thick head mate, when the GS was first introduced it completely blew away all opposition on all fronts, you won't find one article that says any different, I get it, you don't like it, so what.

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Step back and look at which of these bikes are being reintroduced today.. I think that speaks volumes.

You obviously haven't seen the GSX1400 Suzuki then, besides, none of the current reproduction models engines, frames or suspension, have any thing in common with these old bikes so what exactly is your point, time to get over it I think......?

Stev-o · « **Reply #157 on:** January 11, 2015, 02:30:15 PM »

Ooooohh....that looks hot. 1400cc? Must be a rocket.......

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #158 on:** January 11, 2015, 03:14:17 PM »

Quote from: Stev-o on January 11, 2015, 02:30:15 PM

Ooooohh....that looks hot. 1400cc? Must be a rocket.......

Yes, 1402cc's, they are pretty nice, I have a friend that has one, its had some work done, not that it needs it, and it flies...

Don't you guys get them in the US...?

754 · « **Reply #159 on:** January 11, 2015, 03:27:54 PM »

First , I have seen of it , looks nice.. And its the Retro Rocket model..
Hey you missed the line when you quoted me, where I agreed with you..

Stev-o · « **Reply #160 on:** January 11, 2015, 03:37:34 PM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on January 11, 2015, 03:14:17 PM

Quote from: Stev-o on January 11, 2015, 02:30:15 PM
Ooooohh....that looks hot. 1400cc? Must be a rocket.......

Yes, 1402cc's, they are pretty nice, I have a friend that has one, its had some work done, not that it needs it, and it flies...
Don't you guys get them in the US...?

Apparently not.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_GSX1400

750cafe · « **Reply #161 on:** January 11, 2015, 09:26:16 PM »

Eric

ascanio1 · « **Reply #162 on:** January 12, 2015, 07:26:32 AM »

Interesting thoughts from all sides...

You know what, RR? You really got my curiosity spiked! I'm going to look for a GS to ride as I'm really curious to see how it compares to my K3.

As for the Jota... You're 100% right. It should not be in the list. The 3 cylinder only fits there.

@ SeanBarney,
I hope that I will experience more vintage riding, of course. But the reason why there are 2 parameters (street speed & turning heads) it's not because these 2 factors are the most important but simply because I needed to reduce the number of candidates & those 2 cane to my mind.

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750cafe · « **Reply #163 on:** January 12, 2015, 10:36:09 AM »

Quote from: ascanio1 on December 26, 2014, 06:49:42 PM

I'm making a list of possible next bike purchase & looking for ideas and cues.

I just got a lovely K3 and I'm so in love with the looks and character of this bike that I can't stop riding it all day long! I now want to make a small collection of bikes of that same era/period which were the K series' nemesis or competitors: I'm only looking for those iconic bikes which represent a milestone and left a mark in the motorcycle industry or which were the era's big names as Laverda 750 SFC and Jota 1000 or Kawasaki Z1 900...

I know that this is the CB750 forum but, it's not OT as the K series changed the world of biking forever and it's interesting to see how the rest of the manufacturers negotiated the revolution.

I am trying to figure out how a CB750 fits as an answer to the original question, is included in this poll and has so many votes.

Eric

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #164 on:** January 12, 2015, 12:48:46 PM »

Quote from: ascanio1 on January 12, 2015, 07:26:32 AM

Interesting thoughts from all sides...

You know what, RR? You really got my curiosity spiked! I'm going to look for a GS to ride as I'm really curious to see how it compares to my K3.

Look for a well maintained example otherwise you'll only be judging it by its worn out suspension and not its actual potential, that should be the same for any prospective bike you wish to compare....

ascanio1 · « **Reply #165 on:** January 12, 2015, 04:43:48 PM »

@750cafe,
In other words you don't agree that when the CB750k came out it was the fastest and most desirable bike on the market?

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Retro Rocket · « **Reply #166 on:** January 12, 2015, 04:48:13 PM »

Quote from: ascanio1 on January 12, 2015, 04:43:48 PM

@750cafe,
In other words you don't agree that when the CB750k came out it was the fastest and most desirable bike on the market?

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No, he means , why is it on your list when you already have one...?

ascanio1 · « **Reply #167 on:** January 12, 2015, 05:55:05 PM »

On this thread there is the original poll. The new, corrected version, is here: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=144002.0

At first I was interested to verify if the CB750 would be preferred by the majority and which would be the 3 runner up but, after having posted the poll, I realized that it wasn't possible to allow for 4 choices and to have them selected in order of preference.

I was advised to post a new poll, which I did, with a revised title and I locked the poll on this thread (he cannot vote here). I will now add a link to the new poll.

Is this better?

750cafe · « **Reply #168 on:** January 12, 2015, 06:27:15 PM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on January 12, 2015, 04:48:13 PM

Quote from: ascanio1 on January 12, 2015, 04:43:48 PM
@750cafe,
In other words you don't agree that when the CB750k came out it was the fastest and most desirable bike on the market?

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No, he means , why is it on your list when you already have one...?

BINGO!!! Was it that hard to understand?

And... why did three people vote for it?

Rocky2010 · « **Reply #169 on:** February 10, 2015, 09:01:48 PM »

Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 30, 2014, 03:12:29 PM

Quote from: Retro Rocket on December 27, 2014, 09:50:05 PM
Quote from: nvr2old on December 27, 2014, 05:36:13 PM
Suzuki GS...? naaaaa... never made the cut! It certainly sold a bit, but it was not as iconic as the K.

Maybe not as iconic as a K, but it did set a high standard in performance. After 40 years of owning nothing but Hondas, I'm really impressed with, and love riding this GS1000S. Easy to work on, and just a bullet-proof engine that really hauls ass.

Yep!!
Lets be clear, nothing Japanese is as iconic as the 750/4, being the first of the modern mass produced four cylinder road bikes, it has its place in history, but o do many other bikes of the 1970's. Alternatively, as the thread title suggests, The GS was a far better bike in the fact that it was probably the best handling big four of the 1970's and killed everything on the track in its class, the GS series bikes led to the iconic XR69 race bikes which was the forerunner to the GSXR's 0f the early 1980's another iconic series of bikes. I would say it fits this category perfectly....

Always like the Wes Cooley Suzuki gs1000 Replica a very nice bike now and even in the day

News:

Poll

Which 4 bikes were alternative to the CB750, aceesibly priced, '70 to '79, fastest on street & turned more heads? THIS POLL IS CLOSED PLEASE VOTE HERE: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=144002.0

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