F***ing Suzuki!!
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:18 pm
Wanted, decent std Suzuki GT500 twin or GS1000s ice cream van, yes have gone soft in me dotage! 
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:36 pm
No such thing as a decent GT500 twin Alan , it'll have to be a GS1000S
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:38 pm
Z1parR wrote: it'll have to be a GS1000S
Agreed Geoff. Every collection should have one.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:18 pm
No. Don't agree I think they were ugly, with slab sided side panels, sofa seat and tail which sloped the wrong way . As far as visual aesthetics it had none , the gs 1000 was a design step back from the 750, then they made the gsx square headlamp thing. Hated them in 78 still don't like them, and my 76 jota would waste the 1000 gs after 125mph.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:02 pm
GS1000 in 1978 made the zeds look outdated but how time has changed things.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:27 pm
Would have to beg to differ folks, had one when I was a sprog, really liked it! Was well quick, on a par with 750s if they where two up! They have allways struck a chord with me since, plus the only bike I've ever had with reverse gear!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:40 am
gs1000 does everything a zed does except shred your pockets 
personally i love the gt500, nothing wrong with those.
personally i love the gt500, nothing wrong with those.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:04 am
Never liked the GT, loved the performance of the gs thou's and 750s but the styling, not for me hated and still hate the looks.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:51 pm
RAYZ1 wrote:No. Don't agree I think they were ugly, with slab sided side panels, sofa seat and tail which sloped the wrong way . As far as visual aesthetics it had none , the gs 1000 was a design step back from the 750, then they made the gsx square headlamp thing. Hated them in 78 still don't like them, and my 76 jota would waste the 1000 gs after 125mph.
funny that I always fancied the Jota but having spoken to several Jota Owners at Stafford Who were also Zed Owners they told Me the Jota might look good but that was all they were horrible to ride and not as fast as some claimed
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:37 am
Have a 1980 Jota, 1980 GS1000S and a 1975 Z1B. What do I ride the most? Jota. It would be my choice everytime. Second would be the GS1000S and the Z1B would be last. Sorry guys.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:22 pm
bigrocketrider wrote:Have a 1980 Jota, 1980 GS1000S and a 1975 Z1B. What do I ride the most? Jota. It would be my choice everytime. Second would be the GS1000S and the Z1B would be last. Sorry guys.
5 years is an age in bike technology, I can think of lots of 1985 bikes for Eg that have moved things on considerably from a 1980 Jota.
I had a 74B which was a truly fantastic bike, but my only 2 year newer Z thou makes it seem almost agricultural by comparison, it's just SOOoooo much nicer to ride in every way, yet I'm not going to apologise to everyone for saying this because as most of us know things move on, technology improves, bikes get bigger faster and better every year. IF they didn't we wouldn't have bought them in the first place would we?..
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:45 pm
Lets all address the heffalump in the corner, the Z1000A is basically just superior to the earlier inferior 900 models!!
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:10 pm
King of Kings wrote:Lets all address the heffalump in the corner, the Z1000A is basically just superior to the earlier inferior 900 models!!
My Z1000a2 is much more superior to my Z1A. It rides and handles so much better. Against my brothers slightly tuned Z1B it leaves it behind from a standing start sprint and by quite a bit (yea even in my fifties we still do straight line sprints
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