My first bike was the 80 450L which I traded in 82 for the 650L and the day I saw the 83 1100L on the showroom floor, I just had to have it! Rode it for over 20 years and 50,000 amazing miles!
@@MCCJustMotos oil changed every 3000 miles. Valve adjustment and plugs every 5000 and tires every 10-12,000. I did have to replace the stater twice over the years, most likely due to the hot Arizona climate. Otherwise 50,000+ carefree miles!
@@MCCJustMotos 1st of all i should congratulate you for this jewel.. In 1985 for a change i sold mine and bought a kawasaki 1100, i didn't like it so i exchanged it with a yamaha 1100 katana, i wasn't happy with it so went back to suzuki GS 1100 L, now it is kept in my garage since 2005 with carborater problem
I had the black and teal of the same bike. Bought it new in 83 and put over 50,000 fun filled miles on in just over twenty years. Will always regret the day I sold it. I hope you're as happy with yours as I was with mine!
I used to own that exact bike, a 1983 Suzuki GS1100L, I loved that bike, I had financial problems and had to sell it. I hated selling that beauty. Shaft drive, what's not to love!! It ran so beautifully, I'm sad again thinking of my old bike. 🙁😥
Nice! Looks good - I dig that color. I bought my KZ sight unseen, only it might've been worse. I bought it on eBay, borrowed a trailer, and drove 1.5 hours to a meet-up spot to pay the man and get the bike. On older bikes, it's a fun way to do it, as long as it actually runs... looks like yours is in better shape than my KZ was. Watching this video makes me want to go see if my old KZ will fire up - she's been sitting since October.
Awesome on your KZ! Such gnarly bikes. It can be risky to buy a bike sight unseen. I had 2 of them! here is my latest. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7kosbyIE4gE.html h
Also that’s a extremely rare version. it has air shocks from factory, and rare for that model in the US a 140mph and a longer final drive ratio. Nice find
Really, I also have a 1980 GS1000L factory chain drive model..i though that was rare too? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qPCSuQHpDZU.html
@@MCCJustMotos these are rare, in the fact low numbers of the GS1100GL being this is the GL-D variant vs the common GL-Z. Difference being GLD has a longer Final Drive and Adjustable Air shocks on both forks and rear shocks… which is the reason this bike specifically being paired with the same Top End off of a GS1100E. Suzuki ended this variant after people would buy one and immediately kill themselves due to the “It’s just a Crusier it’s not that much more from the 850. It was supposed to be like a 80’s version of the Kawasaki Concords but the GS frame wasn’t able to handle the raw power of a 1100E engine and in 84 it got a different set of valves and a stiffer frame
I learned to ride on a 1983 GS1100GL-D… If Japan produced a bike to get back at us for the A-Bombs it’s this, a basically GSXR Engine in a Harley frame with air ride with chrome fenders and cheaper than any Harley at the time. My nickname is Demon, and I called mine “The Demon Slayer” because it constantly tried to kill me.
Nice buy man. The bike looks and sounds great. I think it would be fun to customize the body, bars, and seat to give it that café racer look, but man, even leaving it as is would still be worth it. Cheers brother.
I'm all about keeping beautiful bikes as stock as I can. I do love tweaking bikes a bit, but I really like the keeping as stock as I can on classics! Thanks. :D
