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Yup bought another GT this week on ebay. Cheap as chips- was going to be a parts bike but it has too much going for it- it's close to roadworthy for one. It has new tyres and aftermarket brakediscs - would cost more than the purchase price of the bike. Lotsa bodgy work by the previous owner to undo- wiring of twisted wires, wrong battery, siliconed carby diaphragms, wires cut in the switchblock, extra wires run for seemingly no reason, etc etc. At least if my main GT dies I have a backup. My third GT is a wreck with a different colour engine, so it has been of little use other than some parts.

Congratulations - are they boys or girls, or one of each?

or one of each?

Wouldn't there have to be 3 bikes then?

mohawk miss wrote:

or one of each?

Wouldn't there have to be 3 bikes then?

A boy, and girl and a hairdresser?

photomike666 wrote:

mohawk miss wrote:

or one of each?

Wouldn't there have to be 3 bikes then?

A boy, and girl and a hairdresser?

mwahahahaha nice...


good thing i was drinking water (its hot and i gotta go help a freind which requires me riding) ...its much easier to clean up...

Guess the twins are one of each gender. 'New' one has a cut front guard and without fairing looks tougher.
Damn I must be slow. Don't get ya joke...duh

good to see bonester,looks very close to my gpz 750.those fairings are easy too get hold of @ not too expensive either.is the colour of the spare engine the reason for not useing as spares or bodywork

Good work mate, pretty soon you'll have most of the GT550's ever released in the country !!

Good work mate, pretty soon you'll have most of the GT550's ever released in the country !!

Ta mate. Yep I'm getting there. I've got three now, and a friend (who looks after my wreck and bike trailer at her house) also has one. I wonder how many are still out there? I was going to get a GT750 but got a hold of magazine reviews from when the bikes were new, and the reviews said that the 550 was the better bike. Better weight distribution, better midrange, etc.
I think they are such an under-rated bike, which is reflected in the values of them. My three cost me $1250 all up! The third one is a piece of shit though. Done nearly 30000km on the regoed one in just over a year. Hard work too- three trips to Newcastle two-up, one of these with the trailer. One trip to Melbourne with trailer (4000km in a week) and lotsa work following bike clients during the year too.
There is a paint-faded original GT550 on ebay in Tumut at the mo, and it's just over $1k but hasn't met the reserve.

good to see bonester,looks very close to my gpz 750.those fairings are easy too get hold of @ not too expensive either.is the colour of the spare engine the reason for not useing as spares or bodywork

I think the fairing is a GPZ one. (that's the regoed bike, not the one I got this week) I haven't used the motor coz I'm a bit fussy and the colour difference would bother me. They are also quite different bikes- 83 and 86 models. Different wiring harnesses, CDIs, ignition pickups, clutch switches, wheel/body colour etc, etc. The wreck also needs new inlet manifolds, which would be around $100- guess I could take them off the current engine if I had to though. It was covered in maggots (no shit!) when I bought it. It's still pretty dirty and covered in oil/dirt/grease even though I scrubbed it when I got it. I can't see how anyone could let their bike get like that.

bonester wrote:....There is a paint-faded original GT550 on ebay in Tumut at the mo, and it's just over $1k but hasn't met the reserve....

if you win it, I can organise a pick-up, Tumut is pretty close.....

Thanks Gos! Think I have enough GTs for now, though. Did 200km on the new one today. Went OK. Pings just as much as the other ones on hills though. Apart from a small electrical fault and front brakes with low pads, she's pretty good. Reckon I'll restore this one.