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FINALLY. I have been bikeless for three years. I have been looking for a 1989 GSXR 1100. When I say I have been looking, I mean my search area was North America. Had to be 1989, had to be an 1100, had to be blue & white, had to be all original, and had to be under $3000.00...so, yeah, a unicorn.
I was sitting on my front steps having a beer and an '89 rides by...red and black but still...I hear it turn the corner and shut off. A couple weeks later I am driving by and see the tail light in his garage. I go talk to him and it is a nice bike. I mention I was looking for a 1989 in Blue. He says "yeah, I got one"... Damn but doesn't he show me a partially assembled 1989...IN BLUE...but he didn't want to sell. Today I went back with a couple hundred more than he had mentioned and my son. Told him I wanted to do a full build with my son, he took one look at my son and dropped his head...OK, You can have it.
He lives so close I sat on it and my son pushed me home. This is what we rolled out into the sunlight after several years. Yes, it is dirty, that is barn find dirt, the rarest soil you can find.
I was sitting on my front steps having a beer and an '89 rides by...red and black but still...I hear it turn the corner and shut off. A couple weeks later I am driving by and see the tail light in his garage. I go talk to him and it is a nice bike. I mention I was looking for a 1989 in Blue. He says "yeah, I got one"... Damn but doesn't he show me a partially assembled 1989...IN BLUE...but he didn't want to sell. Today I went back with a couple hundred more than he had mentioned and my son. Told him I wanted to do a full build with my son, he took one look at my son and dropped his head...OK, You can have it.
He lives so close I sat on it and my son pushed me home. This is what we rolled out into the sunlight after several years. Yes, it is dirty, that is barn find dirt, the rarest soil you can find.
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