I was on my way to work today at a stoplight, a guy in a dodge dakota pulls up.
Guy in truck: "What year is that?"
Me: "'96"
Guy in truck: "I've never seen that model before, I really like it nice bike!"
Me: "thanks it's a.... Beep(light turned green and I left)
Kinda put a smile on my face for the rest of the commute :)
and that's surprising why? :dunno: just kiddin... same things happened to me a couple of times now... felt the same way you did. Mine's a little harder to identify since i repainted and have no decals.
http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18365
When a co-worker saw my bike:
"Oh. I thought you got a real sportbike."
:x :x :x
The only comment I ever recieved was when I went to the stealership to get new tires, and they said that was the cleanest GS they had ever seen. Apparently according to them, most of them come in trashed, and covered in rust.
I guess that was a compliment.