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Title: new (to me) bike
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 13, 2006, 01:06:21 AM
k peoples lol, i just took delivery of a suzuki 65o tempter, anyone know anything about these things, any count etc etc etc :dunno_white:
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: makenzie71 on January 13, 2006, 01:08:12 AM
I know a bit about them...what you looking for?
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: Jake D on January 13, 2006, 07:15:18 AM
Do you have any pictures of this thing?

Sound cool.  Like an 80's hair band.
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: roguegeek on January 13, 2006, 02:03:40 PM
(http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1984/1984_GR650_silverblue_250.jpg)

is equal to

(http://www.viviancampbellrocks.com/_derived/Whitesnake%20Photos.htm_txt_Whitesnakebus.gif)

:dunno_white: :cookoo:
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 14, 2006, 12:41:35 AM
i dont have pics yet, ive got a osny mavica, but i have to install a floppy drive on my pc to use it, now, on the bike, i need to replace forks, tach and a tail light, basically same things i had to do when i bought my gs, what i want to know is this. has anyone ever ridden one of these things i.e. what can i expect performance/handling wise etc thx for replies :icon_razz: O0
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 15, 2006, 12:23:20 AM
bump? lol  O0
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: makenzie71 on January 15, 2006, 02:36:23 AM
Similar to your GS...but more cushy.  My old GS's and yamahas are my favorite rides...especially when I'm injured and am needing an easy cruise.

If you've been riding your GS to anywhere near it's abillity, you'll find yourself scraping hard parts on a real regular basis.  Outside of that you're not going to find too tremendous a difference in ride quality.
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 16, 2006, 12:15:56 AM
i got to looking, the gs's and the tempters engines are somewhat physically similar, i wonder how hard it would be to take the tempters engine and put into a gs frame? :dunno_white: :cookoo:
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: makenzie71 on January 16, 2006, 12:29:16 AM
Not very difficult but why would you want to?  You got 15lbs of torque to gain and a dead aftermarket...nothing out there for her.
Title: Re: new (to me) bike
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 16, 2006, 11:47:38 PM
thought had crossed my mind, what i did to my gs was carb jetting, k&n filter punched exhaust, etc etc etc, i.e. low buck mods, i figure i could do similar for other engine. but i guess ill prolly keep tempter as is. :dunno_white: (.↔.)