1980 Suzuki GS1000s aka: Wes Cooley Miles: 22k Clean NC Title $18,500 Raleigh, NC 1980 Suzuki GS1000s found in Raleigh, NC Seller 1980 GS1000S, aka Wes Cooley to some. 22k miles, ready to ride. Clock works, all other gauges work except oil temp gauge. New Metzlers in 2021, might have a thousand or so miles…
Though today a multi-media campaign would be in the works, all Suzuki had to do was paint their GS1000S to match Wes Cooley’s back-to-back AMA championship winner to cause a sensation. Today’s example is a real survivor but has had stem to stern attention. 1980 Suzuki GS1000S Wes Cooley for sale on eBay Wes Cooley…
If you’ve come to the RSBFS site today looking to find a hot and collectable motorcycle from this millennium, please indulge us for a few more minutes. Because today’s find is a very, very sano Suzuki GS1000S circa 1980, putting it firmly in the pre-Y2K era, and very soundly into the old-school cool category of…
It is no secret that RSBFS staff members love the old-school nostalgia of AMA Superbike racing. And when it comes to the ’79 Suzuki GS1000S, we have written about it several times. These were days of manly men, doing manly stuff with skinny tires, skinny fork tubes, and relatively flexy frames. And while one might…
Update 9.20.21: This bike has SOLD! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Update 9.13.21: Price reduced to $12,000. Contact Chris with your interest. Oh and don’t miss his Bimota SB6R either! -dc Many have fond memories of the glorious excess of the 1980s. A time when more was better, and yet seldom enough. Currently there…
In the early days before serious motorcycle marketing, companies offered up “racer replicas” that often sported the race livery or the team colors of the manufacturer. These replicas were often quite anonymous, and did not utilize the star power available from team riders. Even the marketing juggernaut Ducati – who probably led the way with…
The market for factory replicas is hot right now, especially from the 1980s era of Superbike racing. These were the days of low-tech, skinny tires, big handlebars and manly men riders. Air-cooled, inline fours with two-valve heads and a quartet of carbs ruled the track. Motors were impossibly wide, bias-ply tires were (by today’s standards)…
Wes Cooley was a Los Angeles phenom on the club scene, and was cultivated by Pops Yoshimura to ride in the newly formed AMA Superbike Championship. Yoshimura initially fielded Kawasakis, but moved to Suzuki for the 1978 season. Wes Cooley used that dialed-in GS1000S to win the 1979 Championship, and he backed it up by…