Suzuki GS1000S Cooley replica

Today's guest post is by Mitch Boehm, Editor & Publisher of Moto Retro Illustrated. It’s a common thread with us ’70s/’80s superbike guys. We either owned (and sold) or wanted one of the streetbikes we saw sliding around Laguna or Daytona beneath guys like Wes Cooley, Freddie Spencer or Eddie Lawson. Kawasaki KZ1000Rs. Honda CB900Fs. Or Suzuki GS1000Ss. Just looking at the nasty things made our blood boil, but for whatever reason many of us just couldn’t get—or hold onto—them in our youth. Now, of course, more of us have the money, time and patience to source, restore, maintain and...