Any other original owners?

[Marilyn Mason]

There was a girl from Washington Deceit.
She arranged the first east Coast Rally I went on in June 1999 in Boyer WV.
The last I remember she sent a photo of her '96 GPZ parked in from of her 
house in Washington with 2 feet of snow on it.  The Canadian and 
Scandinavian Embassies were the only things in the city that were open for 
business in the city for 2 days.

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Scappaticci" <scapco at ecentral.com>
To: "Jim Mason" <MASONJS at nrtco.net>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Any other original owners?


If I remember correctly, there was another girl GPZ owner in Ireland
at one time.  IIRC, she was killed on a motorcycle, but I'm not sure
if it was on her GPZ.  Any other of you other long time listers
remember her?

Charles S.

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Lizca Luna Mathis <lizcasprint at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Ok guys, here is my story. Enjoy!
> After much research on a great older model, fast and worth restoring bike, 
> I
> went on EBay and found my 95 GPz1100. I place my bet and waited. Did some
> testing on how EBay works and how fast it reacts to bids since this was my
> first time in the site. I knew my limit amount so placed a small bid the
> first day and watch. On the last day I waited until the last half hours to
> see how it was going. Close to my limit but not there yet. Good, I said.
> My husband was watching football at the time (December 2008)and thought 
> that
> I was crazy since I already had my 99 Vulcan 1500 customized and my 99
> Harley Road King Classic. But I wanted this bike!
> At the last minute my heart started to beat harder and harder as my final
> amount was in front of me in the computer screen and my right index ready 
> to
> click that mouse. 15 seconds, 14 seconds, 13 seconds, 12,11,10,9,8,7,6...5
> seconds and CLICK! There goes my offer!!!!
> After almost a heart attack, 5 seconds that seemed like 5 hours and me
> holding my breath, "YOU HAVE WON THE BID" came in the screen. I started
> screaming, jumping and running all over the house with my hands up in the
> air like a maniac, almost felt in the pool on my way to the bohio in the
> back of the house were my husband was watching the Vikings play to tell 
> him
> the good news. "Honey! Honey, I won, I won!..." and with his gentle smile
> and loving voice (he is always my best supporter of whatever I want to 
> do),
> he said, No Honey, you just spend $2,000.00!
> And that is how much I pay for my GPX1100.
> I am the second owner, have spend around $2,000.00 in original red paint,
> parts, gotten free gifts and help with work for it from some great guys,
> Thank you Charles S. ;) and sweat equity from me and my husband.
> My GPz1100 is a beauty to ride and look at and it is FAST! But it handles
> like no other bike I have had. Right now it is in the garage since I let 
> it
> sit too long this summer and needs some carburetor work, but will be ready 
> a
> couple of months after the holidays.
> Don't have the Vulcan any more, Maybe an Old School Bar Hoper build up is 
> in
> the future but my Road King and my GPz are my babies and will be with me
> until I am gone and I am only 55 years young.
> Do you know of any other girl out there that owns one of this beauties?
>
> Lizca Linnette Luna Mathis
> DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER,
> LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY! James Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of art.robinson
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 2:54 PM
> To: Lizca Luna Mathis
> Subject: RE: Any other original owners?
>
> Forgot to mention (also)....
>
> In '97 the list price was $11,500 CDN.
>
> I met a '96 owner a year later who claimed to have bought the last new
> '96 GPZ1100E in Canada and he paid full list.... I mean to say they were
> becoming rare!
>
> Art in TO, Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com]
> On Behalf Of Charles Scappaticci
> Sent: 04 December 2011 14:40
> To: Art Robinson
> Subject: Re: Any other original owners?
>
> Forgot to mention, I paid $4,200 in 1997. It had been lightly dropped
> on the right side and repaired. I replaced the right side plastic and
> exhaust when I managed to miss a corner coming back from the Utah
> rally in 1999. Still feel like I got a bargain.
>
> Charles S.
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:43 AM, art.robinson <art.robinson at rogers.com>
> wrote:
>> Phew!! I'm amazed at how much has been paid for new Geepers.
>>
>> I bought my 95 brand new in '97 for $8000 (about 6k in USD, at the
>> time).
>>
>> It seems like nobody wanted them... Not a sportbike and not a touring
>> bike (so I was told). However, the combination suited me perfectly and
>> the bike fits me like it was tailored. And someone had to take her
> home
>> and love her, which I still do.
>>
>> 114000 Km, still powerful and smooooooth as glass, what's not to love!
>>
>> Art in TO, Canada
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com
> [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com]
>> On Behalf Of Rickard Olsson
>> Sent: 04 December 2011 06:37
>> To: Art Robinson
>> Subject: Re: Any other original owners?
>>
>> 12/02/11 21:52, Philip Hamm skrev:
>>> I'm on a business trip a thousand miles from my GPZ. I was
> wondering,
>> how many of us are original owners of these wonderful machines?
>>
>> I bought Esmeralda new in may 1997 for what was then $14000USD. Almost
>> 90,000km later, she's still going strong.
>>
>> / Richie
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