Now with 43hp, depending on model and market, the GS450 was to do service both in middle order sports models and with custom cruiser styling, growing in popularity in the USA. This GS twin, along with its four cylinder siblings, had by now gained a tremendous reputation for reliability, style and solid engineering. 450cc was as large as it was going to get until the launch of the GS500E in the 1990’s, this models engine having many similarities with the original GS400 from some 17 years earlier!
