I see this thread wound up back on top......I found a pic of my "vanilla" bike ('98 Suzuki GS500) as posted on another forum in a 'motorcycle tag' discussion:
and I finally broke down and 'upgraded' to a new bike - brand spankin' new Yamaha WR250R. Just picked it up two weekends ago, and waiting for some rain to wash away a bit of the road salt so I don't subject my new baby to corrosion:
