Just watched a Kid total a brand new gs500ef!!! DUMB ASS

[gs50000e]

He was sitting in front of me at a stop light and  from looking at the back tire and stock exhaust I could tell it was a gs.  I wasn't sure though bc the new fairings look so good.  I thought it was an R-1 from the front, or what was left of it in the end.

It had been sprinkling for about 15 min.  Here in Oklahoma, when it sprinkles the oil in the road really gets slick.  Worse than a downpour.  So this kid is riding in the middle of the lane (isnt that a test question for the mc lisence?) like a moron  The light turns and he hits it hard.  

The back end slips out to the right, then out of the fishtail he pops it up BIG!  I mean  how much more hp does the new gs have because my 93 has many mods and it does not wheelie well.  Anyways, he pops it up and hits the trottle to get it up higher and ride almost verticle.

Then the back end, still coming of the first fishtale, starts to slide out.   He gets thrown of the bike into a series of flips.  The bike cartwheeled 5 times and smacks into a pole before sliding to a stop in a gas station parking lot.

The kid had full riding gear on and was only a little winded but the bike, though probably fixable, would not run, had no plastic intact, frame and tank and engine ground up and bent handle bars and well you get the picture, the bike didnt have one undamaged piece on it. Oh well maybe the chain guard, lol.

I mean who rides like that in the rain?  And how did he pull such a huge wheelie on a stock gs500?

[cernunos]

The GS seems to pull a wheelie fairly easily from what I gather. Although I don't try wheelies from a standstill the White Owl will bring the front up pretty quick if you use the "roll, pull clutch, roll throttle, dump clutch" method. BTW, roads will be slickest generally right after it starts to rain because the oil and grease has just started to float to the surface and hasn't washed off yet. Love the Baby G and the forum.

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[gs50000e]

Yea that was obviously implied about the oil.  Anyways, dumping the clutch is not an acceptable method of popping your gs up.  I have done this only a few dozen times and now I need to replace the clutch.  True I do ride very aggressivly though and might have worn it out from just riding.  I need a bike that gets it up just from hitting the throttle.

[Alias]

Yea that was obviously implied about the oil.  Anyways, dumping the clutch is not an acceptable method of popping your gs up.  I have done this only a few dozen times and now I need to replace the clutch.  True I do ride very aggressivly though and might have worn it out from just riding.  I need a bike that gets it up just from hitting the throttle.

My bike finds it perfectly acceptable. I rode 9000 miles this summer, several clutched wheelies a day. Still grabs just fine :p Maybe I have a super clutch because it really shouldn't be any good.

[Cal Price]

Sounds like a tribute to "full riding gear" Thank whichever god you subscribe to that you were not wading through ketchup to help. Boys will be Boys.

[scratch]

Another reason to buy a small, inexpensive bike as a first or re-entry bike.

Wreck a $5000 GS, or a $9000 GSXR600, hmm...

Of course, the idea is not to crash...

[john]

One of those bizzare accidents.  I hope you stayed to tell the cops the story to help try to keep the kid out of trouble.

[ollie357]

Well thats one for the books. Most people on this board are trying to get their GS to wheelie.  :mrgreen: Man, if you can't get throttle control right on the ol' 500 ( and I have an F model), I shudder what would happen if he got on a , oh, lets see, a GSX1000 ?

Did you recommend the MSF to the kid?

BTW. 15T front sprocket on the F and you can the pop the front at 5K rpm.

[charleym3]

Another reason to buy a small, inexpensive bike as a first or re-entry bike.

Wreck a $5000 GS, or a $9000 GSXR600, hmm...

Of course, the idea is not to crash...

Hey call me cheap but I don't consider 5K a cheap bike.  $500 maybe?

[pixelmonkey]

sad to hear that... BUT looks like some parts will be open for salvage in the area now!

i agree, a $5k price tag isnt cheap. i was thinking any money you put into a bike and loose it that way is a bad deal and expensive for anyone.

chris<pixelmonkey>

[geekonabike]

Here in Oklahoma, when it sprinkles the oil in the road really gets slick.  Worse than a downpour.  So this kid is riding in the middle of the lane (isnt that a test question for the mc lisence?) like a moron  The light turns and he hits it hard.  

Where in Oklahoma?  I'm in Weatherford, about 70 miles West of OKC off I-40.

Also "here in Oklahoma" you have to be careful about the highway conditions.  You can go from riding straight and smooth to serious see-sawing in nothing.  I saw a guy on a Honda 599 recently holding on for dear life, like on a mechanical rodeo bull.

Later,
MMD