rev limits

[starwalt]

Your GS is an 04-05 F? there COULD be a limiter, the pickup trigger for the ignition looks to be only a single pickup as the older GS's at dual pickups. this might be a newer Igniter Box design that COULD have a Revlimiter which would be the first for GS500 line other then aftermarket addon. the 04 modles came with what looked like some sort of feedback on carbs, and there is a box talked about in another thread ment for the Newer GS500's that discribes working around the stock revlimiter.

The 03 (some markets) GS and 04+ US has a very different ignition system. Here is my modified version of the scanned manual drawing:


The Gixxer parts fiche also refers to their "neutral switch" as a "gear base assy".

I think this is too much of a coincidence.

[gs500fromnb]

I have an 03 model.... Sorry i never caught your sarcasm blueknyt  :lol:

If the other thread you mean the "g-pack" i'm the one who created the thread... but yeah I can assure you that no aftermarket revlimiter is on the bike but I wouldnt be 100% sure that whatever is stopping it from going higher IS a revlimiter... although you seem to describe valve float as being a noise that one could easily differ from a regular limiter, the noise I heard when I put it on a dyno at an event with 35 other bikes being tried on said dyno, when it cut out at top RPMs it sounded exactly the same way as all the other bikes.

[Blueknyt]

Judging from the scan, i would have to say its not the same ignition from 89-01.  Also keep inmind, not many tach out thier GS as you know the power just isnt there at that rpm.  that trigger wheel in the diagram is way diff from the GSrotors i know, i have both, stock and VH.


You might not hear the slaping of the valves , but power would NOT be produced and it would not rev any higher as its hyper ventalating

[gs500fromnb]

Judging from the scan, i would have to say its not the same ignition from 89-01.  Also keep inmind, not many tach out thier GS as you know the power just isnt there at that rpm.  that trigger wheel in the diagram is way diff from the GSrotors i know, i have both, stock and VH.


You might not hear the slaping of the valves , but power would NOT be produced and it would not rev any higher as its hyper ventalating

yeah the highest I usually shift is 9500 (judging by feel/vibrations), to put me in the peak of my bike (I dont know why I had my figures 1000RPM higher in my other post but after revewing my dyno sheets from last year the peak is between 8400-8500 on my GS). The only two times I over-rev it is when I either ride somewhat hard and am thinking too much about the sweeper im accelerating out of or when I forget to shift doing a burnout (finishing tires).

I did suspect that the newer models had quite a few changes in the ignition and other electrical components.

[tdan553527]

I've had my 04 above redline a couple of times before, not on purpose, but no limiter on mine.

[jordanearl]

a new tach it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thanks for all the advice guys.  I posted a want ad in the for sale section, so if anyone has a parts bike laying around im game, my tach's glass was cracked anyways. lata

[94suzuki500]

ya i have revved mine over redline before and it doesnt seem to have a limiter.  I just heard the cam hitting the valves as they were floating, not a good thing.