GS500F Top Speed?

[themaffeo]

Every squid wants a 'busa.

Though naturally...

"Every squid wants a 'busa" != "Everyone who wants a busa is a squid"

[Alphamazing]

Naw, but everyone who is passionate about getting a busa as a first bike seems squidly to me. I'm glad you chose the GS, as it's a valuable learning tool to progress through your years of riding.

Plus, naked bikes are WAY hotter.

[RVertigo]

Plus, naked bikes are WAY hotter.

Yeah baby!!!

[Blazinjr]

Plus, naked bikes are WAY hotter.

Yeah baby!!!

I like my F model.  When I get my next bike it will have a full fairing too.  I have always wanted one since I was a little kid back in the 80's.  I like certain type naked bikes but i like the smoothness of the fairing.  I also would like to pick up a cruiser style like this just to take it easy when cruising with the wife.

If I wanted to pay 2 grand a year for insurance on a Busa then I would have bought one, but 2 grand for full coverage is a little crazy.  Hell i pay 2 grand a year for 3 cars and a truck.  If I want something bad enough I'll get it but I'll have to wait to pay cash or wait until they get some age on them to get one cheap

[daneilah]

"170km/h"  Don't know how off the speedo was but thats' the fastest Ive gone.  Havn't gotten the wobbles yet though, was smooth as silk, just the usual vibrations from running at around 8k.

My max has also been 170 km/h (indicated).  Not sure what  the real speed was.  It might go a little faster, but it's not accelerating fast at that point.

Feels prettty solid at that speed, although looking in the mirrors is a waste of time (vibration makes them unusable).

[gs500freak]

well i see everyone is complaing about a wobble. well i have a 04 gs500f and had put it up to almost 140, i was a little past 135mph. i didn't noticed a wobble til almost 110mph. i was using regular gas, i also weigh only 135lbs. i think like some other it has to do with weight also. thats was when it was stock i now will top out at almost 120mph. i am now running a 45t rear and a 15t front, i know now have less top end but i am doing stunts on the 500. i know i should have a bigger to do stunts, but i am very suprised on the 500. i been at faster speeds on my friends new ducati 749 and a friends 00 gsxr 600. on the ducati i was at almost 150 and the gsxr was at almost 145. i think if u are going to wanna hit those top speeds that high get a bigger bike, i have noticed these 500's are only for crusing even though i am trying stunts on it.  

[RVertigo]

I like certain type naked bikes

I friggen LOVE the Thruxton!!

[kimo3825]

my speedo said 120. after reading here for alwhile i new that was not right.  long down hills and back wind helped that one out quite a bit.

[rich]

The fastest I went on my F was 115 she could not go any faster. :x [/code]

[rychrger72]

i had my '05 up to just under 120, i've noticed the wobble a bit as well.  i could have don a little more than the 120 not much though, but there was some traffic up ahead so i let off, good thing too cuz there was a sherriff up theere too, with someone pulled over.

[cobalt135]

Stock '05 F model tops out at 115 indicated, 6th gear @ 10,100 RPM on flat ground.  About 145Lbs. rider weight.  GPS measured 70 MPH at 80 indicated.  All in all I would call top speed a 100 MPH +/- 1 or 2 MPH.

[rclz]

I had mine going 185kmh down a hill once.

[buzz]

115 indicated. She was picking up more speed slowly, but I didn't see much point in it so I got out.

[chefod]

I have a gs500f '05 with a k&n filter kit, dynamo stage 1 jet kit, wileyco racing can and a 150 series rear tire, i moved the rear brake stabilizer to the outside of the bracket!! pretty ingenius eh?  I filled in the gap in the stabilizer with a bushing so it wouldn't crush it! anyways i can get 185 km/hr out of my bike flat out and 200 + (it was a hair past 200) going down a little hill, i find if you dig your feet in and push your handlebars straight ahead with tucking in, you shouldn't feel any wobble, but it is a workout!! u really gotta fight to hold her straight at that speed!! but yeah, i'm trying to track down a stage 3 jet kit right now, anybody know where to get one?

[mjm]

I have a gs500f '05 with a k&n filter kit, dynamo stage 1 jet kit, ....., i'm trying to track down a stage 3 jet kit right now, anybody know where to get one?

The only difference is lunchbox or pod filters rather than the K&N in the airbox, and a step or two larger on the main jet.  You indicate that you already have the wilyco slip-on - so order a couple mainjets from whoever sold you the stage one kit - and they probably came with the kit you already bought anyway.