How much can i get for my GS500F

[leo]

How in the hell are you breaking it in? Clearly not per the manufacturer.

That's for sure.    I figured I missed second so many times in my very early stages (and still do) and reved it up past the 5k mark that what the hell.

I'm sure there will be tons of posts by me later complaining of new issue here and there, but then again who knows?  :dunno: I just couldn't wait for 500 miles.  I guess I'll be able to report on long term usage and how my bike reacts to drive it like you stole it breakin.  :dunno: I've always wondered about a breakin like that.

[bargovic]

I did not completely break it in properly....by 150 miles I was rolling on the throttle.  Currently, I do let it the revs fly and have fun with the throttle.

You're the reason i went to the dealer and paid $4500 for a brand new '05 with 0.9 miles on it, instead of paying $3500 for an '04 with 2k miles of abuse from the kid one town over selling it used.

Thanks for reassuring  me i did the right thing.

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

he's also the reason that people invented things like spell check and grammar check... :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  all jokes aside though, it's a little early to think about the i4... they're a whole new beast.... just my $.02... whatever you do, ride safe

[Phaedrus]

I hope he paid cash for it or is making some really good sized payments, otherwise he is going to end up upside down on his bike loan because the bike is only going to depreciate between now and next spring. Especially due to mileage, wear and tear, time, the new line up of bikes coming out, and many other factors...

How someone can think they are ready to dance when they've just barely learned to crawl is beyond me.  :dunno:

[flyingbeagle71]

I ran into this guy so many times when I was looking for my 04.  He'd say, "But I still owe (insert ridiculous amount between $4-5K here) and was hoping to just get what I owe out of it..."  Once even $4,500 owed on a 04!  The thing is, Ebay has these bikes all the time, 04's going for around $3,300 max and 05's not usually selling because of high reserve prices...

A bit of free, albeit unasked for advice...Keep the GS and have fun with it.  It really is a very fun bike.

[roguegeek]

I did not completely break it in properly....by 150 miles I was rolling on the throttle.  I took long rides with my brothers one with a 02 ZX6R Ninja and the other with a Duc SPS 9--, basically had to full throttle just to keep with them.  Currently, I do let it the revs fly and have fun with the throttle.  In two weeks it will go in for service.  I am planning on stepping up to the 600s in spring.  I was just getting ball park figures for now and if I was able to get a high $ i would just do it now and take it slow with the 600.

No point in getting a quote now. It will be completely different when you go and sell the GS next spring.

I actually thought a lot like you when I got my first GS. Gonna have it for a year or so and move up to a 600. It's been 9 months and 2500 miles later and I can't see myself "moving up" anytime soon. If anything, I'll later on compliment my GS with another bike, but I'll never get rid of it. Hopefully your GS will go to a good home and owner who will appreciated it and actually be able to take advantage of the hidden power and flickability there. There is no way you were able to do that in 500 miles.

[Badger]

I took long rides with my brothers one with a 02 ZX6R Ninja and the other with a Duc SPS 9--

Head to the Dairy Queen the next town over huh?    :lol:

I'm still trying to figure out how many "long rides" you can take in 6 months and not hit 500 miles.  

[tbblizzard]

I actually thought a lot like you when I got my first GS. Gonna have it for a year or so and move up to a 600... If anything, I'll later on compliment my GS with another bike, but I'll never get rid of it.

same here. i wanted to ditch the bike after a week cause two of my friends got cbrs, they've both damaged their bikes now. i'll make the payments for the 2 years and keep this bike and just get another one. This bike will eventually be my wear and tear bike for the abuse i'll put it through later on. :guns:

one friend got bumped from behind by a car and ran into the curb, car took off. he cracked about every fairing on the right side.
one friend was getting off the freeway and hit a bump and the back tire was in the air, he tried to avoid a car and tapped the front brake and hit the curb and went superman into the dirt. not a scratch on him, his jeans got torn, but he was just shaken up from it. wear your gear all the time, he'd probably have no palms left if he was wearing no gloves.

funny thing is, the one that flew off his bike doing 60 off the freeway looked worst than his bike. and my friend that got bumped from behind (slow speed, he was making a right turn) bike looked like total shaZam!, like it fell off a building.

[Alphamazing]

I took long rides with my brothers one with a 02 ZX6R Ninja and the other with a Duc SPS 9--

Head to the Dairy Queen the next town over huh?    :lol:

I'm still trying to figure out how many "long rides" you can take in 6 months and not hit 500 miles.  

No joke, Badger. I try to get a 150-200 mile ride in at least every other weekend, if not every weekend. I've had my bike for about a month now (not including time in the shop) and I've put on more than 500 miles (I think ). All the same, there is so much more I can do with the GS. There is ALWAYS more to learn.

[maxwellf]

As a newbie rider, I can say I've experienced the time where I felt it was time to upgrade... feeling, I've got this down.  I can say after a good ride in serious canyon, I have a new respect for the bike, and realize there is plenty more to master.

[Roadstergal]

I'm still trying to figure out how many "long rides" you can take in 6 months and not hit 500 miles.  

My definition of a long ride leaves you over 500 miles...

[cobalt135]

500 miles since April and ready to move on   I have had my '05 since April and just ticked over something like 4,700 miles and I am still learning about riding, and will continue to learn when I move up.  Some of my long rides have been over half what is on your bike.  Yeah, I will almost certainly move up to a SV1000S this winter but I feel I know alot more about riding than when I had 500 miles on the odometer.  Personally, and I could be off base here, I think you think your ready to move up because your friends have bigger bikes and you have a hard time keeping up.  Yup, anyone else invision a new rider on a Gixxer tryin to keep up with his buds....accident waiting to happen IMO.  "Ride your own" ride man and learn a little bout riding a motorcycle before moving up.  Could save you a new bike that is twisted up, or your life :dunno:  In any event your gonna do what you wish, best of luck whetever you choose.

[Phaedrus]

Yeah, I've done 500 miles in a weekend before.  :lol: After about 8,200 miles on my '04 GS, riding in twisties and long highway rides..thunderstorms..temps in the 20's to the high 90's..gravel, backroads, thruway, city streets...you name it (except track riding). I still don't think I've mastered the GS. It's like the guitar; easy to play but difficult to master.

[davipu]

500 miles, what are you going to do all afternoon?

[calamari]

guys, I'm just past 2700 miles on a 05 GSF, so I know you all agree when I say:
"Im ready to move to a  GSX1300R busa"  

after all, it's only 1299cc  

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

"Im ready to move to a GSX1300R busa"

MOVE ON? What's wrong with you? I STARTED on a GSX1300R busa...

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[TarzanBoy]

Ah, give the guy a break.  500 miles isn't all that much (about a month's worth of riding, IMO)... but its enough for most people to become competent with the basic operation of a motorcycle.  I don't see a huge problem with him upgrading....  after all he didn't say that he'd mastered the gs500, he just said that he wanted something with better straight-line acceleration.  That's understandable to me.   How many of us here would jump at the chance to wave a magic wand on our GS and give it more hp?   The main difference here is that the original poster isn't particularly attached to his gs.

[Badger]

Ah, give the guy a break.  500 miles isn't all that much (about a month's worth of riding, IMO)... but its enough for most people to become competent with the basic operation of a motorcycle.  I don't see a huge problem with him upgrading....  after all he didn't say that he'd mastered the gs500, he just said that he wanted something with better straight-line acceleration.  That's understandable to me.   How many of us here would jump at the chance to wave a magic wand on our GS and give it more hp?   The main difference here is that the original poster isn't particularly attached to his gs.

I think the concern everyone has (and I think it is just that...not just trying to demean this guy) is not with their grasp of basic motorcycle operation.

The other day, while moving slowly I juiced the throttle a bit more than I intended (in 1st gear).  The GS jumped forward a bit, but all was well.  On a gixxer, I probably would have been off balance, on one wheel, or on the ground.  The real concern seems to be that you can be as careful as you want to be, but it's those unexpected situations where intent doesn't match reality where people get into trouble.  Sure, this can happen on the GS (note all the posts about dropping it), but it can happen much faster on a larger bike.  Sure, many folks have successully started on a 600 without serious incident or death, but there is no shortage of stories about people who weren't so lucky.

The tone that I hear in this thread is that if he can't keep up with his 600cc bretheren on the GS, that is -all the more reason- to not move up.  He should be able to keep up just fine under street riding conditions (unless they're all being stupid quick...and that's a whole other post in and of itself).  It's not necessarily a problem with the bike, it's more likely a problem with the rider.  If he doesn't feel the GS is quick/agile enough, he's probably doing something wrong, and getting more displacement isn't going to fix that (although it might mask the symptoms).  It's probably also true that there is nothing that an inexperienced rider can do (safely) on a gixxer that you can't do on a GS.

All that said, he can certainly do whatever he wants.  I think people are just trying to encourage caution, especially because this mindset seems common.  Even if this wasn't a GS board, I'd expect he'd get similar grief (see http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21319 for an example).  To each his own.  But it appears that people are trying to highlight what they believe to be a lack of good judgement, based on incomplete experience, in what is almost certainly a futile attempt to save this guy from himself and prevent him from ending up a statistic or a Darwinian casualty.

Feel free to disagree, after all, what do I know?   :mrgreen:

Any idiot can twist the throttle and go fast in a straight line. (I'm living proof)

A superior rider uses their exceptional judgement to avoid situations that would require their exceptional skills.
- old aviation wisdom, adjusted for context

[pandy]

I think people are just trying to encourage caution, especially because this mindset seems common ... Feel free to disagree, after all, what do I know?   :mrgreen:

Actually, you make a LOT of good points. I think what's uppermost in almost all the dear souls on this board is that we all CARE for those who cross our paths here. Sure, we give each other a hard time, rib each other a lot, and we always highly recommend a 'busa to cocky newbies, but we do it with lightness, love, and taffy.

I don't want to see ANY of us here laying on the ground with our foot hanging off of our leg by a vein (now THAT was a sobering video, and it should be required watching in the MSF!)...

Better tough love here than pats on the butt and sending someone on their way to hurting themselves.  :kiss:

[flyingbeagle71]

Hey, where's all these pats on the butt you're refering too...I'll take some of that!!

Seriously though, being a newbie to the GS myself I worry that he may miss how much experience you guys really have.  This site is really amazing, there is tons of stuff that can really save your butt (back to that again).  Hopefully he will read through some of this stuff and take it to heart.