GS500 to TL1000S....To big of a step up??

[The Buddha]

OK the TL is torquey and powerful and weighs about the same as a GS and is almost the same lebghts and width as the GS ... its just like a GS ... torquey and low down and everywhere power ... It I believe is the right upgrade from a GS (of course if you neglect the SV 650) ... what I wont consider a logical upgrade from a GS is the GSXR 600 or 750 (or anyhitng else in that category for that matter) ... in the old days the CBR F2 or 3 was a logcal step up from a GS as were the old style GSXR's ... to a certain extent and ZX6's etc and YZF 600's ... The new gen 600 4's are high strung and revvy ... not much torque and not much in terms of rideability ... Yea the general size and proportions are similar for the 600's too but their power delivery isn't ... so ... a GS on some serious steroids ... = TL ... I will buy one in a heartbeat ... if I found one at the right $$ ...  :lol:  ... I aint the cheapest man on this earth for nothin ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[Jake D]

yeah, size is important for me with bikes.  I look like a circus bear on a trike with the GS, or at least I think I do.  

[Catcams]

OK the TL is torquey and powerful and weighs about the same as a GS and is almost the same lenghts and width as the GS ... its just like a GS ... torquey and low down and everywhere power ...
Cool.
Srinath.

When I test rode the TL the power delivery seemed familiar like the GS but on Steroids...what a rush.  

[RVertigo]

its just like a GS

Except that it's ugly.   :lol:

[Roadstergal]

Admittedly, the '04-'05 GSX-Rs are not the same as the '01-'03... and all of those very different from the carburated versions - but my GSX-R was not lacking on power down low at all.  It had so much on top that it made the low-end seem like less than it was, but it had plenty of low-end.  And it revs so bloody fast!  You just never are in the low-end for long.

[Catcams]

its just like a GS

Except that it's ugly.   :lol:

So Ugly its beautiful

[Catcams]

its just like a GS

Except that it's ugly.   :lol:

:dunno: Where??

[Roadstergal]

I never liked the TL - too big, and it has a funky chunky tail (like the 'Busa's), but it really floats the boat of a lot of folks, so that's just me.  I do think the lowers help the look a lot more than they help the carbed SV650s'.

[Catcams]

I Love all its humps, its humps, its humps, all its TL humps

[Chris_B]

Sex on wheels, mate.

[RVertigo]

Just ugly...  Looks like a pee pee...  Well, a pee pee after a meat tenderizer attacked it.

To each his own...  and I think I'm in the minority on this one.   :dunno:   Still ugly.

[blue05twin]

Doesnt matter what other people think as long as you like it thats all that matters. . . the TL's not my style but it's a nice looking bike.

[Alphamazing]

I like the look of the TLR over the TLS. I prefer the SV1000 over the SV1000S over the previous two.

Personally, I think a TL might not be your best choice for a step up at this time. I'd say get an SV650. It's got all you need. That's just me though.

[aaronstj]

I'd say get an SV650. It's got all you need. That's just me though.

Too late, he's already got the TL.  He just wants permission to ride it.

[Alphamazing]

Well. He can always sell it.

$3200 makes me think something is wrong with it.

[dgyver]

buy whatever you want
a gs will go 80
a tl will go 80
anything else is between your brain and your right hand

True but a TL will do that in first gear with plenty to spare.

I miss my TLR.

Some may call them ugly but they do not look like any of the squidly cookie cutter bikes. All the new bikes look the same, no character at all. The TLR has been the most enjoyable street bike I have ever ridden and owned.

[aplitz]

I love my TLS.  It was a perfect step up from my GS.  I added a Bitubo rear shock, Targa lower, Yosh full race w/Ti cans (and now have a Geelong carbon tank protector).  The modding is a disease.

[Lukewarm Wilson]

if you buy the TL make sure you check the rear shock mount suzuki had some problems with the mount cracking, probably most have been fixed or replaced under warranty but just keep an eye out  

[dgyver]

if you buy the TL make sure you check the rear shock mount suzuki had some problems with the mount cracking, probably most have been fixed or replaced under warranty but just keep an eye out  

TLS only. not with the TLR. just for clarification.

[Lukewarm Wilson]

oops forgot that bit