2006 GS500F Exhaust and Jet Kit?

[Alphamazing]

Hmm...I guess you never had to apply the brakes while riding the stock setup.  I guess I'll have to get better insurance and brake less, too.   

I read read through my '04 manual and on pages 25, 32-34, and 56-57 relevant to suspension and loading there is NO mention of adjusting to #7 for two-up riding.  It makes no sense that a 175lb rider would set to #7.  What if he/she carries a passenger...no place to adjust to from there.  I weigh 175lbs and when I'm flyin solo, I don't need a setting of #7 unless I'm ridin' with a gixxer pack on serious twisties.  When I'm riding two-up, I stick to #6 with more air in the rear tire.

-Patrick

I HAVE had to apply my brakes with the girlfriend on. Hard, too. Never bumped helmets. It's all about being smooth. If you pull the breaks suddenly and harshly then yeah, you'll bump helmets; if you're smooth and firm you can avoid that.

As for the shock thing... I stand corrected. I guess I read somewhere else, not the manual, that you should adjust the shock to #7 for riders over a certain weight. Oh well.

[Gopherboy6956]

Hmm...Interesting.  I really went all out, cover to cover in my manual, and it referenced the Tire Pressure and Loading Section, which had absolutely no information on how or how much to actually adjust the suspension. But oh well, that's why i'm here so.  Im about 130mi into the 5 hundo mark, it seems like it takes so long to hit this break in period!  Gah!   Thanks everyone!