Is my gs500f slow or is it just me????

newbie · June 23, 2009, 04:50:31 PM

Ok my 2007 gs500f seems a bit slow...........ive had the carbs gone threw and 2 shops have looked at the bike as said its good to go. It just seems under powered.............ive had her up to 95 it it took awhile to get there. Also just doesnt seem to go real fast for the amount of noise she makes.............ive ridden alot of bikes in my day and i understand its not going to be as fast as larger bikes but i have a hard time keeping up with pretty much every other bike around? Is this just my bike or are all gs's like this???

s0crates82 · June 23, 2009, 05:09:38 PM

it's not a supersport. it has 50hp if it's in good shape. if you hold each gear to 9k, you'll get going fast enough.

if you need to go faster, please make sure you've got your donor sticker on your license. life-insurance is good to have, too.

commuterdude · June 23, 2009, 05:34:15 PM

yes it's slow.

kml.krk · June 23, 2009, 05:40:05 PM

You should be able to get her to 110-120 indicated, but it's only theory....
I have never ridden my GS that fast, when I got to about 95 she could still go, but I couldn't heheh

DoD#i · June 23, 2009, 05:59:19 PM

Quote from: newbie on June 23, 2009, 04:50:31 PM
just doesnt seem to go real fast for the amount of noise she makes.

What's your intake and exhaust situation? A loud exhaust to keep the folks that like to go deef happy can quite easily manage to make power delivery significantly worse than stock - especially if nothing else is changed with it.

OTOH, it's a sport-styled UJM, not an actual crotch rocket.

newbie · June 23, 2009, 06:33:22 PM

its all bone stock, just thought it should have more get up than it does, for some reason when i just got the carbs synched and the orings replaced it felt like it had all kinds of pick up............but after 300 miles it seems to have less power.........might just be me, but when i ride 2 up (me 210 and ol lady 105) it seems way slow........i usally run her up to 8k and shift if im trying to go "fast", and thats not very often mostly shift around 6 or 6.5, but it seems doggy on the highway. I just got this bike for a commuter while my ironhead project is being finished and to be more reliable than my cb750 chopper so dont really wanna beat it.............i like the bike though and am thinking of making it a small touring bike since this thing can go forever on a tank of gas.

gsagent005 · June 23, 2009, 06:39:38 PM

bike sounds fine!

remember when 2 up you got 315 lbs being pushed by 45-50hp

you probably got used to bike again so it no longer seems as fast but it still is the same.

and i think peak power is abt 9k rpm if i remember correctly

Bridger · June 23, 2009, 07:08:40 PM

My stock(for now) '09 gets up to 100 mph really easy, with plenty of pull left it seems, but I don't have the balls to go any faster. It starts getting scary.

bikegirl88 · June 23, 2009, 07:40:51 PM

My 08 is quick for the type of bike it is. I am in 3rd before my husband shifts the zx14 to 2nd but if I push each gear to 9 or 10 k there is not many cars that can take me off the line ( I am only 105lbs). As for top speed I have not tried. Above 80ish I am not really comfortable yet. I am very new to this game.

Best of luck with you bike!!

XealotX · June 23, 2009, 07:50:39 PM

Seems plenty fast to me--as the teenage girl in her new Pontiac Solstice learned last week.

However,

Later that day, when another guy pulled up in his new Mustang GT500 and started revving the engine I just casually pulled away and shifted to second at 4k RPM.

I prefer to "believe" that it is fast...without letting the facts get in the way of my preconceived opinion.

cafeboy · June 23, 2009, 07:54:15 PM

Quote from: XealotX on June 23, 2009, 07:50:39 PM
Seems plenty fast to me--as the teenage girl in her new Pontiac Solstice learned last week.

However,

Later that day, when another guy pulled up in his new Mustang GT500 and started revving the engine I just casually pulled away and shifted to second at 4k RPM.

I prefer to "believe" that it is fast...without letting the facts get in the way of my preconceived opinion.

I did that today with a guy in a Mustang.
I was revving at the light so he got mad and just burned um down.
To bad he didn't see that state cop

He had a very bad day.

gsagent005 · June 23, 2009, 07:56:36 PM

Quote from: cafeboy on June 23, 2009, 07:54:15 PM
Quote from: XealotX on June 23, 2009, 07:50:39 PM
Seems plenty fast to me--as the teenage girl in her new Pontiac Solstice learned last week.

However,

Later that day, when another guy pulled up in his new Mustang GT500 and started revving the engine I just casually pulled away and shifted to second at 4k RPM.

I prefer to "believe" that it is fast...without letting the facts get in the way of my preconceived opinion.

I did that today with a guy in a Mustang.
I was revving at the light so he got mad and just burned um down.
To bad he didn't see that state cop
He had a very bad day.

awsome!

got love dumbass drivers!

cafeboy · June 23, 2009, 07:58:57 PM

yep yep

set up a guy on a ninja one day so when he pulled the front up after the light went green he hit a big pot hole.
He had a bad day too

newbie · June 23, 2009, 08:37:30 PM

While i feel like there's somthing wrong with this bike then, cause i dont think i could have a story like any of these with my bike, my 72 cb750 makes this thing look like a wuss wagon and i thought it was kinda slowish

annguyen1981 · June 23, 2009, 09:08:13 PM

I don't know man... my R6 gets up 100+ REALLY quick. I'd check to see if it's not a 500cc bike or something like that.

Domindart · June 23, 2009, 09:13:23 PM

These bikes are slow. If you want speed youll have to get at least a sv650.

newbie · June 23, 2009, 09:22:35 PM

Well you guys convienced me..........its just slow..............its fun i still like it............and im pretty sure my 07 gs500 is a 500cc

yamahonkawazuki · June 23, 2009, 09:26:24 PM

Quote from: kml.krk on June 23, 2009, 05:40:05 PM
You should be able to get her to 110-120 indicated, but it's only theory....
I have never ridden my GS that fast, when I got to about 95 she could still go, but I couldn't heheh

i have on an E , that being said it can be slow. it wont get you into trouble UNLESS you go looking for it. lemme ask you this newbie, what is your riding like? aka when you take off, are you running her hard or grandma style or?, also how many miles etc etc etc ( etc beign as many details of her as you can share)

jrains89 · June 23, 2009, 10:28:43 PM

take it to a track and see what time you get. then we'll know if it's running slower than normal. Mine is fast enough to 90 that it still scares me. i've never ridden another bike before, but it seems pretty quick for 500cc. i'm going to buy my roommates sv650 this winter, and then i will get really scared lol.

bikegirl88 · June 24, 2009, 06:28:22 AM

Take a CBR125 for a ride......now take your GS500 for a ride.

Now you really understand slow.

THe GS500 is my first bike and I believe that it is a perfect bike for that purpose. It is very forgiving and it has enough power to keep me out of trouble and yet ride in most situations safely (highways, twisties).

Remember - CBR125 then ride your GS500.

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