New GS500F owner

[pop78]

Hey All. My wife just got her license and her 2008 GS500F will be delivered tonight.

Just wondering if there any known issues or things of that nature I should look out for. Any special maintenance needs I should be on the lookout for?

Thanks!

[weedahoe]

Welcome to the site.

Being it is used, check the tire pressure, brake pad wear, clean the chain, change the oil, act

How many miles are on it?

[pop78]

Practically new: 8900 km (5530 miles)

[Janx101]

Welcome to here! 

... Hmmm known issues .... Yes there is quite a serious one!! ... Your wife's behaviour may change! .. She will love the bike so much that she may want to keep it inside the house! , buy it presents/bling , want to go riding at all hours!! , every second sentence will be 'my bike this and my bike that!' ...

You may start to feel jealous of your wife's new "boyfriend" , with his bulging shiny tank and smooth curved seat ..... And the way she smiles when close to him!! ...


I tells ya!! ... It a major behavioural upheaval you are facing here buddy!! .... 

[pop78]

Well, she puts up with me and my Wee. I guess it's only fair I do the same. It's is my fault she's riding in the first place 

[Slack]

You'll probably want to swap out the front springs to ones a bit stiffer from racetech or sonic.  The stock springs are good if no one is on the bike.  As soon as you put a rider on there they are too soft and will bottom out on medium bumps and dive hard during any braking.

[jdoorn14]

You'll probably want to swap out the front springs to ones a bit stiffer from racetech or sonic.  The stock springs are good if no one is on the bike.  As soon as you put a rider on there they are too soft and will bottom out on medium bumps and dive hard during any braking.

Unless, of course, OP's wife weighs a buck thirty or less. Then the stock springs are probably ok.

Don't forget to post pics of the wife on her new bike!

[cbrfxr67]

pics??