Blank Slate GS500 ( if Suzuki were listening)

[mr72]

I wonder if this bike doesn't get pretty close to a new gs500 with everything except the Suzuki brand and all that goes with it.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/benelli/manufacturerbenelli2016-benelli-tnt-300-review-html.html

[gregjet]

Mr72, I think you are right. It does point out the difference a modern watercooled EFI motor and the old GS500 lump. Same HP from 200cc less. Torque won't be the same but it will be fatter down low than it would be if carbed, courtesy of the EFI.
It does show that if Suzi doesn't get it's corporate finger out it is going down.

[The Buddha]

Oh yea the Chinese will be flooding the market with this crap once benelli goes belly up - again.
Cant wait.
But of course a Chinese crappy bike isn't hard to find these days anyway.
Cool.
Buddha.

[rg500gamma]

My newer gsxr left me stranded with less than 20k miles.

It's amazing I've ridden a few GSs totaling over 100k miles across states and it has never left me stranded, usually when something goes wrong you can just ride around the problem, still can't believe it. It's nice to have something to put miles on and it's easy to do valve adjustments....the honda cb500 looks difficult....

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