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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: frankieG on June 29, 2007, 05:02:35 PM

Title: different size wheels for different years?
Post by: frankieG on June 29, 2007, 05:02:35 PM
i thought the wheels were all the same, no diff in years.  am i right or wrong?
Title: Re: different size wheels for different years?
Post by: manofthefield on June 29, 2007, 07:20:24 PM
You're right, they're all the same
Title: Re: different size wheels for different years?
Post by: frankieG on June 29, 2007, 07:26:45 PM
tank u
Title: Re: different size wheels for different years?
Post by: gsJack on June 30, 2007, 04:13:57 AM
Some are different colors.   :laugh:
Title: Re: different size wheels for different years?
Post by: makenzie71 on June 30, 2007, 05:11:45 AM
people get conofused betwee the GS500 and EX500.

Gen 1 EX500's had a drum in the back and 16" wheels until 1993.

GS500's have only changed body work, plus a couple slight wiring changes, since 1989.  This is one of the reasons I suggest the GS500 to people looking for "cheap" bikes instead of the earlier EX.
Title: Re: different size wheels for different years?
Post by: dgyver on June 30, 2007, 06:06:55 AM
89-current GS and 89-97 Katana wheels are all the same except for color.