Well after years I have finally bought my first bike. It is a 93 GS500E with 68000 miles. I picked it up for $500 :flipoff:!!!!!!!!!!! All stock with very little rash and runs nice. I have never rode a motorcycle but I am now learning. I was wanting to know basic performance upgrades and stuff to do....I know I want to change the exhaust but I just want to see if I can get a little input from you guys about brands and what ot to do so I dont have to learn the hard way. Any input about anything would be nice.
Congrats on the new bike!
There are lots of modifications that you will see by searching previous threads.
Thanks
Quote from: Thrash67 on January 28, 2008, 10:49:35 PM
Well after years I have finally bought my first bike. It is a 93 GS500E with 68000 miles. I picked it up for $500 :flipoff:!!!!!!!!!!! All stock with very little rash and runs nice. I have never rode a motorcycle but I am now learning. I was wanting to know basic performance upgrades and stuff to do....I know I want to change the exhaust but I just want to see if I can get a little input from you guys about brands and what ot to do so I dont have to learn the hard way. Any input about anything would be nice.
Welcome to the nut house ! The re jetting section should be helpful. How about some pictures of this long toothed gs ? Close ups of the chain/cogs and other moving bits would be cool. I'd like to see how the rear cog is doing considering the miles on it. ;)
Enjoy the learning, it's a blast :D
cogs?
cog = sprocket
Sorry I'm still learning. HAHA Anyone around the Houston area?
Houston ... houston ... Nope, no one ... Nope. :laugh: ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Correction on those miles.....6800 sorry haha
Quote from: Thrash67 on January 29, 2008, 02:55:29 PMCorrection on those miles.....6800 sorry haha
Whew - so only 453 miles per year instead of 4,530. For a second there, I thought your bike was going to give
gsJack a run for his money! :laugh:
who is gs Jack?
Yea, I thought one of my fellow houstonites had gotten hold of a real bike and put it to some real use ... whew ... I'd have had to change my tone of voice ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Quote from: Thrash67 on January 29, 2008, 03:34:38 PMwho is gs Jack?
He's our elder statesman! :laugh:
The first half of [
THIS POST (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=39496.msg443440#msg443440)] will give you some background on ... :bowdown: :bowdown: ...
gsJack.
Quote from: Thrash67 on January 28, 2008, 10:49:35 PM
Well after years I have finally bought my first bike. It is a 93 GS500E with 68000 miles. I picked it up for $500 :flipoff:!!!!!!!!!!! All stock with very little rash and runs nice. I have never rode a motorcycle but I am now learning. I was wanting to know basic performance upgrades and stuff to do....I know I want to change the exhaust but I just want to see if I can get a little input from you guys about brands and what ot to do so I dont have to learn the hard way. Any input about anything would be nice.
learn your ride-than how to ride-than when your comfy with riding and have atleast 1k under your belt than go ahead and upgrade. no sense in putting money in a bike than endup not liking it.
got it
Here is the bike.....I like it. Sorry about the size of the pics im new at this.
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/thrash67/100_2619.jpg)
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/thrash67/100_2615.jpg)
So good gas helps....a lot! The gas that was in it was about 5 or 6 months old. But I went and put some gas treatment in there and some premium grade fuel and its a mojor change in the quality of the ride. I think it needs a good tune up and carb clean. Just need to learn how to do that. haha
Hey, check the meet and greet forum for the houston get together thread. Sign up now or be priced out forever.
Yea, before they are all gone ...
Cool.
Srinath.
can you guys look at my post called "help please..." and see if you can give any input to my problem?
I guess you're referring to the [Please help..... (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=39592.0)] thread? :icon_mrgreen:
Looking....
What do you think about these? Any down side to putting them on or anything?
http://airtech-streamlining.com/suzuz/GS500Titan.htm
Downside? You mean besides the prices at the bottom of that page? :o
Forgetting the money for the moment, the main downside (for me) would be dropping my bike on these brand-new plastics because of a lack-of-riding-experience incident. You might want to put, oh, a couple thousand miles on the bike before going this route.
But hey - that's just me. I have no experience with the Titan kit or fairings in general ... unless you call my [Plexistar II (http://www.bbburma.net/Plexistar2.htm)] a "fairing". :laugh:
You should be able to pull up a good number of relevant threads by searching on "titan" or "titan kit".
I dont plan to add those yet just a thought.....you know new bike and just thinking of the wonder whats and waht ifs and wow thats cools
thank search for the gs500R fairing they look way better than those POS fairings.
anyone have suggestions for a super wash for a bike? I see dirt and all kinds of build up on and around the sprocket and everything. after washing what all do I need to regreese?
Thrash dude - its is a POS. I have had that fairing, I gave it to a good cause (werase643's junk pile) before moving to houston - Yea, that clown scrunched his geo metro under my moving truck for shits and giggles when he came by to pick it up.
Anyway, the only fairing worth fitting onto a GS IMHO is the 04+ fairing. I have done it, average is doing one right now complete with a Kat 600 FE and IMHO, its just about the only way to do it. Its not easy or cheap though ... but it is possible and the end result looks good. With or without the tank/seat/tail combo of the 04 it looks good.
Cool.
Srinath.
got any pics of that?
Quote from: Thrash67 on January 30, 2008, 04:51:57 PM
anyone have suggestions for a super wash for a bike? I see dirt and all kinds of build up on and around the sprocket and everything. after washing what all do I need to regreese?
A black brush, and a white brush. Firm bristles on the black one, soft bristles on the white one. Use the black one on the greasy grimy bits, use the white one on the pretty painted bits.
There's one booth at the local car wash that the owner doesn't mind people using for grimier things. For the really nasty things (chain/cogs/wheels) it's a can of WD-40 and a brush over a bucket for me. WD-40 is fantastic for cleaning wheels too. ;) Just mind the tires.
cool thanks. Is it any harm to spray down the rear sprocket with high pressure water?
Quote from: ohgood on January 31, 2008, 04:37:02 AM
Quote from: Thrash67 on January 30, 2008, 04:51:57 PM
anyone have suggestions for a super wash for a bike? I see dirt and all kinds of build up on and around the sprocket and everything. after washing what all do I need to regreese?
A black brush, and a white brush. Firm bristles on the black one, soft bristles on the white one. Use the black one on the greasy grimy bits, use the white one on the pretty painted bits.
There's one booth at the local car wash that the owner doesn't mind people using for grimier things. For the really nasty things (chain/cogs/wheels) it's a can of WD-40 and a brush over a bucket for me. WD-40 is fantastic for cleaning wheels too. ;) Just mind the tires.
One thing you should not do ... spray the chain or the neck area or the swingarm pivot area with a pressure washer.
You dont want to drive the grease out and put water in.
Cool.
Srinath.