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Title: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: mikesgs500 on March 05, 2008, 01:48:43 PM
Just dropping by to say goodbye to the GStwin forum, I enjoyed my brief stay here.  I bought the GS500 last year to learn how to ride and it served its purpose very well.  I traded it in for an 02 SV650S last weekend and I love this bike!  Here is a pic of the SV, and the GS500 that it replaced:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l259/223fmjblack/IMG_0005.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l259/223fmjblack/IMG_0003.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l259/223fmjblack/gs500f1.jpg)
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: RobTheTyrant on March 05, 2008, 02:03:20 PM
AH!... where'd your old GS go?  I want that bike, it matches my car!
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: Jay_wolf on March 05, 2008, 02:08:36 PM
u should get the fairing kit , because it isnt nice as it is . lovely colour . but it looks like half a naked , half a faired
Otherwise good job! :thumb:
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: ohgood on March 05, 2008, 02:40:35 PM
so, that's the sv that's called a 'curvey' right ? pretty bike, must be a joy to ride !
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: bucks1605 on March 05, 2008, 02:43:57 PM
Nice looking bike, congrats.  :thumb: I'd take off that fairing if it were mine, got any mods planned?
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: Dan02GS on March 05, 2008, 03:33:04 PM
I like it, looks great. Congrats on your new bike! :thumb:
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: Cal Price on March 05, 2008, 03:41:24 PM
Congrats, nice one. The SV 650 is a great and very nimble bike, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy my 650 Bandit. There is no reason to say goodbye to this forum though, lots of us who qualify as ex-GS owners.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: Kasumi on March 05, 2008, 04:48:12 PM
And some of us who have never ownejavascript:void(0);
Smileyd a gs500! yet miraculously have expert knowledge in some performance mod areas..maybe...hrm. moving on.


Im just here for the ride  :thumb:
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: kml.krk on March 05, 2008, 05:43:05 PM
very nice ride! hope you'll enjoy it.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: galahs on March 05, 2008, 05:56:54 PM
Is that flushmount front blinker on the SV650S stock?
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: The Buddha on March 05, 2008, 06:02:58 PM
Goodbye MIKEGS500, hello ASS-V650S-HOLE!

Oh yea ... could not resist. And now to keep anyone else from calling me a A-hole in return, I am locking this thread and banning you.  :2guns:
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: mikesgs500 on March 05, 2008, 07:42:55 PM
OK I'll try to reply to everything, sorry if I miss somebody.  I traded my GS500 in at Performance cycle in Loxley, AL... so if you really want it give them a ring.  The "S" model (Curvy) has the fairings shown and several other upgrades such as a better gauge cluster, suspension, different gearing, etc. than the standard SV650.  I'm fond of the half naked look, it has just the right amount of fairings and changing oil will be a cinch!  The flushmount turn signals are not stock, that was the one mod on the bike when I bought it.  Lastly, I'm not sure why Srinath doesn't like the SV650, but I do know he likes saying "Cool. Srinath."  :laugh:
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: makenzie71 on March 05, 2008, 07:44:56 PM
haha now you're screwed...you'll always own a twin.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: galahs on March 06, 2008, 02:19:30 AM
On the flushmounts again, they look like they would be more visible than others I've seen.

Can you give us a report on how visible they are from the front?
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: mikesgs500 on March 06, 2008, 07:05:40 AM
Quote from: galahs on March 06, 2008, 02:19:30 AM
On the flushmounts again, they look like they would be more visible than others I've seen.

Can you give us a report on how visible they are from the front?
they are quite visible from all angles, more so than the completely flush led type kits I've seen.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: galahs on March 06, 2008, 07:35:25 AM
I know this is clutching at straws, but do you have any idea who makes them and/or where you can get them?

one of the better flush mounts for visibility I have seen.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: The Buddha on March 06, 2008, 09:17:15 PM
These are lockhart phillips, they aren't flush mounts exactly, these are what I used to call mouse lights, and they been around since the early 90's. My Kat - bought in 94 had them, as did my first GS a 89 bought in 95, and they were pretty aged by then ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Re: Goodbye GS500F, hello SV650S!
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
are they DOT legal?