So I met up with about 30 other riders on Friday night. I pull up and realize I'm easily the smallest bike there. There were a few 600's, and plenty of 1000s, 1300s, etc. People around here like their big bikes. So I'm immediately worried that I'm going to get left behind in the dust. The first part of the ride is pretty easy. We're doing about 55 through town, but we hit the highway and all hell breaks loose. As mentioned, there's about 30 of us...We're all cruising 100+ mph. About 8 guys in front are riding wheelies well over 100 yards long, etc. Quite fun to watch :thumb:
I was quite happy to report that the GS kept up just fine. The only time I had a problem was when they started doing over 130 mph. Then I just went as fast as possible until they slowed down a bit. After about 60 miles, we stopped at a Hooters, blocked off the entire front curb, and parked the bikes. We ate some food, had some fun, etc. After that, just about all of us headed down the road to another restaurant to meet some people. Probably at least 20 of us still. Another ride like the first one. We cruised around 90-100 mph. Not too many cars on the road, thank god. Plenty of wheelies, etc. No, I don't do wheelies. And especially not on the highway....
Anyway, we stop at the second restaurant. A bunch of people decide they're ready to head home. So there's about 6 of us left. A yellow r6 shows up that saw us while we were going down the road, and decides to ride with us. He ends up leading the pack. And this guy is INSANE. He lane splits semi's, he rides on the shoulder to pass, etc. Of course, the group, not wanting to look bad, follows. Including me. We end up cruising for another 60 miles or so. The roads we're on are quite fun too. You have to lean about as far as possible to make these turns doing 115 or so. Of course the other bikes left me in the dust for the most part, BUT i wasn't very far behind them. I couldn't even say how many close calls we had with cops...
We end our ride at QuikTrip and meet up with another large group, so there's probably 30 bikes total again. One of the guys has been racing bikes for the past 15 years or so, and is on his gf's r6, instead of his r1. A bunch of guys are giving him shaZam! about how he managed to keep up with the r1s, gsxr 1000s, etc. Well he and the rest of the guys proceed to say that I managed to keep up with them on the ride too, and the group that we met with asks me what kind of bike I'm on... I tell them i'm on a 500 twin and they're all shocked. They all crowd around my bike and they all think it's pretty cool. Before I pointed out what bike I was on, there were a few guys walking around it trying to figure out wtf it was. They were so confused, it was hilarious to watch. I have a seat bag that covers the gs500f sticker on the tail...
It's pretty funny to watch all the guys with r1s, gsxrs, line up to sit on my bike and see how it feels. Everybody says something along the lines of "This thing is comfortable as shaZam!!". And the 6 guys I was riding with congratulated me on my damn good riding, managing to keep up with the big boys, which was pretty cool to hear. :icon_mrgreen:
So anybody that thinks this thing is grossly underpowered, or will be laughed at, etc...trust me, it's not as bad as you think. Mine's completely stock, no pipe, no rejet, etc.
*Disclaimer* I know that the aforementioned riding was dangerous. It was late at night, we were riding between cars, riding the shoulder, doing wheelies, etc. I was wearing full gear except for jeans. Just about everyone else was too. We knew the risks of what we were doing. We did not deliberately disrupt traffic.
Keep the rubber side down... ;)
I dont agree with that style of riding but i am also from the other side of the pond i believe!
I frown upon this sort of thing even as an 18 year old not having held his licence for even a year yet, however!
Good write up, but remember, whats going to happen to that baby in the back seat when one of you hit them side on at 100+mph
Poor kids going to be split left to right with shards of glass, possibly within it's own metal cage as the car crumples around them.
Do you want that to happen? your never in full control.
Quote from: sveach on July 13, 2008, 10:05:52 AM
So I met up with about 30 other riders on Friday night. I pull up and realize I'm easily the smallest bike there. There were a few 600's, and plenty of 1000s, 1300s, etc. People around here like their big bikes. So I'm immediately worried that I'm going to get left behind in the dust. The first part of the ride is pretty easy. We're doing about 55 through town, but we hit the highway and all hell breaks loose. As mentioned, there's about 30 of us...We're all cruising 100+ mph. About 8 guys in front are riding wheelies well over 100 yards long, etc. Quite fun to watch :thumb:
I was quite happy to report that the GS kept up just fine. The only time I had a problem was when they started doing over 130 mph. Then I just went as fast as possible until they slowed down a bit. After about 60 miles, we stopped at a Hooters, blocked off the entire front curb, and parked the bikes. We ate some food, had some fun, etc. After that, just about all of us headed down the road to another restaurant to meet some people. Probably at least 20 of us still. Another ride like the first one. We cruised around 90-100 mph. Not too many cars on the road, thank god. Plenty of wheelies, etc. No, I don't do wheelies. And especially not on the highway....
Anyway, we stop at the second restaurant. A bunch of people decide they're ready to head home. So there's about 6 of us left. A yellow r6 shows up that saw us while we were going down the road, and decides to ride with us. He ends up leading the pack. And this guy is INSANE. He lane splits semi's, he rides on the shoulder to pass, etc. Of course, the group, not wanting to look bad, follows. Including me. We end up cruising for another 60 miles or so. The roads we're on are quite fun too. You have to lean about as far as possible to make these turns doing 115 or so. Of course the other bikes left me in the dust for the most part, BUT i wasn't very far behind them. I couldn't even say how many close calls we had with cops...
We end our ride at QuikTrip and meet up with another large group, so there's probably 30 bikes total again. One of the guys has been racing bikes for the past 15 years or so, and is on his gf's r6, instead of his r1. A bunch of guys are giving him shaZam! about how he managed to keep up with the r1s, gsxr 1000s, etc. Well he and the rest of the guys proceed to say that I managed to keep up with them on the ride too, and the group that we met with asks me what kind of bike I'm on... I tell them i'm on a 500 twin and they're all shocked. They all crowd around my bike and they all think it's pretty cool. Before I pointed out what bike I was on, there were a few guys walking around it trying to figure out wtf it was. They were so confused, it was hilarious to watch. I have a seat bag that covers the gs500f sticker on the tail...
It's pretty funny to watch all the guys with r1s, gsxrs, line up to sit on my bike and see how it feels. Everybody says something along the lines of "This thing is comfortable as shaZam!!". And the 6 guys I was riding with congratulated me on my damn good riding, managing to keep up with the big boys, which was pretty cool to hear. :icon_mrgreen:
So anybody that thinks this thing is grossly underpowered, or will be laughed at, etc...trust me, it's not as bad as you think. Mine's completely stock, no pipe, no rejet, etc.
*Disclaimer* I know that the aforementioned riding was dangerous. It was late at night, we were riding between cars, riding the shoulder, doing wheelies, etc. I was wearing full gear except for jeans. Just about everyone else was too. We knew the risks of what we were doing. We did not deliberately disrupt traffic.
Keep the rubber side down... ;)
What a great contribution you've made to this site in only your 2nd post, thank you for sharing....I predict Darwinian moment in your future.
"Full gear, except for jeans" - I have some personal experience of that. It don't work. Get your squidly behind some decent leather riding pants. Denim lasts about 10 feet on pavement, and what comes after that smarts a bit; for several weeks.
In anything other than flat out straightaway riding, it's the rider more than the ride.
Hoping you live long enough to learn better, but figuring it's pointless to waste breath or pixels on your foolish behavior.
Huh, I had almost the exact experience the other night at Kendall Bike Night here in South Florida. About 20 riders, some doing wheelies at stupid speeds, aside from my buddy's 08 Kawa Ninja 250, my gs was the smallest, but I kept up just fine, especially around the turnpike offramps we were taking at 90-110. In the straight away the bigger bikes took off like r1 and gsxr1000, but my gs hung with the 600's until aftr 130, fun though. But my buddy with te 250 got smoked, i think top end is 110 on his. But the GS's are fun and fast enough. :cheers:Chef
dang just bahs the guy for having fun, :nono:. yeah the GS can hang pretty well I ride sometimes with a gixxer 600 and another 750 and have no problem keeping up with them, until we get twisties than I lead the pack with them a few keeping up. as far as your riding goes do what makes you happy I ride the same mainly by myself and I tend to go fast.
Pack Mentality will get you every time...
You just illustrated the problem with riding with 1. Bigger Bikes and 2. Road Race Charlies on the GS, you have to really hustle the bike, and for the most part I would hazard to guess that riding your GS's at the limit is exponentially more dangerous and your more prone to mistakes, than riding it within it's specified range and intent.
You'll learn, everyone goes through this phase and eventually either Crashes slows down, gets a billion dollars worth of tickets and points and slow down, or get killed and slow down, really that simply. You cannot go on with riding without care or regards for the law and more importantly other users of the road without it eventually coming back to haunt you in one form or another.
Ride your own ride and dont be a fuckin squid.
Not big, not clever............not impressed.
Welcome to GStwins. :thumb:
Nice writeup.
Being that you're a new rider, I'm not going to ream your ass. BUT what you were doing is NOT acceptable behavior and a good way to get killed. Not only that, but all you did Friday night was piss off a bunch of cagers. Don't think they won't remember it when they have a chance to run a bike off the road.
I suggest you find another group to ride with. Groups like that tend to have lots of nasty crashes. Sooner, rather than later, you'll have the opportunity to witness one, hopefully not your own. Holding somebody's guts in while they cry for their mother is not something you want to have to repeate more often than necessary. ;)
You can have a lot of fun on a motorcycle without risking your life, the lives of others and pissing off a bunch of other road users. PLEASE be careful! :)
like I said I ride fats I lane split as much as possible even two lanes at a time if traffic permits. I wheelie every now and again on a resident street not open roads or freeways. I do jump up and sit on my tank on the freeway and or run the group. I aint no squid I stay under 100mph most of the time. I aint a newb but ride for fun and have fun, sitting down and riding is boring in itself on the freeway so I make it fun. Sorry Im not as old and or boring as you guys.
Quote from: mach1 on July 13, 2008, 02:20:33 PM
Sorry Im not as old and or boring as you guys.
...and may well never get to be. The laws of physics don't have exceptions for cool fools.
Mach, I too have frisky moments, though I'm not Old as you might think I take riding a motorcycle as a real serious affair, not so much because my lack of ability but the complete and utter wanton carelessness Cagers have for us, anything that I can do to create more risk is something I really really think about before doing, odds are already against us.
And as someone mentioned earlier, when non motorcyclist witness "Fun" non Boring riding, they automatically consider you an ambassador of sorts and form their opinions of all bikers right there on the spot. In the off road world this same type of behavior has resulted in many many land closings and restrictions placed upon us, simply because of the careless actions of a few.
Sure I'll Wick It Up from time to time when I'm on the XBR9, few stoppies and wheelies when the moment is exactly right, and 100MPH does feel nice, but once you've done it a few times it looses it's luster.
I won't get into all of the death stories I could bring up not worth the heart ache of recounting them,suffice to say I've lost 3 friends in the last 10 years and now of at least 3 others who have gotten seriously injured, one is now confined to a wheel chair. Though it shows a complete lack of respect for the fallen, all the dead ones were at fault.
you can have plenty of fun on the GS within the limits of the law. (Although sometimes I might slightly exceed the speed limit) ;) I also think you need to find another group to ride with. They are only taking you down a dark path toward destruction, whether it be the GS or you or both. :cookoo:
im glad around here everyone stresses "ride your own ride" and with that mentality i have no problem "keeping up" with anyone if they feel the need to go 130+ on the freeway well they can just meet me at the next stop :cheers: and luckily the guys i ride with arent squids that feel like 130 on the straights is fun. Youll learn its all about the curves and that is the great equalizer, a guy might be fast on the freeway but that dont mean anything if he cant turn worth a shaZam!
Quote from: DoD#i on July 13, 2008, 03:08:10 PM
...and may well never get to be. The laws of physics don't have exceptions for cool fools.
Well said. I had my moment, I was hit by a truck merging into my lane as I was splitting past him. Technically it was his fault, but a little caution and a little more awareness on mmy part could easily have prevented the wreck. I haven't had a single incident since and only one ticket that I received as I was rushing home to deactivate the alarm, because a f%$king squirrel hit a window hard enough to set it off while I was out at midnight. I was cited for 60/45 on a 6 lane divided US hwy, I won that one and paid no fine.
I have seen and heard and had my bad expiriences but life is short so have fun. for some fun is riding as the law limits other like me say screw them laws and lets go, I have tried to get pulled over speeding on the freeway and unless its a MC cop goodbye.
Interesting replies to that first post, I'm into having fun but we do need to consider other road users. We all get a bad rep when some fools cut loose in traffic, and that means more restrictive laws down the track.
Chef, you're talking about staying with the big bikes to 130. On a GS with 15/41 sprockets, you'd be at redline at 122mph. Even allowing for greater radius on your big back tyre it'd be 127mph! Can you really get it over redline in 6th?? Tell us more!
ive got a question to the OP, why did you fel the need to do this?, hell many of us have, BUT each has their own reason. whats yours?
When I say 130 that's the absolute highest i got it up to, probably 128 129, i wasn't staring at the gauge, but i glanced down, that was the fastest i had gotten her up to. Not for long at all, couple seconds,i was well into the red and i was afraid of hurting her. It used to not go into the redline in 6th gear when it was stock, but i could go faster in 5th gear - that was weird. Anyway, i don't know what makes the bike go intop the red in 6th now, i've done alot of mods including fabricated cams, maybe that is it. But ya, there's going to be alot of guru's saying there is no way i got to 128 130 on that gs, but i should strap on a helmet camera and prove it. :cheers: Chef
my gs with stock sprockets would do 110....downhill....huh. anyways fully geared with jeans on is how i got some very nice roadrash on the side of my calf about two weeks ago going down at about 75...i need those icon riding jeans.....
130mph??? :laugh: Behave yourself.
You are forgetting the speedo over reads by about 10%.......130mph - 10% (13) = 117mph which is slightly more believable.
Always full gear, its not like i'm riding 100+ everywhere, but anyone who tells you they're not curious on top speed on their bike is lying. Maybe the speedo is off due to sprocket change, its reading right before the 130 mark and i'm flying by my friends 250 ninja(no mods just yoshi full) and he's at 110. I'm not trying to prove anything, someone asked me to elaborate on my top speed. :thumb: Chef
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 14, 2008, 06:09:58 AM
Always full gear, its not like i'm riding 100+ everywhere, but anyone who tells you they're not curious on top speed on their bike is lying. Maybe the speedo is off due to sprocket change, its reading right before the 130 mark and i'm flying by my friends 250 ninja(no mods just yoshi full) and he's at 110. I'm not trying to prove anything, someone asked me to elaborate on my top speed. :thumb: Chef
Curiousity does make us do BAD things.
I had a 1996 GSXR SRAD 750, and one night on my way home from a Bike Night in the City I hit a section of Highway that was super straight for like 10 miles, minimal sweeping curves. Before even getting through with the On Ramp section I had made my mind up that on this night, at 2am, on this section of road, I was going to try and bury the speedo. I tucked in behind the double bubble, rowed thorugh the gears touching the rev limit just barley in each gear, around 150MPH things got really really quite, seems like time stood still and I thought to myself what if a deer ran out in front of me? I laughed and said I wouldn't feel a thing.
I manged to top out the GIxxer that night, speedo read 170MPH, doubt it was accurate anyway my normal 30 minute ride on the highway was like done in 5 minutes, and thats the last time I have been above 150...I rock a XBR9 from time to time and while Ive gone over a Buck on that, Im just not all that curious anymore...To me the rush comes from the 0-100 blast.
hello mr. 2 posts. I hope we'll see more of your group rides summarized (with pictures ;) ) and hope you can continue to enjoy fun rides in the future.
after a few of those squidly adventures the 'new' hopefully will wear off, and you can find the real fun of the gs: it's cheap, fast, light as a feather, and very forgiving.
as far as the unsafe riding suggested (lane splitting semis, shoulders, whoolies) please refrain. after you see a few guys wadded up it's just sickening to think the next time can/will be you.
we want you riding, wrenchin, and swappin parts with us, not writing from a hospital bed :)
keep it sane, let them go if they want, and keep us posted :)
welcome to the forum also ;)
skill to a certain extent..then the bikes ability takes over
130, or anywhere in the vicinity? turns at 115 mph? I have to call bull&$%# on this one, helmet cam, remanufactured cams, etc, or not... if you are riding in the manner you say, and I doubt it, you need to consider the fact that one of the cagers you are intimidating may have the ear of their local congressman who just happens to be looking for a cause, making it harder for all of us... it may not matter to you now, seeing how you are completely invulnerable, but as insurance and fatality rates continue to rise, someone's going to have to pay the piper. We've seen it happen with ATVs and Mtn bikes, and now it's very difficult to find places to ride. People fear what they don't understand, and they probably don't understand passing on the shoulder, wheelies and endos, running from the law, etc. We need all the riders we can get to challenge the threat to our freedom, and this includes you. thus endeth the sermon...
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 14, 2008, 06:09:58 AMMaybe the speedo is off due to sprocket change, its reading right before the 130 mark
Hmmm, I'd be curious to find out how changing the sprocket would effect the revolutions of the front wheel in relation to a given speed. The possibility exists for an extensively modified GS to hit 130 actual, but I would imagine hp would need to be near 60 or so and torque around the 45 mark. That's a lot of work. If you don't know what benefits 'fabricating' cams would have, you most certainly did not do it right. An engine is an amazingly simple and fluid thing at only a couple of revolutions per minute, at several thousand, the slightest variance can significantly alter it's overall performance.
Quote from: sledge on July 13, 2008, 11:29:42 AM
Not big, not clever............not impressed.
Thats a qoute from a song....Um Um Um...Whats her name? Better than Wienhouse....
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 14, 2008, 06:09:58 AM
anyone who tells you they're not curious on top speed on their bike is lying.
:bs:
Speaking as the intact owner of one of the squidliest bikes made in 1982, you are dead wrong. Of course, a lot of the folks that feel the way you do are just dead, period. And if I ever did get curious about it, I'd satisfy that curiosity at a track, drag strip, or by taking a jaunt out to Bonneville if I was real serious about it. The road is a frigging stupid place for that sort of curiosity.
I have all the fun I need going from 0-whatever the speed limit is as fast as possible. Cars can't touch it.
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 14, 2008, 06:09:58 AM
i'm flying by my friends 250 ninja(no mods just yoshi full) and he's at 110.
I call BS on this one, I had a ninja 250 with a muzzy exhaust and it topped out at 99... I wanted so badly to hit 100, and was mad when I couldn't :icon_lol:
Ist off i want to express that this forum is fille with very knowledable people who have helped me out alot and I have passed my knowledge to other
's here but-
wow...........i have never met a bigger groups of motorcycle pansies in my life :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I will say this again - I DO NOT RIDE 100+ everywhere, i'm not a squid, i have been ridin for 18 years- dirt bikes,ATV, and motorcycles, i'm safe. But yes i have ridin turns at 115 or over 120 mph on my gs. You guys are telling me about congressmen getting pissed off???? I don't what hillbilly town you live in, but I live in MIAMI, people get shot for crack rock on a daily, do you think people give a s*&t about bikes doing 115 down the 826 at 1:00 in the morning??? Cagers drive that fast at 9:00 in the morning. Stop trying to tell me how to ride my bike you f*#%k, I don't know when you lost you balls or how old you really are, but ridin fast on a 5 line highway with 20 other experienced riders at 1:00 in the morning is "intimidating" or "invulnerable", sell your motorcycles, hey they're dangerous, you can get in trouble just as fast in another setting, i'm not going to ride like a kitty cat all the time because i'm "being respectful to other people's opinon's". This bike is fun as hell and taking turns at 100 is fun too. I've gone down before with full gear, yeah it hurts, but i got back up and rode again. I'm not raising you insurance rates, you are, by buying a bike as an inexperienced rider and crashing it. I'm not trying to prove how fast my gs can get or "crazy" i could ride, i put my 2 cents on a subject that someone else posted on. Jesus ,I don't need a life lesson by some fellow gs'er I've never met. I'm not running from the law or shoulder passing or wheelies between semi's. Keep you f*#&king opinons to yourself. Chef
jeez, man calm down. I think all he's saying is that kind of riding is extremely dangerous and you're asking for trouble doing it. I admit I've done stupid stuff on my bike that looking back I wouldn't do again, but when you put other people in danger (ie - drivers and passengers in cars) because of "unsafe" (relative term I know) riding it looks poorly on everyone that rides a bike.
If someone wants to do something and put themselves at risk, then by all means knock yourself out, but when other people (ie cars and their passengers) are in harm's way because of stuff a rider is doing it's unacceptable.
I don't think dogjaw was singling Chef, so relax...besides I don't think he's worried about you hurting yourself rather some careless cager making you go down or putting others in a bad position when you are much more vulnerable on a bike. Either way, going that fast on a public road is irresponsible at best and deadly at worst. Those kind of speeds are only acceptable at some private facility.
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 15, 2008, 10:34:11 AMStop trying to tell me how to ride my bike you f*#%k, I don't know when you lost you balls or how old you really are
:laugh: No shortage of sand in the vag in Florida? M'self, I don't care if your GS500 goes 110 or 120. If you're trying to figure out the top speed of your GS, you'd do better taking it to a drag strip or using a GPS, though. Stock speedos are useless for anything but a wide ballpark.
Going over 100 in a straight line just doesn't make me think 'what studs.' I read the OP's post - this was a ride on the freeway to a couple of Hooters'? On the street, I like rides on nasty back roads where nobody goes, with tight turns where you have to brake hard going in and gas hard going out. Both more fun, because you're pushing the bike's abilities, and safer, as the speeds are lower. But that's just me, and I'm an old, bitter woman. ;)
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 15, 2008, 10:34:11 AMKeep you f*#&king opinons to yourself.
This is a message board. It's where people share opinions. If you're not interested in sharing opinions, why are you posting your own?
I have no problem with people's opinon's, I understand the nature of a forum. I am upset because someone is tryin to tell me how to ride my bike, leave that pesonal s*%t out. If you don't like the way i ride then great, leave it to yourself. l This is driving me crazy because i'm not the one who started this, i never was trying to prove to you guys how fast i can go or how other people ride with me. In the group i am the most tentative because i am probably the most mature and experienced. Everybody is jumping on me because i wrote how fast we go and oh i must be immature and a squid... wish i wouldn't have said anything at all now. I'm not trying to prove that i'm a stud man go back and read this whole stupid subject word for word. The person who posted this gets welcomes and how he posted a go subject(which i agree), but seriously go back and read, everybody starts talking s*%t to me. :flipoff: :dunno_white:
Quote from: dogjaw on July 14, 2008, 09:36:12 PM
130, or anywhere in the vicinity? turns at 115 mph? I have to call bull&$%# on this one, helmet cam, remanufactured cams, etc, or not... if you are riding in the manner you say, and I doubt it, you need to consider the fact that one of the cagers you are intimidating may have the ear of their local congressman who just happens to be looking for a cause, making it harder for all of us... it may not matter to you now, seeing how you are completely invulnerable, but as insurance and fatality rates continue to rise, someone's going to have to pay the piper. We've seen it happen with ATVs and Mtn bikes, and now it's very difficult to find places to ride. People fear what they don't understand, and they probably don't understand passing on the shoulder, wheelies and endos, running from the law, etc. We need all the riders we can get to challenge the threat to our freedom, and this includes you. thus endeth the sermon...
Not personal....read it again.
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 15, 2008, 11:55:48 AMi never was trying to prove to you guys how fast i can go
You don't see how it could come across that way?
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 13, 2008, 10:44:03 AMmy gs hung with the 600's until aftr 130
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 14, 2008, 04:46:32 AMthere's going to be alot of guru's saying there is no way i got to 128 130 on that gs, but i should strap on a helmet camera and prove it.
If that wasn't what you were trying to say, you could have been a
lot clearer.
Just IMO, don't take it so personally and start cussing people out when they comment on your posts. It's just a message board, and it's not worth extra blood pressure. :icon_razz:
we have lost 4 riders in the last week in this "hillbilly" town; that may be acceptable in MIAMI , what with people getting shot for crack rock, yada, yada yada... I don't want to see anyone else, you included, added to this list. I'm sure that you are an outstanding rider, but when other newer riders see experienced riders riding like this, they're going to be more apt to emulate it; I know I did, got the scars to prove it. And as to when I lost my balls; still got 'em, thanks you very much; I don't do my thinking with them...
Quote from: Chef GS500f 06 on July 15, 2008, 10:34:11 AM
Ist off i want to express that this forum is fille with very knowledable people who have helped me out alot and I have passed my knowledge to other
's here but-
wow...........i have never met a bigger groups of motorcycle pansies in my life :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I will say this again - I DO NOT RIDE 100+ everywhere, i'm not a squid, i have been ridin for 18 years- dirt bikes,ATV, and motorcycles, i'm safe. But yes i have ridin turns at 115 or over 120 mph on my gs. You guys are telling me about congressmen getting pissed off???? I don't what hillbilly town you live in, but I live in MIAMI, people get shot for crack rock on a daily, do you think people give a s*&t about bikes doing 115 down the 826 at 1:00 in the morning??? Cagers drive that fast at 9:00 in the morning. Stop trying to tell me how to ride my bike you f*#%k, I don't know when you lost you balls or how old you really are, but ridin fast on a 5 line highway with 20 other experienced riders at 1:00 in the morning is "intimidating" or "invulnerable", sell your motorcycles, hey they're dangerous, you can get in trouble just as fast in another setting, i'm not going to ride like a kitty cat all the time because i'm "being respectful to other people's opinon's". This bike is fun as hell and taking turns at 100 is fun too. I've gone down before with full gear, yeah it hurts, but i got back up and rode again. I'm not raising you insurance rates, you are, by buying a bike as an inexperienced rider and crashing it. I'm not trying to prove how fast my gs can get or "crazy" i could ride, i put my 2 cents on a subject that someone else posted on. Jesus ,I don't need a life lesson by some fellow gs'er I've never met. I'm not running from the law or shoulder passing or wheelies between semi's. Keep you f*#&king opinons to yourself. Chef
Ha ha I like this guys. I speed in a straight line and on back road twisties. Im always trying to snap off the stupid speedo. wheelies not yet wait till I get my 13t front sprocket. as far as my abilities goes i have made my mistakes but i learn from bad choices I saw squids riding line idiots and didnt try to mimic them even as a new rider but I like speed from my cars to my bike to my sex its all good.,,,,,,,,,,,maybe not the sex
OP: Maybe you're living in a cave, maybe you just don't give a f%$k.......BUT: legislation passed last year in FL pertaining to unsafe operation of a motorcycle (wheelies, excessive speeding) mandated a mandatory 10 year suspension of motorcycle licensing, jail time and impound of the vehicle...........for the first offense. Next time you're out there, ask yourself if you're big enough of a man that you can fend of 350lb 'bubba' that's had nothing to do for most his life other than lift weights as he makes advances on your anus because your in jail for riding a wheelie. Or if it's worth your privilege to ride. 10 years is along time and I would imagine if you get caught riding after that unlicensed you will get maximum punishment (WOOHOO, more jail time!!!)
Oh yeah, people get shot in Miami, whoop de f%$king doo. It's nearly a fact of life by now, any large city has murder. Come to the island, we just have retired doctors that abduct and torture tourists. They kept that out of the paper pretty well, can't imagine a big media field day on that would do a lot of good for the towns revenue.
Quote from: spc on July 15, 2008, 10:00:52 PMCome to the island, we just have retired doctors that abduct and torture tourists. They kept that out of the paper pretty well, can't imagine a big media field day on that would do a lot of good for the towns revenue.
Wow. A real life Hostel.
Hope they fry the a$$hole(s). :2guns:
He stabbed himself some 20 times in his bathtub and bled to death. Actually happened right down the road from me, but before I moved in. :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:
Good thing they collected all those guns... :cookoo:
I don't think some people on this forum would last ten minutes in a federal prison. Let alone a county jail. Yet they think it is "cool" to ride like an idiot and screw the laws.
BANANA
Chicken Fucker!
Damned nancy boy :flipoff:
I have been looking for this write up
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/947/attachments/GS500e.pdf
130 mph?? :laugh: more like 110 with a tailwind and it was left standing by the rivals.
Quote from: b_long_1 on July 15, 2008, 11:45:40 PM
I don't think some people on this forum would last ten minutes in a federal prison. Let alone a county jail. Yet they think it is "cool" to ride like an idiot and screw the laws.
I worked for 5 years in a Federal Prison and as much as I'd like the stereotypes to be true for some people who go there, 1.) There aren't many people named Bubba and 2.) There isn't as much Anal Raping as you'd think, it just doesn't happen all that much.
Quote from: sveach on July 13, 2008, 10:05:52 AM
So I met up with about 30 other riders on Friday night. I pull up and realize I'm easily the smallest bike there. There were a few 600's, and plenty of 1000s, 1300s, etc. People around here like their big bikes. So I'm immediately worried that I'm going to get left behind in the dust. The first part of the ride is pretty easy. We're doing about 55 through town, but we hit the highway and all hell breaks loose. As mentioned, there's about 30 of us...We're all cruising 100+ mph. About 8 guys in front are riding wheelies well over 100 yards long, etc. Quite fun to watch :thumb:
I was quite happy to report that the GS kept up just fine. The only time I had a problem was when they started doing over 130 mph. Then I just went as fast as possible until they slowed down a bit. After about 60 miles, we stopped at a Hooters, blocked off the entire front curb, and parked the bikes. We ate some food, had some fun, etc. After that, just about all of us headed down the road to another restaurant to meet some people. Probably at least 20 of us still. Another ride like the first one. We cruised around 90-100 mph. Not too many cars on the road, thank god. Plenty of wheelies, etc. No, I don't do wheelies. And especially not on the highway....
Anyway, we stop at the second restaurant. A bunch of people decide they're ready to head home. So there's about 6 of us left. A yellow r6 shows up that saw us while we were going down the road, and decides to ride with us. He ends up leading the pack. And this guy is INSANE. He lane splits semi's, he rides on the shoulder to pass, etc. Of course, the group, not wanting to look bad, follows. Including me. We end up cruising for another 60 miles or so. The roads we're on are quite fun too. You have to lean about as far as possible to make these turns doing 115 or so. Of course the other bikes left me in the dust for the most part, BUT i wasn't very far behind them. I couldn't even say how many close calls we had with cops...
We end our ride at QuikTrip and meet up with another large group, so there's probably 30 bikes total again. One of the guys has been racing bikes for the past 15 years or so, and is on his gf's r6, instead of his r1. A bunch of guys are giving him shaZam! about how he managed to keep up with the r1s, gsxr 1000s, etc. Well he and the rest of the guys proceed to say that I managed to keep up with them on the ride too, and the group that we met with asks me what kind of bike I'm on... I tell them i'm on a 500 twin and they're all shocked. They all crowd around my bike and they all think it's pretty cool. Before I pointed out what bike I was on, there were a few guys walking around it trying to figure out wtf it was. They were so confused, it was hilarious to watch. I have a seat bag that covers the gs500f sticker on the tail...
It's pretty funny to watch all the guys with r1s, gsxrs, line up to sit on my bike and see how it feels. Everybody says something along the lines of "This thing is comfortable as shaZam!!". And the 6 guys I was riding with congratulated me on my damn good riding, managing to keep up with the big boys, which was pretty cool to hear. :icon_mrgreen:
So anybody that thinks this thing is grossly underpowered, or will be laughed at, etc...trust me, it's not as bad as you think. Mine's completely stock, no pipe, no rejet, etc.
*Disclaimer* I know that the aforementioned riding was dangerous. It was late at night, we were riding between cars, riding the shoulder, doing wheelies, etc. I was wearing full gear except for jeans. Just about everyone else was too. We knew the risks of what we were doing. We did not deliberately disrupt traffic.
Keep the rubber side down... ;)
thank God your group of motorcycling enthusiasts did not kill/injure OTHERS during your travels. O0
"worked for 5 years in a Federal Prison and as much as I'd like the stereotypes to be true for some people who go there, 1.) There aren't many people named Bubba "
I think that all the people named Bubba are located in my "hillbilly" town... must have been run out of MIAMI.
The only person I've ever known named 'bubba' was a 5'8 300+lb Ranger that I swear used old VW bugs to bench press :cookoo: :cookoo:
Im not saying we didn't have a few Monsters in the Joint, the Penn didn't have many more weights left so the bigger guys had to get creative like garbage bags filled with water, with multiple ones hung of each end of a broom stick ectera...But not many Bubbas.