I was pulling up and getting off my "little" GS and there was a youngman getting off his hayabusa. He started to comment on how nice looking my bike was (the Scorpion Ti can gets lots of comments) and how well do I like it. I said for me, I love it!!! It gets great gas milage and has enough speed for the roads I travel on. He said yeah, he just put on a new exhaust and power commander and thinks now the bike my be too much for him. He also notice a lot less fuel milage getting drained after the mods.
It was nice to chat with someone that didn't poop-poo the GS and actually thought more of it than the super rocket. lol
Nicely I had to use a line I picked up here and said, yeah it's nice to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. Lovin my GS :laugh:
I notice a huge difference in power on my yz426 between a quiet baffled exhaust and an open exhaust, so I'm willing to put up with the noise, but I think one of the big benefits of having a 750cc or bigger inline 4 is that it would have enough power for me to not even feel the need to consider messing with the exhaust and FI/jetting. If I had a bike like that I'd just leave it quiet and stealthy so I could zip around without being a nuisance and giving myself a headache.
Oh yeah, my 919 is about as stealthy as they get :thumb:
Speaking of nice comments...
Standing near our bikes (me and Twisted) and a guy comes up to compliment us on our Retro bikes that they just don't make like that any more. :icon_mrgreen:
Once, while my bike was in warm up mode (2000rpm) and I was putting my gear on, an older gent (say 70 ish) came up told me he liked the bike and that it sounded good too :thumb: :thumb: (My bike is totally stock)
Michael
I love mine too. Its funny ... I was SURE I would have my GS for 2 years TOPS (oh and I also told myself I would NEVER change a thing to it). I honestly think I'll never sell it. The price I paid vs what I would get for it (in addition to what I've put into it) wouldnt really be worth it anyway. Its all the bike I need for now and the forseeable future . I've toyed with upgrading or changing but I really don't see it happening any time soon. There's no point. If anything I've been bitten BAD by the "mod bug" ... I find I'm constanly looking at things to change, mod, add, whatever. I'm on the hunt for a bandit rear hugger at the moment ... I think I have a line on one for 40 bucks, I'm just waiting to hear back from the guy :thumb:
I had that cocky attitude at first: move up to a 650 or something a few months after having Suzi. Then I couldn't justify $4000 more just for FI and a few more horse power.
So I bought another GS500 (1992) as a learning bike. Well, it turned into Junior and runs so good it will not get touched unless necessary (My GOOD dealer check it out and said one of the best GS500's they've ever seen!)
So a few months later I bought Trey. That's a learning bike - really bad previous owner.
That means I have 3 bikes for less money than upgrading to a bigger bike. 3 is better than 1.
...And then somehow I discovered I had become a parts whore. :dunno_black:
....and then I got a couple frames WITH TITLE and am building up bikes from all my parts :icon_eek:
.....and still collecting more parts. :icon_rolleyes:
GS500: you'll be with me for a very long time. GS500's are so much fun! :cheers:
Quote from: fraze11 on January 13, 2012, 01:02:11 PM
I'm on the hunt for a bandit rear hugger at the moment ... I think I have a line on one for 40 bucks, I'm just waiting to hear back from the guy :thumb:
Interesting if a Bandit one fits.
Airbrush might still have one. His are really great! I have 3 of them. I should get another one..... (must resist - parts whore telling me to buy one for Phenix....)
I hope it fits. Im going off this article;
http://pantablo500.tripod.com/id20.html
Airbrush does have some, I messaged him a while back actually. I just cant afford $180 on part like that right now, but his are excellent and made to fit. 40 bucks and the above mod are appealing to my wallet at this point :)
I'll take the whole Bandit 400 if you can find one! :D
-Jessie
Quote from: fraze11 on January 13, 2012, 01:02:11 PM(oh and I also told myself I would NEVER change a thing to it).
This is the most impossible scenario ever. I've accepted that any motorcycle I ever get will be toyed with non-stop. I don't really care for 4 wheeled vehicles, but I finally bought a truck, which is the first non-motorcycle vehicle I've ever owned, and I swore I wouldn't even have to bother messing with it, because it's a truck, so who cares, just need it for picking up dog food and maybe a motorcycle on craigslist every now any then. ever since it's been bed mats, tonneau covers, bed lights, seat covers, window visors, auxiliary input for the stereo, haha. It's obnoxious. At least I haven't felt the need to do anything structural like a new suspension or messing with the engine. I don't even want to know how much those guys spend when they start getting into offroading.