. . .and boy,
THE GS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN RUINED FOR ME!

my buddy just past his motorcycle course here, in toronto about 2 days ago and wasn't comfortable jumping from a dirt bike (some yamaha 125, same thing i learned on) to this bike and his 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 600 was already to get picked up near my place

he called me up and asked me to ride it to his house
i was actually going to say no, but what the hell
who would pass up a chance of riding a 600???

and when i pulled up to Cycle World, there she was:


let me just tell you how AWESOME the bike:
rides
sounds
handles
etc. . .

so much power, so sexy, awesome riding position, a little tall for me, but still LOADS of fun

then when we got back to his place, i had to take my 04 F to work

what a weird transition

but definitely a worthwhile experience!

cheers,
joel

shoot, see if you can trade with him  


- alex

hmmm...supersport? motorcyle safety course?  
I'm gonna pray for your friend....way too much bike... I don't care how long he's been dirtbiking...putting your foot down at 60mph on tarmac isn't going to cut it.

Tell him too put some training wheels on it...and to take it easy...please.

Jonah

Quote from: VersOnehmmm...supersport? motorcyle safety course?  
I'm gonna pray for your friend....way too much bike... I don't care how long he's been dirtbiking...putting your foot down at 60mph on tarmac isn't going to cut it.

Tell him too put some training wheels on it...and to take it easy...please.

Jonah

oh believe me, i'm not the only one that was trying to talk him out of it

that's why i didn't feel so bad riding it for a bit,
at least i have a year of riding under my belt,
and i was STILL hesitant to ride it

i got a buddy who works at that shop we picked up the bike from
he looked at me and was like,
'new bike already? you just got your gs500f last year'
i was like 'no, it's his'
and he shook his head
and we both knew what he meant
too much bike for a person who just finished their safety course

but hey, we can only warn someone so much
and the rest is up to them

thanks though
warning's like that give this forum a GOOD name

cheers,
joel

Well... thats the reason most of us are here... the gs is enough bike to have fun with but not get in TOO much trouble.  hope your  buddy doesn't become a stat.  The MSF course is good, but 10 hrs on a 125 or 250 trainer and jumping on a gixxer.... not a great idea

it all really depends on the individual. my friend went to the safety course with a 600rr...he's still riding without any incident.

Are you saying he wouldn't have been any safer on a gs, ninja, nighthawk, shadow, or any other smaller bike?

man...how many times have I twitched or missed a shift in my first few hundred miles...at least the gs didn't wheelie on me...  

or how about making a left turn from a stoplight and shifting into neutral in the middle of the turn...embarassing   :mrgreen:

oh...oh....and how bout blowing your horn in residential neighorhood trying to cancel your turn signal...oh damn


Hmmm...just be safe everybody and hope it doesn't throw you off like a 999 or rc51.  Mean bastards I am told.

Jonah  

I rode a triumph 600. Lots of power. I had the front wheel pulling up off the ground as I accelerated through the first two gears and I had to tuck hard and hold on because there was such a feeling of acceleration as I accelrated to 160 MPH on a long straight, before braking with the engine and brakes, everything the bike would give me and more to make a superfast stop because the light at the end of the straight was coming up pretty fast (although when I stopped I had over 300 feet to the light).

Is my GS experience ruined? No. I love my GS. It's in for service and it's killing me . I'm going to paint it soon. After I pay it off in a few years I'm going to buy a Buell XB12R. But did riding a bigger bike ruin my GS? Not at all.

I still have a lot to learn and master JUST on my GS and I've been riding for over a year now (not a long time, but lots more time than most of the summer fair weather gixxer riders have. And I ride every single day, to be fair).

I wanted to trade my GSF in this summer cauz i was so used to the power, and i didnt think it had enough power to keep me entertained. But i was wrong, i installed a 15t front sprocket, and i practiced and practiced my wheelies for the past month and i can finally do it perfectly without any cluth use at all. I just recenlty was able to keep it up while shifting into 2nd gear, and i kept the front wheel up for about 10 seconds, which is pretty damn good. So right now, i am keeping my bike for another summer cauz i am having too much fun with it right. My friend is actually jealous that my 500 can go up in parking lot without going faster then 20kmph, that way i can show off near some females, lol.  he has a ZX9R and can only get it up at around 60-70kmph. I love the fact that i can just give her full throttle and not worry about nothing, I actually think that the gs is quite powerful, i can keep up with my riding buddies with out that much dificulty, just have to force the little gs a bit. But its do-able.

I agree, the GS is more than adequete for riding around like a normal person. I ride with a ZX6r and keep up just fine. Of course in an actual race I'd lose my ass, but not all of life is a race. Just out riding around, they both do 30, 35, 60, and 65 just fine.  

Quote from: VersOnehmmm...supersport? motorcyle safety course?  
I'm gonna pray for your friend....way too much bike... I don't care how long he's been dirtbiking...putting your foot down at 60mph on tarmac isn't going to cut it.

Tell him too put some training wheels on it...and to take it easy...please.

Jonah

i hate reading stuff like this

you don't know anything about this rider and you are already putting them down

Quotei hate reading stuff like this
you don't know anything about this rider and you are already putting them down

man..you really are cranky face... give me some   :kiss:

Relax...you are misunderstanding what I was saying. I'm not putting them down...just a word of caution, that's all.

Joel understood my comment, and that's who it was intended to.


peace,

Jonah
p.s. man...why is Davipu the only one allowed to make sarcastic comments...damn!

i am not getting pissed or mad i just don't like reading stuff like that

you havent been around here too long so you don't know that a lot of people that have been here in the past have had a problem with people picking supersports as first bikes

saying the bs like

i baught a gs so i know better than others that buy 600's
those poeple that buy 600's buy way too much bike... bla bal bla

poeple around here are too quick to judge someone that they have never met


this forum has loosened up some compared to how it has been in the past
before if you even mentioned doing wheelies or stunting you were instantly labeled "squid"

i am glad some things have changed

It's not a question of judging anyone.
The sad reality is that it's a dangerous sport and you need every edge.  Experience being the most important edge.   I would rather see someone miserable for a year or two on a bike that he "outgrew", rather than dead on a bike in a month that he could not control.  We lost a a 18 year old kid in our town of 6,000 people 2 years ago.   That really hurt.
He was riding a new 600.
I wish the guy all the best luck with his new bike.
Mike

I must say, I do agree with Mat..sometime certain people on here get pretty snappy and intolerant if you ask certain questions like those about wheelies, get a fast bike, or lord forbid you don't take the MSF course. Not that the words of caution are a bad thing, but people dont come on the site to get lectured. They come to find information. If they are old enough to buy a motorcycle, they are old enough to make mature decisions for themselves. I would think.

Okeeeee than....soooo to get back to the thread...
lets get some more details from Joel?
What's the break in like on that bike anyways, could you rev a little...all the power is hidden behind 10grand on the inline 4's...

Jonah

(I haven't taken the MSF class...)

I sat on my bud's R6 last night and really liked how it felt, alot more spread out then the GS, the whole seating position really rocked, I want a new bike now.