nice pic

Nice pick brembo ,looks good

Quick question to you guys ,im about to get my 1000km service and im going to get the dealer to show me how to set the rear spring ,what setting do you guys have your suspension set at .?.
I did a search but ,you end up with 10000000 posts on different questions.
Don't know what to tell you ,im not a racer just cruising and do freeway and some small twisty riding and weight 80kg.
I know it's a personal thing ,for your riding style ,but if most of you have the same setting ,i will start on that setting and work on it from there ,i probably wouldn't tell the difference.?.
Mine is still set in the middle factory setting.

Oh, And is $300 the right price for a 1st service ,sounds abit $$$?
cheers Sled.

I've got the rear preload set to..... *runs outside to check* 6 I think. I set it so the static sag was roughly 3cm between loaded and unloaded. NFI if it's setup right, or what the other settings ride like since I set it that way after I bought it. All I can tell you is the stock suspension is like riding a roller coaster on bumpy roads 

Service wise I'm not sure on prices, never been to a dealer for one, and the guy I went to shut up shop recently. That said, $300 seems a bit steep for an oil change and a few spot checks.

Brembo thats a great pic you should post that one on the main board 
Sleddog $300 is about right you will get shocked by some of the prices they ask it will come down to what oil they use and when the valves need checking that one is ouch and usally dosnt need doing but they check it anyhow but the rear shock will come down to a personal feel for your own weight I weigh in at a whole 55kg and use to have it set to 2 the standard was 3 you should try three for now and bump it up to 4 at about 6000k's but I could not stand the standard shock so I replaced mine with a Koni I got of Ebay that was old stock its a lot firmer but has more adjustabilty and much better dampening then the orginal if you can get an aftermarket it well worth the money as well as a set of front springs haveing said all that I spoke to a bloke at the snowy run he had last years model and was stoked with the suspension it had so maybe the changed the spring rate in the front end the rear still looked the same

Thanks guys i will check with the dealer and see what they recomend as well, for the springs setting.

$300 ,about right ,thats good to know ,cheers.
The only real time the front fells soft on mine is ,when i go up my drive way and i hit th 2inch ,lip of the gutter
It bounces around abit .
I did alot of 60kph ,hard breaking practice yesterday and the fronts not that bad ,i remember the cb250 in the L's training ,it felt like i was going over the bars ,and that bike had only 500km on it.

Just a reminder for everyone in NSW;

Australia Day double demerit points
Double demerit points are in force over the Australia Day long weekend. This applies to all speeding, seatbelt and motorcycle helmet offences from midnight Tuesday 24 January to midnight Sunday 29 January.

I'm not to worried most cops will be at cronulla and other places and the thing I have found is that its seems more of a threat then anything I use to not go out on DDP weekends then I found there seems to be less cops out then a normal day then i thought well with the govenment cutting funds to all servicers in the country why pay cops time and a half and double time for public holidays why not just threaten motorists with DDP that way they slow down cops take holiday the ones that aren't rostered on and the public has once again be decieved.
Having said all that its only a guess from observation when I am out maybe I'm just lucky not to of been caught yet, just for curosity sake have any of you been booked or your mates booked on a DDP weekend.
Also as I'm going on the canberra ride on saturday the group will probably stay at the limit anyway, maybe.
Hope to see some of you there

I'll be taking the car tomorrow, so I'll just set the cruise control 

I've noticed that in the country areas the coppers seem to sit just inside the town limits & get people who haven't slowed down to 50 

Quote from: Lukewarm Wilson on January 24, 2006, 02:40:32 PM
I'm not to worried most cops will be at cronulla and other places and the thing I have found is that its seems more of a threat then anything I use to not go out on DDP weekends then I found there seems to be less cops out then a normal day then i thought well with the govenment cutting funds to all servicers in the country why pay cops time and a half and double time for public holidays why not just threaten motorists with DDP that way they slow down cops take holiday the ones that aren't rostered on and the public has once again be decieved.
Having said all that its only a guess from observation when I am out maybe I'm just lucky not to of been caught yet, just for curosity sake have any of you been booked or your mates booked on a DDP weekend.
Also as I'm going on the canberra ride on saturday the group will probably stay at the limit anyway, maybe.
Hope to see some of you there

The RTA puts alot of funding into the HWP, mainly cause they get it back and then some via fines etc. This morning alone I spied 6-8 HWP cars around the Shire, most going away from Cronulla where they've been posted for the past month. A mate got pinged on a DD weekend, 6 points for 2-15k over.

I'm going to be in Canberra Saturday, but I'm staying away from the group ride, not my idea of fun being stuck in a group of several thousand bikes on 300km of highway. I'm hoping the mass ride will draw the HWP cars away from the coast. I'll be going down to Batemans then inland then to a mates place for a party Saturday night.

Guess I have been lucky

G'day fella's, my first post here (thanks Lukewarm for the PM)

I posted this elsewhere but this is what it cost me for my first service on the GS.

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I just had my first (1000km) service performed at a Suzuki dealer.

Here's my invoice

Replaced Oil & Filter
Lubed and Adjusted Chain, cables
Checked: Steering head bearings, suspension, brakes, fluids, lights, tyres, engine mounts, clutch, all nuts and bolts.

Test ride = OK

Total = $127.28

CONSUMABLES
1000 4T MOTUL = $18.90

PARTS
ENGINE OIL FILTER = $9.95

MISCELLANEOUS
Workshop Sundries = $9.00




plus GST (10% Goods and Service Tax)



grand total of $181.65

That was from Mat Miladin motorcycles Narellan last month (Feb 2006).



Anyways, nice to see some other Aussies out there love their GS as much as I do.

Quote from: galahs on March 03, 2006, 01:14:09 AM
G'day fella's, my first post here (thanks Lukewarm for the PM)

I posted this elsewhere but this is what it cost me for my first service on the GS.

Quote
I just had my first (1000km) service performed at a Suzuki dealer.

Here's my invoice

Replaced Oil & Filter
Lubed and Adjusted Chain, cables


Checked: Steering head bearings, suspension, brakes, fluids, lights, tyres, engine mounts, clutch, all nuts and bolts.

Test ride = OK

Total = $127.28

CONSUMABLES
1000 4T MOTUL = $18.90

PARTS
ENGINE OIL FILTER = $9.95

MISCELLANEOUS
Workshop Sundries = $9.00




plus GST (10% Goods and Service Tax)



grand total of $181.65

That was from Mat Miladin motorcycles Narellan last month (Feb 2006).



Anyways, nice to see some other Aussies out there love their GS as much as I do.

Welcome to our group galahs  Hope to meet up for a ride soon

all the best matt:) your friend

Safe Riding

Hi Galahs,
Welcome aboard and the price for your service is about right maybe a little cheaper then what I paid at Syd City but the big cost is when they have to check the valves that is a big sting in the price and the worst thing is they never need adjusting at the 12000 mark but they have to do it for warranty its abit of a rort and its funny how my friends BMW's were actually cheaper to service then my GS500 go figure

I paid $295 last month ,so you did good on price.

The name of the bloody pie shop you guys were talking about is...

The Robertson Pie Shop...LMAO.

I normally go to the Roberson Pub instead, much better views from their beer garden.

Make sure you stop at the Jamberoo Pub sometime also, quaint little place.

I'm in Sydney, toying with the idea of converting a GS 500 into an off roader, an all roads Adventure bike.

I'm on an Aussie forum at www.netrider.net.au

A couple of GS riders there also (like me mate Sleddog). We go on week day and weekend rides often, the forum now has a NSW section, mainly Sydney riders, drop over for a visit and join up for a ride in the future guys, all welcome.

Cheers: Jaq.

Quote from: Jaqhama on May 06, 2006, 11:56:52 AM
The name of the bloody pie shop you guys were talking about is...

The Robertson Pie Shop...LMAO.

I normally go to the Roberson Pub instead, much better views from their beer garden.

Make sure you stop at the Jamberoo Pub sometime also, quaint little place.

I'm in Sydney, toying with the idea of converting a GS 500 into an off roader, an all roads Adventure bike.

I'm on an Aussie forum at www.netrider.net.au

A couple of GS riders there also (like me mate Sleddog). We go on week day and weekend rides often, the forum now has a NSW section, mainly Sydney riders, drop over for a visit and join up for a ride in the future guys, all welcome.

Cheers: Jaq.

Hi Jaq Welcome to the group yes that GREAT Robertson Pie Shop Which I'm going to on Sat so if anyone what to meet & chat I will be there from 11.00am on just look for a gsf1200s black with prv plate's

all ther best matt:) your friend

Will be interesting to see if you do make the GS off roader ,then i can keep mine and just mod it ,so i don't have to buy another dirtbike ,for the bush rides ..

Hi,

Just bought a NOV/2008 built GS500F black and silver brand new from Stevens Motorcycles looking for other riders in the Adealide area looking for weekend rides.

Cookie

Hi all, I  picked up a 2008 gs500 recently in Syd  and was looking for some other riders to catch up with on weekends, anyone keen for the old road sometime?