Why didnt you get a bigger bike if you are sooooo concerned with "keeping" up???

Quote from: ajgs500 on June 02, 2006, 01:46:07 PM
Why didnt you get a bigger bike if you are sooooo concerned with "keeping" up???

Can't answer for ets; but for myself, I find it so much more satisfying doing it with a GS500.   

well cause 1 its my first bike 2 insurance 3 money couldnt aford biger

Well then learn how to ride this bike and you will be able to keep up just fine.

you try to follow a guy crazy like him and then come back to me even some guys with 600 cant keep up to him

If he is that crazy maybe you SHOULDNT try keeping up with him.

True - this is like joining the local Moto GP race and whinging because the concept 200+bhp bike lapped you 14 times and you were trying your hardest.

Face facts - an R6 with a loony rider is out of the GS500's league no matter what your ability. All your going to gain is an injury trying to keep up. Either get him to slow down or find a new riding buddy.

yeah i know but my other main rider couldnt put insurance on her bike shes waiting for a check wich could take a wile all the others have cruisers boring ride

why don't you just ride your own ride.... I dunno if you think this is some kinda fashion show or something, but when I'm in the canyons, I'm happy with just doing MY best, not being able to reproduce some one else's slop.


and if you were scraping pegs in the corners on gs400 (I'm assuming thats a typo and you mean 500) then how much further over do you think different tires are going to get you?



and if you did mean GS400, didn't you just say that this was your first bike?

no where i went for the course they had bikes and it was the gs400 that i had wile the others had like 250 or the other 4 big 400.... but the pegs on the gs400 are alot lower then the gs500 and the gs500 is my bike and...... i just like riding with him cause its a challenge and the day ill be able to ether keep up or pass him with a lil 500 ill be very happy its for my own satisfaction

What it's a challenge not to die???

Quote from: ajgs500 on June 03, 2006, 10:32:56 AM
What it's a challenge not to die???

no were just havin fun and while riding.... hes just really crazy tho

Explain crazy..... what does he do that makes him "crazy"?

I would also like to know "crazy"


I mean, I follow a liter bike through canyons, and don't have too much of a hard time following through the curves....

Maybe I'm crazy....

The July 2006 of Cycle World arrived yesterday, with a column by Peter Egan on page 16 titled "The fine art of riding your own bike".  Read the whole page if you can, but here are a few excerpts:

[...]

He just went straight off a 35-mph corner at about 70 mph - having wisely thrown in the towel on further leaning - and took a high-speed trip over a ditch (airborne), then across a snow-covered field full of dips and hummocks without actually dropping the bike.  Nice riding!

Now, this is a guy who never makes mistakes.  He's been motorcycling for 40 years, and I ride with him all the time.  He's quick on a backroad but always seems to know when it's time to go slow and live.  The very picture of maturity.

"So how did you happen to misjudge the curve?" I asked, intrigued by this anomolous event.

"Well, I was riding with a couple of other guys," he admitted, "and following a really fast rider on his new sportbike.  I just went into the corner too fast."

"Ah," I said, the light bulb lit brightly at last, "a group ride with a fast guy.  That explains everything."

And it did.  I've been riding for 43 years and have observed that nearly every solo crash within my experience has been caused by one of two things:

Drinking a bunch of beer.
Trying to keep up with - or ahead of - someone else.

[...]

I've been on many rides exactly like the one that took my friend on his recent off-road adventure.  In fact, I've ridden with so many competitive groups where you have a mismatch of adrenaline, courage and skill that I can now almost predict Tragedy during the first five minutes of a ride.  I'll leave a parking lot in a group of six or seven sportbikes, observe the riders around me and say to myself with some certainty, "This day will not end well."

[...]

Keeping up with someone who's slightly faster or smoother than you is admittedly a great part of the sport, because it helps you improve.  But struggling to keep up with a rider who's a lot better - or insaner - is an exercise in futility.

[...]

Anyway, at a rest stop on this fast-moving ride, one of the guys [...] walked up to Bruce and said, "You've gotta slow down, man.  You're gonna get someone killed."

Bruce looked at the guy thoughtfully for a long moment, then put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Bob, ride your own bike."

That phrase has stuck in my mind ever since.  Even now, when I get pushing too hard to stay with another rider and things get a little loose, I calm the situation down by saying to myself, "Egan, ride your own bike."

[...]

Ride your own bike.



Flipping absolutely perfect.... I'm getting it tattoo'd on my neck as we speak.

ive used 150 on my gs all the time even a 160 on the 3.5 rim which does pinch but i needed the sticker tire for the track but a 160 rear wheel will fit the bandit 400 rim which is 4.0 inches wide and the tire is 160 mm wide on it and it will fit into a gs swingarm no mods use need the bandit cush drive and gs spacer from the left and the one on the brake caliper side on pantablos site is says to make spacers and use the gs cush drive that is incorrect and would cause it to line up funny and be off center. i run power pilots 160 60 17 on my gs for the track and have no problems the bandit wheel even uses the same rotor unlike the newer kat wheels some of you are taking about using which is smaller in dia if you want pics send me a message ill take some with the rear wheel removed and with what spaces from the gs i used and all that so it can be archived if you really want

Quote from: ets_gs500f2004 on June 02, 2006, 04:30:17 AM
well its cause reason #1 looks beter #2 i want michelin pilot power #3 the h rated tire doesnt stick for shaZam! wants to slide every where and i dont like that..... im not that crazy but soon ill be riding with an r6 so i got to find some thing to keep up lol when i get the cash ill put a jet kit

let me tell you something. parked next to that R6 (with its 180 tire) the 150 will STILL look tiny. The fact its pinched on the stock gs rim will make it look less wide than if it were on other rims. Trust me. I've been there. when you measure the 150 on the gs rim it will only measure out to about 140...been checked.

have you checked if the powers come in a 150? I doubt it. I think they come as small as 160 only. please verify as I'm not 100% sure...

150 wont gaurantee sticky. again, I strongly suggest you get pirelli demon sports-damn close to the powers in stickyness. and remember, the 150, pinched on the rim will have a SMALLER contact patch, making them not so sticky in a bad way.

I understand why you want that sized tire, and everyone, almost, that comes here (Including me) has wanted to do what you propose.  Do what you will, but you heard it here.

Pilot Power Sizes: 
  FRONT
  110/70 ZR 17 
  120/60 ZR 17 
  120/65 ZR 17 
  120/70 ZR 17 
  REAR
  150/60 ZR 17 
  160/60 ZR 17 
  170/60 ZR 17 
  180/55 ZR 17 
  190/50 ZR 17

The Powers do indeed come in the 150/60 size as did the Pilot Sports they replace. 

However, I just don't see the use of the supersport tires on the GS500 for street use.  The current sport touring radials are as much tire as the GS500 needs handlingwise unless your middle name is Rossi and they give much better life than the supersports do.  As I have said before, the newest sport touring bias tires like the Demons or Lasertecs are as good for our street purposes as the sport touring radials are in my opinion and experience and come in OE sizes.

I recall the favorable comments Pablo had for the 140/80 AV46 sport touring radial which he put on to replace the 150/60 Pilot Sport after the falling in incident he described with the squared off worn Sport.  I was running the AV45/AV46 ST tires at the time.  Pablo is already closer to Rossi than I'll ever be since I'm already slipping down the slope of advancing years.   

I now have over 6500 miles on my 150/70 rear Lasertec with considerable life left in it.  Recalling my experience with the AM52 tire handling after it became well worn, I'll reserve my final opinions on the 150/70 Lasertec until it's used up.   

ok well thats a great saying there.... but if i think i can continue doin it