After riding my 99' gs for around 2 month, finally i have sometime to look at it closely, it is more that likely had been front end by the prevrius, the frame is stright, that is something I am pretty sure, and the fork is a little bend, and the front wheel has be repaired before too, I saw some welding on the wheel, beside that I think the bike is ok.

Another problem is the bike seem too be a bit too hot in the really heay traffic, the traffic in the city like hk isn't good, running a bit too hot some time.

Start to think about getting another bike or fixing the bike and modity it to suit the environment.

Is the fork tube itself bent, or is the wheel just not straight.  Sometimes, the forks can move in the clamps, causing the wheel to not point straight.  You might try loosening the forks to see if that is the problem.

How do you know that it's too hot? 

Quote from: Egaeus on November 17, 2006, 09:23:41 AM
How do you know that it's too hot? 

+1.  I've crawled through traffic with the heat pouring off the engine, but the engine never cared.  It can get REALLY hot.

Yeah they can get hot in traffic. I planned on checking mine with an infrared thermometer but never got around to it. GS's are well known to melt the back of the front fender.

the fork is sort of bent, cuz i fond some marks when I replace the frok seal. Anyway, the bike doesn't pull to any side, it go stright.


It get kinda hot,after around half an hour in the traffic, it doesn't run as good as in the open road, I am thinking about an oil cooler.

by the way, how long is the engine oil dip stick, I am thinking getting an after market dip stick with a thermometer.

Quote from: DerekNC on November 17, 2006, 05:32:47 PM
Yeah they can get hot in traffic. I planned on checking mine with an infrared thermometer but never got around to it. GS's are well known to melt the back of the front fender.

Are you serious?


Ahaha. The paint on the back of my front fender is melted and I got it used so I had no idea what that was from. The seller said she put the cover on while it was running...so you are saying this could have happened during normal operation? Sweet.

Usually it happens when you don't turn the wheel to the left when you park.  I use the steering lock every time, so I've never had that problem.  But if you park it with the wheel centered (and the fender right next to those hot hot headers, yeah, they can make the fender a little melty).  It never happens while your moving because the moving air provides enough cooling.

by the way, does anyone have a oil cooler on the bike?

any adivce, as I ride it in heavy traffic everyday.

How's the carburetion?

Does the bike accelerate smoothly?

Does it buck or hesitate with steady throttle?

If it's jetted properly and runs fine (which you should be more worried about than heat issues to start off with), you won't have any heat issues to worry about.


I have been commuting for over a year on my '00 through stopped traffic to both school and work.  No issues.  Of course, I can lanesplit, so I keep a bit higher average speed, but even when I can't split and it is a hot day, no issues.