Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on April 11, 2007, 09:00:28 AM
Everyone who complains about the GS at 80mph has obviously never driven my 4cyl 2.3L I-4 '93 Mustang. That thing had no balls above 60mph, and since it was an automatic, I was stuck. If you don't like passing in 6th gear.. DOWNSHIFT!

Back in the 70's my wife and son had 4cyl/Auto Pintos and Mustangs and you are so right about them.  I had a 75 Mustang II with 5 liter V-8 then and now I'm happy with GS500 performance.   

Scroll forward to the past few years and bikes; when I rode more often with my big twin friends (the thundering herd), I would leave the GS500 in 5th on the freeways which gave me similar roll-on performance.  With standard gearing the GS500 redlines in 4th at over 100 mph making it a good highway passing gear.  I think folks that complain about the highway performance of the GS forget they are riding a 6 speed, or they're just lazy riders.   

Quote from: pres589 on April 11, 2007, 09:18:15 AM

Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on April 11, 2007, 09:00:28 AM
Everyone who complains about the GS at 80mph has obviously never driven my 4cyl 2.3L I-4 '93 Mustang. That thing had no balls above 60mph, and since it was an automatic, I was stuck.

I'm not sure how this is pertinent to the discussion.  You owning a car with not a lot of power doesn't seem to really matter when we're talking about GS500's, right?

I was stating that people have been spoiled by cars with large displacement, and good automatic transmissions. The GS passes just fine in 6th, even  better in 5th, and would probably be great in 4th (Never tried.. but now I will, thanks Jack!). Either people are spoiled, they have unrealistic expectations of passing speeds on the interstate, or they're too lazy to shift from 6th to 5th and back again, in which case, they should just buy the SV1K (dead sexy bike) so they can have the roll on torque in any gear...

duck.