I keep having this happen; I'll be buying something in a store and the clerk will ask if I 'ride a sportbike'. Usually they just want to buy one, but I still feel like an idiot when I say "well..... kinda...". So what do you say? Yes? No? Kinda? Or the full "It's a sport-standard with less displacement than most sportbikes but similar styling..."?

Those type: I just say 'yes'  they wouldn't know the difference between a 500f and a gixxer if it bit em on the nuts.

If it's someone who rides.  I (used to) ride a GS500.  Half of em think it's a pretty nice bike overall

"Nope.. I ride a standard.. better gas mileage, cheaper insurance, just as much fun"

I just tell people it's a standard sport bike without all the expensive plastic covering up the engine and frame. 

Most of the guys who called mine a sportbike were cruiser owners.   I gave up explaining that it was a "standard" because I only got blank looks.   Then I used to say, "It WISHES it was a sportbike" and just smile.

I also used to have teen guys alongside the road motioning for me to wheelie as I was passing them...as if!   

"Nope. It's a naked"

James

The GS *is* a sportsbike!

To make a car analogy, it's more like a Miata, MG or Triumph than a Ferrari, BMW, or Lambo.

There are different kinds of sportbikes.

-b.

when i had the 89 i'd say a "standard" now that i have the F model i say yes to sport

Well I guess it is a sportbike, but not a crotchrocket. Unless people ask, then I usually go into the speel of "Well the GS was a standard bike until 2004, when the put fairings on it, to make it look sportier". I myself consider the GS500F a sheep in wolves clothing.

JG

Quote from: bosozoku on July 17, 2007, 04:19:00 AM
The GS *is* a sportsbike!

To make a car analogy, it's more like a Miata, MG or Triumph than a Ferrari, BMW, or Lambo.

There are different kinds of sportbikes.

-b.

good analogy

i have a problem !! here in puerto rico there are 100 of 1000 of delivery man on motorcycle ! they use rebel 750 honda 939, gs500e , kawasaki (neaked one 1000), small cruser, and that kind of bikes. i got the problem that everybody ask me if I am a delivery man. I hate people say to me that . all delivery bikes are all damage, dirty, they are fixed with home remedies. I think you catch the idea of the looks of that bikes. mine is clean and shiny everitime. i just say NO with a bad expression in my face !

and on shops when people ask me what kind of motto I have I said A small gsx a 500 naked sport ! if thay ask more so I explain that is a gs500 . the same but without the X and a little les power!

"I ride a naked sport bike.  No plastics."  That usually works for me.

Frankie , u sed , the 89 , u sed naked . now its a 04 , u say sport , so some how u think some plastics make it a sport? i think mine looks like a bad arse naked.  and when it gets repainted , doubt ud no it was a gs straight away , unless uve had one lol

It's usually cruiser or HD folks that call suzi a crotch rocket.

We'll talk about standards and cruisers, maybe we'll swap bikes for a while.

(this is of course only the cool guys)

Then they'll understand what a standard is.

They usually say something like "Hey, it's pretty peppy for a 500 !" or "Man, you really don't have to rev the bejeebis out of it to have fun!"

This from guys with +1000cc machines.

Quote from: ohgood on July 17, 2007, 02:10:57 PM
It's usually cruiser or HD folks that call suzi a crotch rocket.

We'll talk about standards and cruisers, maybe we'll swap bikes for a while.

(this is of course only the cool guys)

Then they'll understand what a standard is.

They usually say something like "Hey, it's pretty peppy for a 500 !" or "Man, you really don't have to rev the bejeebis out of it to have fun!"

This from guys with +1000cc machines.

MMMM 1000+ MASS METAL IN BETWEEN MY LEGS! sounds soo fun

commuter that tours.
In the end no matter what you do to it, its not a sports bike it just does a good impersonation of one

Quote from: Jay_wolf on July 17, 2007, 02:01:16 PM
Frankie , u sed , the 89 , u sed naked . now its a 04 , u say sport , so some how u think some plastics make it a sport?

everyone knows plastics make your bike faster  . i think he means that since it has fairings he can't call it a naked anymore. like boso said a miata is a sport car but its not a Ferrari, some people consider the gs a "sport" bike but that doesn't mean they think it's a super sport.

I see . i recon my naked it faster than his 04 lol

some1 of you think that a bike that can reach 130mph stock. and much more with some mods, 6 gear trans, power enough to do a wheele (not recomended), etc... is not a sport tbike? what you think !!! its a cruiser.. lol i want to see you do a wheelie an a Warrior or a Bulevar jejejeje. or running a constant speed of 110 mph on the highway. i got a yamaha 650xs special. and in speed over 100mph i just can't control the bike bc the way I am sitting on it ...

so its a sport bike, less power than super sport bikes but still a sport one !

the MX bikes come from 50cc to 600cc and all of them still MX (scrambers)

I was having some chain problems the day after I got caught in the rain.A guy comes over to me while I'm fueling and ask me what my bike is.Remember I don't have any logos on my bike,except the suzuki over the R1 tail light and the S on the 2004 fuel tank.I told him it was an advanced PITA(Pain In The Ass).He looked at me funny and said,"that's the same thing as a cafe racer,right?"I told him no,it's a factory stripped down sport bike.He looked at me funny again,said his good bye,and left even more confused.The looks were priceless.