hello all, just bought the gs 2 weeks ago, and this saturday i get the plates

being my first bike and all i'm very excited. she's deffinately a beauty. 1990 gs500e
I've been scouring these forums here gathering information because i know how it is when you have to constantly repeat yourself about stuff. at any rate, just saying hi and i hope to be an active member on here.

Welcome - and - pics or it never happened 

Michael

took it for the maiden voyage today! it was fantastic.

Congrats welcome..soon you'll be talking mod non-sense like the rest of us in no time

It's great when you come across a GS that actually has a paint job aside from the 3 or 4 we see on here constantly.

Yes, I just posted on here asking for pics of a red one and here you are! Any chance of some clearer pics?

Nice.

The mirrors look unusual. Wouldn't mind seeing a closer shot to see how they are mounted.

Michael

hey guys, I'm back.. sooo the first week of riding has been a rough one.. being unfamiliar with bikes, i rode it 30 miles the first week, and loved it. so i figured i was getting low on gas by the clank heard when i knocked on the gas tank and started off for the gas station. halfway there, spit sputter stall..... SOB. go to switch it to the reserve... its already on reserve DOUBLE SOB. *scream to the heavens* so i ended up taking the GS on a walkabout for about half a mile. got to the gas station and filled/primed it and it fired back up.. okey first hick up solved. made sure i switched it back to normal instead of reserve..

now to the second back encounter. had a pretty long week and just wanted to go for a ride, i ended up putting 20 miles on the GS (gotta remember i only have my permit and am confined to my neighborhood) so 20 miles took me about 45 mins to accomplish. started feeling better.. cause this is what I've wanted to do all week, and i get home to find a nail sticking out of my back tire.. *sigh*.     proceeded to the most informative thing i know.. the almighty google. read a couple posts of don't repair bike tires, read a few that said "oh well i plugged mine and rode 170mph for 10k miles and i was fine." etc.. etc. i figure ill plug it for now and see where that goes.

BESIDES THE ROUGHNESS i saw that u guys wanted a couple more pictures so here they are! shes not the youngest girl at the party but she still gives me wood.

idk if the mirrors are in fact different. but i do know that the blinkers are aftermarket.. and were very poorly wired haha... (had to completely rewire and solder all of em) but i like the look so ill keep em









Side note: i think its awesome i got lucky enough for my plate to say GS on it

Looks nice.  I like the paint style.

That could have been my bikes twin, except I painted mine.

Mine is a 1990 as well.

shoulda got a red one. oh well.