Hi,
New guy here from NH.
Just traded a friend for a 89 500E and a 2004 500F.
The 89 hasgood motor, 2000mi on it, PO hit a black bear, front end messed up.
The 04 has 18000mi, PO never checked the oil, siezed up and went down on the highway, no title, so I got some swapping and fixing uppin to do.
Happy to be here !

Welcome to the club mab32.  Sounds like you got a pretty good deal there.  Enjoy and remember if you need anything, this is the place to find the answer.

Ride safe

27 years old, married, one child, live in northern Minnesota. Used to ride dirt bike and 4 wheelers. In law enforcement. 1989 gs.

hawaiianGS,
Thanks for the welcome !

Hey knowles, welcome to the forum. Hope you have time to enjoy riding some before the winter sets in.

erik, from the netherlands! 32 years old, got an gs500 from 93, love it. Did a lot of things:

- revised both brakes
- both brake lines  hardened
- change rear suspension to gsx 600f suspension
- dogbones for maximum rear height (looks nice)
- changed front sprocket <1 smaller
- dyno 3 (k&n airfilter & dynoject needles)

I runs great!

Hello Guys and gals,

Steve, 31 years old from Wales, just picked up a tidy little 2004 GS500 E with 25k miles on the clock, hoping this is my way back into biking after neglecting it so many years back.

Bike is in OK condition gonna need some love and care over the next year to bring it upto scratch and i'm going to be picking everyones brains on how to do it

btw nice to meet you all

My name is Kyle. I am a student at Georgia Southern in Statesboro Georgia. I ride an 02 gs500e. I look forward to learning as much as I can on these forums.

Thanks for putting together this great forum.

I just picked up a 1998 GS500E last Friday and am looking forward to getting out and getting riding!  It's my first bike since almost forever and so far its been great to me.  I was concerned with the stories of the GS500 being cold-blooded, but even after sitting for a day or two in the non-heated garage, it fired right up.

Can't wait to keep digging through the archives and learning more about my bike.

Thanks.

yep. I am Justin. I live in Frederick, MD. Just picked up a 2006 GS500.

Hi there, I am Brian from Victoria in Australia. New to motorcycling and own an 09 GS500F.

Quote from: Grunter on November 16, 2011, 01:28:22 PM
Hi there, I am Brian from Victoria in Australia. New to motorcycling and own an 09 GS500F.

Hi Brian welcome, please throw a pic of your ride up and come and say g'day in the aussie section.

Hello all,

My name is Mark and I'm from Boston. I just picked up a 2005 GS500F last week. I normally ride a supermoto, but decided to add the GS to go on longer rides. So far I really like the ride. It feels like a Caddy compared to my SM.

Mark

61yr old consumer products designer.
Live in NH with the wife, 5 dogs, a cat, a rat, 5 chickens and 2 goats.
Got an 81 GS1100E, 75 Kawi KH100, 08 Yami VStar1300.
Just got hold of two GS500's and 89 and an 04 so I'm building one running 500 over the winter.
Have gotten great info here .

28 yr old married guy from Central Illinois.

Just got a '93 GS500 in need of some TLC this summer.  Already done a ton of work, and this community has been a great help.

I am in Australia. Had an old CB400 import which was looking a fair bit tired. So I got a GS instead. Mainly use it to ride to work.

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Hey i am Luby. I am 22 male. New rider in south central Pennsylvania. first bike 1995 gs500e

The names John , better known as Bear .... making the change to bikes from racing lawn mowers ... 91 GS 500E slingshot ... first road bike and looking forward to many , many rides with my best mate Smeggles....

Quote from: Fruitbat on December 05, 2011, 03:52:24 AM
I am in Australia. Had an old CB400 import which was looking a fair bit tired. So I got a GS instead. Mainly use it to ride to work.

What kind of Cb400? A 75 to 77 or the later model? Either way, welcome to the site!

And welcome Bear and Ajluby!