I noticed a while ago that the GS500 is no longer on suzuki Australias website and just checked the US one and its no longer on there as well....
I suzuki no longer making the GS500?

    

Huh? I don't know about Australia, but Suzuki hasn't had a new model year of GS500 in the US since 2009. I think Canada had it in 2010.
This post feels 5 years too late.

I knew they havent had a new model in a while but they were still selling them. Are they no longer selling them?

I bought a GS in April/2013(Jan/2013 compliance plate) and was told they were only available now in limited numbers........surprising they lasted that long.

If they replace the 500 with anything even close, it won't be that engine but it will be EFI...that was an easy one 

clearly suzuki is gonna show up the H2R with their version of a parallel twin EFI 1800cc 800cc super charged motorcycle... 

And people thought the TL1000 was the wheelie machine....

Quote from: J_Walker on May 28, 2015, 01:40:15 PM
clearly suzuki is gonna show up the H2R with their version of a parallel twin EFI 1800cc 800cc super charged motorcycle... 

And people thought the TL1000 was the wheelie machine....

http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/10/29/suzuki-recursion-first-look-review-photo-video/
Beg your pardon?

Quote from: Atesz792 on May 28, 2015, 02:40:57 PM

Quote from: J_Walker on May 28, 2015, 01:40:15 PM
clearly suzuki is gonna show up the H2R with their version of a parallel twin EFI 1800cc 800cc super charged motorcycle... 

And people thought the TL1000 was the wheelie machine....

http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/10/29/suzuki-recursion-first-look-review-photo-video/
Beg your pardon?

SUPER CHARGED TWIN? NO CANT BE?! CAN IT?!

I wonder how much I can get for a lung.... 

gijon, spain, factory closed couple years ago and gs500 production ceased. Motors had been all manufactured in Japan. All components left were sent by Suzuki to their Colombia plant where limited assembly was/is going on. Nope, there won't be a new GS500, doesn't seem to fit their Asia market focus.

Only place to get them is on the second hand market. They sell over here pretty cheap, because they have older hardware, and aren't very good bikes gas mileage wise, compared to similar modern technology.

...and they're heavy and old...

Closest suzuki bike out now, is the SFV650, or the GSX-R600.
Also take a look at Honda's CB500F, CB500X or CBR500R.

That line of bull crap is what's getting old, compare the figures once before you call the GS500 too heavy and suggest a current CB500F.

                                 Seat        Curb           Tank
                    WB      Height     Weight       Capacity

02 GS500     55.3"      31.1"       423#        5.3 Gal

CB500F        55.5       30.9          420           4.1

Anyone that puts 17/35T gearing on a GS500 should be comparing their machine to a Schwinn rather than a modern 500cc motorcycle.

"...and they're heavy and old..." 
I assumed this was trolling.  If it wasn't trolling, then it represents what is wrong with the American bike market.  The end-game for every bike of every manufacturer should not be 100 hp, 100 ft-lbs of torque, 400 lb (or lighter), EFI, ABS, traction control and 70 mpg (did I miss one?).  I bought a larger CC bike in 2001 because of the line of bull and it took me until 2008 to see what I was missing.

As to the cancellation of the GS500F in N.A.: I was told from a Suzuki rep (not dealer) who had worked for Suzuki N.A. that the GS500F was victim of the bankruptcy.  Hence it was phased out first in N.A.  They also killed the 1250FA which by the same logic was slow and old?  Sport-touring bikes don't have a great home in the Suzuki lineup right now as a result.  Look instead at engine geometry and genre and you can see they killed their lower profile bikes.

And as a current owner of an SV650S... that's a first bike if you have a death wish. 

Quote from: gsJack on June 07, 2015, 04:57:28 PM
That line of bull crap is what's getting old, compare the figures once before you call the GS500 too heavy and suggest a current CB500F.

                                 Seat        Curb           Tank
                    WB      Height     Weight       Capacity

02 GS500     55.3"      31.1"       423#        5.3 Gal

CB500F        55.5       30.9          420           4.1

Anyone that puts 17/35T gearing on a GS500 should be comparing their machine to a Schwinn rather than a modern 500cc motorcycle.

It works quite well, the 17/35t, not seeing how it connects to the weight comment...

The GS is top heavy, the CCB500F's weight is all on the bottom, which makes a huge difference on the way it handles.

The GS bikes are heavy, and old. The last one made is at least 6 years old, some reaching 10+ years of age; works on older technology, is heavy and clunky, not refined to today's offers.
So don't tell me GS bikes aren't old.

A diamond frame makes a big difference in weight reduction; as well as cutting corners (reducing weight) where it's not necessary.
I'm owning a GS, and ride it from time to time.
I can't deny these truths about them; even if I own the bike, and don't wish them to be true.
Love for a machine may make you not see the negative points it has, and the GS has a lot of them...

I'd be pretty content with a 375LBS bike, with about 25-45HP, 20-30lbft torque, and 70MPG for a mid-class cruiser.
It's not out of the realm of possibilities.
If it wasn't for the sprocket issues, a CB300F comes very close to my ideal bike at 350LBS, 26HP, 17LBft of torque, top speed of close to 100MPH...

The CB500X is very close to a GS500F, in case you can't find a GS; in weight and power; kind of is a better bike all way around.Lighter, faster, ...

 

---And in the end times there was darkness in the cycle markets from across the seas and it seemed every bike was either a GSXR or Harley clone, and gone was the standard bike, and there was great weeping and gnashing of teeth. But verily I say unto you, the great standard bike shall return again one day when a good medium posture bike is needed once again.

Well said Zithro!

+1 !!  That was so cool.