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+--- Thread: found a learner bike! (/showthread.php?tid=2699)
found a learner bike! - Sijray21 - 08-28-2005
1995 GS500e with a little under 5k on the odo.
Just rode it home from DC earlier today
I think i'll be riding it once i get the registration and gear squared away, but mostly just on the weekends. Playing it safe till i build up some confidence on her.
- Feersty - 08-28-2005
Damn son, how was the ride back from DC?
- Ginger - 08-28-2005
w3rd!
Lets go riding!
- Sijray21 - 08-28-2005
the ride from DC actually wasn't too bad, but i did realize how people never saw me so i left my hi-beam on and used the horn in traffic going through GT
getting used to the throttle i stalled out twice (once in GT at an intersection). I found it very easy to ride back though. I just followed my mom in my car since she knows the DC roads. I just took side roads and haven't traveled on the interstate yet, but i rode on the ffx parkway.
I already have my M-license
, so i'm up for riding once i get the bike registered tomorrow or whenever i get the chance.there are some minor things that need fixing. The previous owner included a battery charger, oil, and a spare chrome handle bar. I need to replace the throttle grip since it's not really there (see picture). There is also a key stuck in the gas tank, but i can still turn it with a needle-nose pair of pliers.
Good thing i didn't buy the SV650 yet though, looks like this is a good amount of power and moderate seating position for me right now.
- Ginger - 08-28-2005
Rock on. I'm off every weekend and know some decent places to head out to. The highway's not so bad when you get out there; everybody's headed in the same direction and the bike gets really stable. I never had my GS up at that speed, though, so I'm not sure what kind of top end they've got.
h00ray for MM bikes!
- Sijray21 - 08-28-2005
i actually think it's a 6-speed...kinda surprising. I thought it was a 5, but i managed to bump it up a notch while cruising at 55mph on the parkway. So it has higher speed cruising capabilities.
it's also a twin!
- ScottyB - 08-28-2005
never thought the day would come :lol:
looks good dude, go out there and enjoy it while its warm!
- Mike - 08-28-2005
grats!
- Evan - 08-28-2005
nice homemade tags!
congrats
- CaptainHenreh - 08-29-2005
GS500 was a great choice! Excellent bike. Congratulations.
- JackoliciousLegs - 08-29-2005
be safe
- MSPxavier - 08-29-2005
geez Jay...we were just talking about you find that SV650 Saturday night and you go out the next day and buy a bike. I saw the posting on craigslist...good find. We will have to ride together...once i figure out what i am going to do.
- Sijray21 - 08-29-2005
MSPxavier Wrote:geez Jay...we were just talking about you find that SV650 Saturday night and you go out the next day and buy a bike. I saw the posting on craigslist...good find. We will have to ride together...once i figure out what i am going to do.
haha, yeah. I wanted that sv, but this was a good price for a learner's. I test drove it and thought it might be better than spending a lot more on a nicer bike at this point. The miles were just right too. Minimal maintenance and i get to ride sooner
The price and the fact that he accepted credit cards is what sold me. 0% apr > *
- MSPxavier - 08-29-2005
Quote: haha, yeah. I wanted that sv, but this was a good price for a learner's. I test drove it and thought it might be better than spending a lot more on a nicer bike at this point. The miles were just right too. Minimal maintenance and i get to ride sooner
Yeah - that bike has barely been ridden with under 5K for a 95. I am sure you will have a lot fun on that bike and it didn't break the bank either. I want to come over and check it out. Ill give you a call this week.
- ScottyB - 08-29-2005
is it pretty normal to find a bike that old with that few miles on it?
- Ginger - 08-29-2005
Depends.... a lot of folks put less miles on their bike in a year than they do on Reeboks.
- mrbaggio - 08-30-2005
Let's set up a ride.
-Justin
- WRXtranceformed - 08-30-2005
I'd love to take you guys for a ride on some roads out near where I live, I know some really fantastic, open, scenic roads you'd love on a motorcycle. A biker friend of mine and I went for a drive/ride a few weeks ago and had an absolute blast.