Streetfighter Project-GS500F

[Tyler.M]

So, I bought this bike off of Rex a little while ago and I've just been too lazy to put up a project thread on here. But, seeing as its too cold to ride, class is cancelled and I'm all out of Skyrimz, I might as well do something I've been meaning to do for awhile.

I took the plunge and finally got into motorcycles, and I've loved every second of it. I bought an '08 GS500f that lacked the majority of the fairings, which is fine since I'm going to streetfighter the bike eventually anyways. The bike had 10,295 miles on it when I bought it, and is now sitting at around 10,700. I still have a ways to go before I hit my goal of 10k of personal riding experience (by which point I plan to find a bike that would be a good track rat) so I'm going to do some modifications to the bike to cut my teeth on motorcycle maintenance, and the black art of engine modifications to a carb'd motor. The bike may not be as fast as 600's or anything, and the suspension may be spongy, but its light, and pretty crafty in the corners. Overall, a pretty good beginner bike, and though I'd rather have a fuel injected system, this will be a good learning experience.

Currently, it's pretty ugly. The only things I'm doing until funds free up are just basic maintenance, tuning, replacing tires and making sure everything is road worthy. I did a full oil change last night, and the thing shifts completely smooth now. I might want to upgrade to a sv650s clutch plate eventually.... but I have others things on my mind first.

Pictures, when I got it:


Last night, during the oil change, and as the bike sits now:

Took it for a ride after the change, and I kinda dig the no fairings stuff. I feel like I can see what's in front better, if that makes any sense.