new bike is NOICE!

Oh I am in love!!!

I was nervous from the shop to the end of the street... and then I realised
how beautifully responsive the GS500F is - wow...and I lost my heart to my
new bike, hee hee. Having only ever ridden my GPX and the CB250s at Stay
Upright, it was a little nerve-wracking to be on something brand new (and
totally my responsibility, eeek!).

Feels fantastic - smooth, comfortable, not too different from the GPX in
terms of size, despite the extra 50kgs... my feet are just a little further
from the ground, which I am very aware of at the moment, and the reach to
the bars is a little farther and wider, and also little higher. Feels
different but not uncomfortable. The gears are a dream - so smooth - and the
front end is a LOT more responsive and feels a lot more stable.

I think I am going to be VERY happy!

betty, on cloud 9

 

This is all very well Betty... where the **** is our beer?

Johno

Woohooo... glad you happy with the new toy mate

 

Congrats!

Theo

 

Well it goes without saying that there is virtual beer for all - my shout
<grin>

betty

 

nuff sed

P

 

Be careful... that Johno guy just wants you for your beer wenching
abilities!


G-S


PS Congrats on the new bike

 

Congratulations!

 

Shhhh mate, we need her at the soopers


Johno

Beer? next one Betty will fetch!

 

If a GS500F makes you feel like like, you`ll have an endless stream of
orgasms is you ever ride a blackbird.

 

lol, the fact that my feet won't touch the ground will only increase the
toe-curl factor, is that right? <evil grin>

short betty

 

Dunno; being a parallel twin, the vibes might be in all the right
places... (runs and hides)


Bill_h

 

dont know...im 6'3"

 

If vibes is what you're after, try a 20 minute spin on the Yamaha MT-01.
It was 'interesting' for the first 5 minutes, painful for the next 10,
and then everything went numb after that.

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'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
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Do they vibrate that much ?

 

There are worse bikes for shortarses then a budgie. If you can touch on
the GS you can touch on the b-bird. The weight however...

JL

 

Does the weight of the bike matter? It's got two wheels and an engine.
It moves itself from place to place

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

In my view it matters, on long trips a solid bike is less prone to buffeting
by cross winds and trucks (My 285 kg K1100LT works well loaded up for long
trips) on shorter coffee shop runs a light nimble bike that can be thrown
from side to side in the twisties is very handy (less than 200 KG is about
right).

Boxer

 

not vibrate...but the earth does move when you ride one.

 

AND - speaking as a shortarse lightweight.... yes, it matters a lot - not
the weight itself but where it feels as if it is. Tall people mightn't
notice it so much, but the GS feels a LOT more top-heavy than the GPX. When
I'm moving it's not a problem, but when I'm super-slow or stopped, it really
is an issue that takes a bit of getting used to. Things like reversing into
a parking space (especially on a slight hill), putting the side stand up (or
down), stabilising myself while I put it into gear - yes, all issues because
the distribution of the bike's weight is so very different. And of course
I'm a novice, so that's an added disadvantage That lack of confidence
thing is a real shit. Some people might call it "recognising my
limitations", which would mean it was a pretty positive thing, ha ha, but to
me it is just sweat-inducing, heart-rate-raising stuff that I don't like -
YMMV...

Of course, I will get used to it - every day seems easier. Soon I will feel
as comfortable on the GS as I did on the GPX.

betty

 

SO they do vibrate some of your then ?