gs500

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toroytorero · Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:23 pm

I've been looking into the gs500 and I really like the way it looks but I noticed some people have what looks like a naked version but all that shows up on the suzuki site are one with a big fairing.

So do people just take the thing off once they get it or is their another version... ??

thanks

dieziege · #2 Unread post by **dieziege** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:27 pm

There is another version but they stopped selling them in the US back in '04. Shame too 'cause the naked version looks better.

toroytorero · Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:36 pm

a lot better.

ninja79 · #4 Unread post by **ninja79** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:04 pm

odd. I like the plastic. I guess I'm vane.

Anyway, you could get ninja 500 and take of upper fairings.

toroytorero · Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:57 pm

I'm just going to try and hold out and see if I can find a 04 or earlier model to buy. I need a used bike anyhow.

runsilent · #6 Unread post by **runsilent** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:40 pm

toroytorero wrote:I'm just going to try and hold out and see if I can find a 04 or earlier model to buy. I need a used bike anyhow.

Actually the last naked GS500 sold in the US was the 2002 model. There was no 03 sold here and the 04 and later were fully faired. Both are available in other countries.

I'm one who likes them naked and when my 97 GS500 was totalled in July 03, I went out to find a low milage 02 model, last of the nakeds. Don't know what I'll do when it's used up, it's the last of the real bikes sold on our market.

Small but significant changes were made on the 01 GS's like 3 circuit carbs to replace 2 circuit ones and some cam changes that make it much more flexible than previous models were stock. The 01-02 models are the best of the used nakeds. The 04 and newer fully faired ones have the same changes of course.

VermilionX · Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:43 pm

hopefully for you nekkid bike lovers... they release the GSR600 over here in the US.

runsilent · #8 Unread post by **runsilent** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:50 pm

ninja79 wrote:odd. I like the plastic. I guess I'm vane.

Anyway, you could get ninja 500 and take of upper fairings.

I've had a ball with my GS's since I bought the 97 new in March of 99. Put 80k miles on it and now have 40k miles on the 02 I bought with about 4k miles on it. But if I were to buy one new now, I'd get the Ninja 500 instead and pitch the lower chin fairing. Better performance with the Ninja 500 and now it's a little less costly than the GS. Naked GS500 always had a significant price advantage over the EX/Ninja 500.

kellanv · #9 Unread post by **kellanv** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:50 pm

are they at least attempting selling that over here? if thats the case, Im gonna wait to buy a bike till those come out...

VermilionX · Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:54 pm

kellanv wrote:are they at least attempting selling that over here? if thats the case, Im gonna wait to buy a bike till those come out...

aren't you just done w/ your BRC?

im not one to talk about beginner bikes.

but i don't think the GSR 600 is gonna be beginner friendly.