First Big bike (with pics)

[Richtea]

Go to go out today for my first proper ride on my new bike, as picked it up on Saturday but have been working since then.

It's a 2006 GS500F, 15000 miles but with the restriction kit, as I'm on A2. Anyway, really pleased with the bike, just right for my commuting journeys but enough poke to have a bit of fun with it when I get the time.

Had a great day today in the sun, and took a couple of pic's. Still trying to decide on what to do with the silver fairing as ideally I'd like to either spray or vinyl wrap it black (the previous owner, a girl, removed the original fairing decals, and replaced them with a few 'Tribal' stickers . Those have obviously been removed but I'll have a think about what to do with the bare silver fairings.
Also want to stiffen up the front suspension soon when I have the money.

But anyway, chuffed with the bike, and a few pics below;
(Yeah, I know the subframes twisted and the power band is the wrong colour )

https://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l586/richtea70/IMG_0330.jpg


https://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l586/richtea70/IMG_0329.jpg

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2005 Honda Varadero 125xl > 2005 GS500F > 2007 DRZ400 SM > 600 Bandit & Yamaha YP250

[HondaRebel125]

Nice bike mate, congrats, better than my wimpy 125 you bugger

[Sako]

i agree, i would get the fairing painted black, stick on a tinted screen and some black levers too!

ps. nice bike!

[pinkyfloyd]

Saw a female instructer that had one of those in the std Suzuki blue and white colours. Looked the part.

Agree with the above though, Do something with that silver.
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[Themightyimp]

Looks nice,I agree about getting the silver painted black.

[sidewinder]

Looks nice now.But with a all black fairing.A right little beast

[FerretFing]

Looks tidy...enjoy

[Richtea]

Thanks for the comments, appreciated.

I think I can get the fairings wrapped for £100, so leaning towards that at the moment rather than spraying. That way, there's always the option to put it back to stock (although at £200+ for a set of stock decals it's not something I'll be doing!).
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2005 Honda Varadero 125xl > 2005 GS500F > 2007 DRZ400 SM > 600 Bandit & Yamaha YP250

[Namso]

Your bike looks amazing for a 500, I want to upgrade to a big bike from my 125 and I've been looking at a lot of faired 600 and 400s for insurance but never looked at a 500 because my first search just showed naked older style bikes (I'm 21 and like fairings lol) but your bike looks so good that I just had a search on eBay and insurance websites and a gs500 is now top of my list. Thanks for sharing. The bike would probably look good all black but it looks quite nice with the silver in the second pic.

[MotorbikerTom]

Nice looking GS! I had one but it was 10 years older than yours so yours looks MUCH neater! The front suspension on the GS's are notoriosly spongey, a set of more progressive springs will set you back around 70 quid but a great addition to the bike
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[recman]

Very handsome machine Richtea, looks well looked after.
Can't imagine getting to this stage yet as I'm only just dipping my toe in the water so to speak, but I'll get there.

[binge]

Looks like a nice bike. Seems a good compromise between a boring commuter, and a sports bike.

I think it looks quite nice as it is. It could look a little bit bland with all the fairings black.


My pal is a sign writer, he's making me up a full set of decals for my 98R1 (Stock decals).
If you are wanting to go down the route of original stickers, depending on how complex they are, my pal may be able to help out.

[J.M.]

I'm not the only one!

https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/485188_371664962868473_100000749172237_1191226_1333737877_n.jpg

Jealous you're riding yours already though; I've got to wait until April the 2nd Not too far now though!

I agree with full black though. Don't like that silver much.
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