GSXR500 ?? is there such a thing?

[Sparky]

My mate says there is and i say there isnt!!!!!

however some people with a GS500E with a sports kit like to call there bikes gsxr's even though they are not.

am i right or him??

Ive also added to my argument that there a common first bike but thats all, nothing special to the GS500E thats why there cheap as chips!

hmmmmm


deal be the blow to the ribs fellas!
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[JonB]

There is a GS500F which was introduced last year, exactly the same as a GS500e with a fairing, in the style of a GSXR.

Here is a picture...

https://www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/2005_bike_pics/GS500F.jpg
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[instigator]

No, the gsxr style fairing does not turn a gs500e into a gsxr!!! Thats quite laughable.....

The kits your talking about are form brazil, and look like this:

https://home.wanadoo.nl/jk.geijteman/pics/kit/blue1.jpg

And although they DO have gsxr style letters emblazoned on the side sometimes, they dont change the fact that its a gs500e with an ancient engine

[Kickstart]

Hi

Think it takes more than a fairing to convert a steel framed, air cooled commuter bike into a sports bike.

However it is possible that there was a GSXR500. The USA got a model called GSXR600 several years before the UK, and some bikes sold as a 600 in the UK were sold as a 500 in the USA (the FZR600 was sold as a 500 in the USA for a while, probably because the FZ750 was a 700cc bike for a few years to avoid import tariffs, and a 600 was too close to 700cc). Never heard of a GSXR500, but it is entirely possible.

All the best

Keith
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[mchaggis]

https://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/GSX/GSX500ES/1984_GS500ES_Finland_500.jpg

Can't see any evidence that a GSX-R 500 ever existed, but a GSX500 used to. 1984 that one.
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[Silver]

Nothing listed on here which has all Suzuki models.

[BlueNinja]

Conclusion: No, there is not a GSXR500
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[Sparky]

WOOOHOO!!!

I win then!!

Cheers Gentlemen, a job well done to all that posted, give yourselves a pat on the back!!
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