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Gsx-s1000f

  • Thread starter Thread starter Joe Garfield
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You guys were right (as usual) about the oil - it was pretty gross, lots of metal. The bike really smoothed out after an oil change. Now I get to play up to 9,000 rpm. Wow. :)
 
Safety Gear - not seen on that picture of you ?

Safety Gear - not seen on that picture of you ?

Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a proper riding jacket some motorcycle specific boots.
If you want to keep it ..cover it !

www.motorcyclegear.com
 
I had my first motorcycle adventure with the S1000F on Thanksgiving. I took Rt 1 from LA down the coast to Dana Point, then across Route 74 to Palm Springs. 74 has two mountain passes with some really nice, tight turns and ascents/descents. The next day I took an extra loop on Route 243 through Idyllwild (which is on Mt San Jacinto), then back toward 74 and 1.

This bike is totally ridiculous!! It is so much fun!! The bike is much more capable than I am - I was nervous at points during the ride and found myself to be pretty tensed up, but the bike had no problem initiating and maintaining tight linked turns at 55+ mph. That's about as fast as I was comfortable and I know the bike had a lot more in reserve.

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One thing I realized is that I need to do something about the stiff rear shock. It's a monoshock with adjustable rebound damping, but no compression adjustment.

Where do I start?
 
Jedz123 said:
Yeah I heard about break in procedures but I follow this one to the T with my Brand New TU:
http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm
I'm coming up to the 600 mile service which includes a valve adjustment. But I'm bringing it right to red line now. Very responsive, the engine and transmission are both Gems.

Glad to See I'm not the only GSR member buying a brand new Suzuki!!!

Congrats on your gorgeous machine... It really is stunning!

Now that you have a leg (distance) machine you should plan a ride to western NY, I try to make it out that way a couple times a year... Be nice to meet you one of these days Joe!

Congratulations!

Now go pull a wheelie or bring her to 140... That's where the fun begins ;) Enjoy your Gixxer in sheep's clothes!
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All great info. A life long m/c tech told me of this method, along with chopping the throttle at higher rpms, and just letting it coast @ idle with no load, and repeat with your break in procedure. Any thoughts?
 
Don't let your riding be influenced by other riders/drivers! I was following someone and was riding differently than I normally do. The attention I spent focusing on the other rider was attention that was not spent investigating my surroundings and planning escape routes. One second traffic is 60mph, the next time I looked it was stopped. The damage doesn't look that bad - tire is not flat, bumper is not that effed, so I must have bled off a lot of speed...but not all.

I came off the bike over the bars, flipped upside down, and landed against the car on the back of my head and shoulder blades. Somehow, I just stood back up and apologized for damaging the car and waste of their time.

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Sorry to hear, hopefully with it being so new you had full insurance coverage.

Looks like a pretty hard impact if your body made those marks on the car.
 
Glad to hear you're OK. I hope no new pain turns up today. Were you able to pick it up and ride it home?

I nearly did the same thing once on I-275. Not following somebody; I just glanced away for a moment. Bumper to bumper is no place to be on a bike.
 
Joe Garfield said:
Don't let your riding be influenced by other riders/drivers! I was following someone and was riding differently than I normally do. The attention I spent focusing on the other rider was attention that was not spent investigating my surroundings and planning escape routes. One second traffic is 60mph, the next time I looked it was stopped. The damage doesn't look that bad - tire is not flat, bumper is not that effed, so I must have bled off a lot of speed...but not all.

I came off the bike over the bars, flipped upside down, and landed against the car on the back of my head and shoulder blades. Somehow, I just stood back up and apologized for damaging the car and waste of their time.

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Wow!

That's not as bad a damage as I would have thought. You slowed down enough to prevent a BIGGER indentation. Glad you are OK. BTW, did you get yourself evaluated by a doctor? It's a good idea even though you may think there is nothing wrong. Also, you remember the event quite vividly. All the best.


Ed
 
I'm moving out to Oahu and made the very difficult decision to sell the GSX-S1000F. It made it especially more difficult giving the bike to a 'low baller' which felt pretty disgusting, but it still seemed like the sensible decision. I had a ton of fun on that bike including an awesome experience riding up to Yosemite for the GSR rally last year. But Oahu is like 45 miles long with not a lot of roads, and that bike was designed for riding and not looking at scenery.

I was pretty sad about the whole thing. Someone mentioned 'when God closes one door, he opens another." So meet Lili! (named after Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii)
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