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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2635 Auburn, AL Gender:	93 GS 500e 08/01/16 at 18:02:02 Is this a fair deal and a good bike to have? http://montgomery.craigslist.org/mcy/5711879799.html
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Steve H Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1223 Spartanburg, SC Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #1 - 08/01/16 at 18:27:37 Dunno...it says page not found.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #2 - 08/01/16 at 18:29:11 Same here...but I like the cow!
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2635 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #3 - 08/01/16 at 18:52:09 Sorry. Try now. Fixed it.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #4 - 08/01/16 at 19:03:27 The ad says $800 and $900. Sounds like a fair deal if it runs ok. Like the ad says, go through the carbs. http://gstwin.com/
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #5 - 08/01/16 at 19:12:57 MILEAGE?
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2635 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #6 - 08/01/16 at 19:21:08 Not sure. I text owner...ad says 12, I can only assume it is 12000 at that age. We'll see...
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2635 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #7 - 08/01/16 at 19:46:15 Confirmed. 12,000 miles
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Re: 93 GS 500e
Reply #8 - 08/01/16 at 19:52:50

Having been around since Adam was an embryo, the Suzuki GS500E may be a trusty workhorse but it tends not to inspire passion in riders due to drab handling, gutless performance, dreadful finish and its perpetual association with L plates. The GS500E looks ok and they’re dirt cheap but, for a few hundred pounds more, you can do a lot better these days…

Did some looking..

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Re: 93 GS 500e
Reply #9 - 08/02/16 at 04:00:10

A 23 year old motorcycle will likely need a bit of care....rubber parts will most likely be pretty weathered, and some may need to be replaced. Especially since the sun fading may be an indication that this bike sat outside for an extended period.

Still.....cheap bike projects can be really fun. My little 250 Ninja came with a blown motor for $ 250. I bought a 2,700 mile engine from a crashed bike for $ 600, put on a set of tires....and for less than $ 1,000 I have a really fun little sport bike!

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Re: 93 GS 500e
Reply #10 - 08/02/16 at 06:30:25

I would say that $800 is a fair price. Like others have said, most of the rubber might need replaced. One of the first things to look at while cleaning the carbs is to look at the condition of the rubber boots on the carbs. Any cracks in the boots will make it run bad.

I have never rode the GS 500E so can't comment on them> I do have a 83 GS 450E (older brother to the 500) and it is very nimble. The 450 and the 500 are the same motor. the difference is in the heads. On the 450, the exhaust ports angle out so the headers go outside the down tubes while the ports on the 500 angle in so the headers go inside the down tubes.

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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #11 - 08/02/16 at 06:51:41 Solid little motorbikes that run forever but a bit dreary. A great bike if you just want to get somewhere. Fun factoid: with the headers off, the front of the engine looks like a robot owl.
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Re: 93 GS 500e
Reply #12 - 08/02/16 at 07:16:59

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/01/16 at 19:52:50:

Having been around since Adam was an embryo, the Suzuki GS500E may be a trusty workhorse but it tends not to inspire passion in riders due to drab handling, gutless performance, dreadful finish and its perpetual association with L plates. The GS500E looks ok and they’re dirt cheap but, for a few hundred pounds more, you can do a lot better these days…

Did some looking..

Betcha $50 it outruns and out corners a Savage. Performance, like many things, is relative
I used to ride with a guy who had one, when I had my Ninja 500, and while I could leave him on a straight, that aluminum frame doesn't flex like the steel frame of a Ninja 500 does

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #13 - 08/02/16 at 07:25:46 Art Webb wrote on 08/02/16 at 07:16:59: Betcha $50 it out corners a Savage. Not taking that bet... My JD5400 backhoe out corners your average Savage. Gotta love independent rear brakes... Stomp a pedal, decrease the turning radius by 80% or so... 😈
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 93 GS 500e Reply #14 - 08/02/16 at 09:05:02 Yep, pivoting on one wheel is a quick turn.. Kinda hard on the rubber, but both tires are new ish , so I don't look back and see chunks ripped off. Mid 80s Ford 545, 12,860 pounds of handy stuff.
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