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