gs e was re buying advice needed in article afoi te j janvopv cs cmu edu dale james cs cmu edu writes gs e it s a great bike but you d better be damn careful i got a as my third motorcycle deleta the bike is light for it s size i think it s pounds but heavy for a beginner bike heavy for a beginner bike it is pounds it isn t except maybe in some adman s dream with a full tank it s in the area of lbs depending on year etc you re you should have no problem physically managing it the seat is roughly akin to a plastic coated by very firm to very painful depending upon time in the saddle the and versions had a much better seat imo the bike suffers from the infamous suzuki regulator problem i have so far avoided forking out the roughly for the suzuki part by kludging in different honda regulator rectifier units from junkyards the charging system consistently overcharges the battery i have to refill it nearly weekly this in itself is not so bad but battery access is gained only after removing the seat the tank and the airbox my regulator lasted over miles and didn t overcharge the battery the wiring connectors in the charging path did get toasty though tending to melt their insulation i suspect they were underspecified it didn t help that they were well removed from cool air battery access on the earlier bikes doesn t require tank removal after you learn the drill it s pretty straightforward replacement parts like all suzuki parts are outrageously expensive having bought replacement parts for several brands of motorcycles i ll offer a grain of salt to be taken with dale s assessment good luck and be careful dale sentiments i can t argue with or won t dean deeds deeds vulcan edsg hac com
