GSXS 1000 - Mofo's Gixxus

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Did about 100 miles this morning, left about 05:30, home about 07:30, Ipswich - Beccles - Bungay - Ipswich, roads were nice and quiet, had breakfast at Beccles

[Supermofo]

Maybe miss it out then, just do Manningtree and then go north west from there

If you go from Manningtree to Harwich there are two good roads, the back way through Ramsey (tight and twisty) and the main road to Horsley Cross (wide sweeping bends).

You could go Mannigtree, Harwich, Walton/Frinton/Clacton and then use the A120 to get back to the A12, if you go through Thorpe Le Soken watch out for the huge pot holes in the High Street.
experience.

Cheers for that, having a look at the map I reckon I'll come in via Heybridge, cut under Colchester, down on the b roads towards St Osyth, left to Thorpe Le Soken and follow the twisty road towards Harwich, cut left again before Harwich proper and take the Ramsey road to Manningtree

Did think of doing the coast road but looks dead straight and presumably will be busier.

After a stop in Manningtree I'll decide where next, probably stick with the plan of Hadleigh/Sudbury

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Did you get a mushroom in your puncture or have you still got the plug in it?
Only asking because I had to pull the nail out of mine today, you could hear the air hissing out, turned out to be a 3 inch nail, put a plug in, which appears to be holding air.

[Supermofo]

Did you get a mushroom in your puncture or have you still got the plug in it?
Only asking because I had to pull the nail out of mine today, you could hear the air hissing out, turned out to be a 3 inch nail, put a plug in, which appears to be holding air.

I've still got the sticky plug in it that the AA put in. Seems to be holding up fine. Bike had been sitting almost a month since I last checked pressures as only ridden it once I think till yesterday. Both front and back needed 2 psi so I think the plug is still doing it's job fine. I've done a fair mileage since the puncture. Didn't see the point in shelling out for a proper plug as I'm going to get new tyres in spring.

[Supermofo]

You may recall back in April I was a twat and let my seat fall off the side causing a small split in the vinyl. Been searching for a 2nd hand seat since. All the ones I've found are pretty poor condition or fairly pricey. Then the other week I read on the GSXS forum that the later 21 onwards model (face-lift) seat fits, including the cosmetic upgrade seat. An OE seat for mine is £186! This is a new 2021 upgrade seat from a Suzuki dealer for £130.
It's a tighter fit than standard but in some ways is better as the OE seat left a gap between the front and rear seats, whereas this is now gone. Think fit at the front is fine.
Seat itself is made from...something that looks a bit leather ish. Looks nice I think and has a GSXS logo embossed on it. Was worried the red stitching would clash with the blue but the 'S' in GSXS is in red so think it works. I like it, and it's a Suzuki part.
I had planned to get the OE seat turned into a comfort seat for longer trips but will see how this is first. On the GSXS forum some people say this is more comfy than the OE seat.

OE seat


New seat





In other news I washed it the other week ready for hibernation, hence the missing belly pan. I'm still planning on giving the underneath of the engine and the cat a good going over with GT85 before replacing the belly pan.

Battery got removed whilst I was faffing with the seat so that's in the house now for winter charging.

Winter plans are to fit the exhaust end cap I bought back in May!! To replace the damaged one. And fit the R&G radiator guard. Had this a while but waited till the bike was clean first.

And thats it I think till Spring

[ChrisW]

Looks even better than the original seat.

[Skub]

Jolly spiffing old bean.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The seat looks better than the original

[mangocrazy]

The new seat is definitely a visual improvement over the original. If it's comfier as well I'd say that's a result!