Kyle_99_gtp

C's Window Tinting. Craig Holko is the guy's name, he does commercial building window tint and cars. He's a great guy, I actually just dropped my car off with him one Sunday afternoon and he had it done in a few hours. He's in the Cortland, OH area. Let me find his business card and I'll get you his number.

nice HDR shots of some nice cars! what program are you using?

Last fall I went on a few rides through the Calcutta/East Palestine area down in to WV, then followed the river to outside of PGH and back then went back into Ohio. There's a lot of really nice roads down there. Unfortunately most of my riding is on commuting on I-77/I-76

The main site works but the forum doesn't work for me.

I had mine done for $180, but it would be about a 45 minute drive for you. The tint looks great though, and it's the high quality stuff, not the tint that turns purple after 5 years... Doors are 35%, rear 1/4 glass and back window are 20%.

I've been getting a 404 error for the last 5 days or so, has anyone else on there had the same problem? -Kyle

In my sig pic? It doesn't look like it's doing a rwd burnout to me? The back wheel has more white around just from the blur effect I think is what you're seeing. It'll do the fronts though (the back of the car is jacked up with springblockers to keep it from squatting on launches)

haha well thanks.

They were a pita to install though, I had to cut the base of the light down so the lens would fit flush, and the wires are color-coded incorrectly. I also had to replace the connector and resolder all the wires. The quality was complete crap but it looks good now that its working.

haha why do you say that?

Well I cleaned up my bike some, did some paint repair on the left fairing (filler/touchup, wetsanding, polishing) to the damage done by the previous owner, then gave the bike a nice wash and wax. I also got some new graphics, which look pretty good in my opinion. First, I replaced the "SUZUKI" graphics on the fairings with reflective white. They look stock during the day but at night they are highly reflective, and being seen is always a good thing I also got carbon fiber engine cover graphics, with reflective blue "SUZUKI" logos on them as well, and a pair of the Suzuki "S" logo in carbon fiber to go over the brushed aluminum on the gas tank. I'll get some picture of the "S" on the gas tank some other time. I ordered them slightly too small and they don't cover the brushed aluminum completely. All the graphics are from houseofgrafx.com, which I have been using for all my graphic's needs for about 4 years. All the vinyls on my car are also from houseofgrafx, and they are still holding up great after spending winter in Ohio for their entire lives. You can get just about anything you want made there as well. The motor case graphics were a custom job but can now be found on the website. Once I find a carbon fiber slip on can I think everything will be tied together nicely. If I can't be fast I might as well be nice to look at as I putt around Here's a picture for reference to what my bike looked like when I got it (minus wheel tape):

Haha well it's not like I want to try to pretend it's fast or anything (I love seeing GSF's with big "R" stickers on them, cant help but laugh), but I'm stuck with it until I get out of school (at least 2 more years). I just want it to be a bit more enjoyable to ride/nicer to look at. In my opinion the stock can looks goofy, it's too big for such a small bike. I'd really like to get a Daytona 675 or a R6 but I've got to get through school and get a decent job first. Plus I'm giving the GS to my girl once I get a new bike and I know she's going to want it to look good like a boss.

Haha yeah, when the bike got put away for the winter so did all my thought processes about anything bike related. It's too depressing to think about!

I'd like to go out to western PA this summer. So far I've only gone on 2 longer rides, both to the Calcutta/East Liverpool area, into WV for about 5 miles, then heading back home through PA.

I just came from Canton for the weekend, otherwise I'd try to make it out. I gotta meet some of you NEO guys who know where the good roads are, I'm tired of riding on freakin highways all the time.

Thanks for the welcomes everyone!

Thanks! Nelson has some fun roads, Nelson Road before it crosses 422 has few nice turns. I'm up that way a lot actually, my girlfriend god to Hiram College. You're not missing anything in Southington though Where do you ride in PA? I've got a lot of family in the New Castle/North Jackson area, there's a lot of nice places to ride over that way.

The GS is nice because its easy on the wallet (price, gas, and insurance) and they're not too bad looking either. You have any pictures of it? I like full fairing bikes, but naked GS's look pretty good.

Thanks, and yeah, I'm one of those "attention to detail" kind of guys. I'm in Canton for school right now, but I live in Southington. Looking to move to the Akron/Cuyahoga Falls area sometime in the late summer early fall.

Hello everyone! I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Kyle, and I own a 2004 GS500F. I signed up on here when I got the bike last fall but forgot all about this forum It's nothing special, but it's my first bike and I love it for that reason. So far I've concentrated on the way the bike looks, since it's not really a fast bike to begin with. I'm the second owner of the bike and when I got it, it needed a new rear tire, the front fairing was messed up a little and the left fairing also had some damage. I was told the bike was never dropped, but instead hit the tracks on someone's garage door...Anyhow I went to work pretty quickly on fixing it up. Replaced the rear tire with a Metzeler Lasertec and changed the oil, then got to riding. Since then I've replaced the front fairing, and replaced the rear fairings with blue colormatched fairings from a 2005. It looks a lot better than the pearlish white that was stock. Got some nice carbon fiber bar ends as well. I installed "carbon fiber" flush mounts on the front and got a Clear Alternatives LED tail/brake light with integrated turn signals for the rear, Got reflective wheel tape for the wheels, chopped up the part of the rear fender in the back to clean it up and relocated some reflectors. I'd like to get CF brake and clutch levers and a CF tank guard as well. As far as the motor goes, it's not really a fast bike, but I did install a K&N filter, I'm looking for a CF slip on pipe, and I plan on rejetting the carbs once I find a pipe. I'm also going to go with a -1/+1 sprocket setup. It should be a bit quicker then. Even though it's pretty slow for a bike it's a blast to ride in the twisties. Here's a few pictures of the progress so far... Here's what it looked like when I first got it (except the wheel tape): And here's how it sits now: Anyhow, I look forward to talk with everyone here and maybe even going on some rides. My dad is also a bike guy, he has a 2000 V-max and 2006 (I think) FJR1300, and I'm sure he'd like to get out and put some miles on his bikes too.