personally I would take the gs500. Good starter bike plus it's newer and should be easier to find parts for if you need to. My personal opinion on the looks goes to the gs500 as well. As for the weight well obviously a lighter bike is going to be a bit easier to handle. May save you from dropping it in some cases as all beginners either do or almost drop their bikes. I know I almost did and the only thing that kept me from doing so is that my bike at the time only weighed just over 300 lbs so I could man handle it. They both sound like good starter bikes to me. As long as you are carefull either way.
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