I had a gs550es in 2006/7 it was the same age as me.
Well I had it till I got caught on a provisional licence and no insurance and it had a close to illegal rear tyre.
Surprisingly they didn't confiscate the bike on the spot, but they did say that if I was caught riding it again they'd throw the book at me, so I pushed it down the road abit waited a good while to see the coast was clear and rode the bike home like I'd stole it.
Not my best period of life but I learnt my lesson and got my licence.
I got the bike home without further incident then decided to stop me from riding it I'd strip it and rebuild it, well the strip down went well enough and I was cleaning things up and starting to rebuild it when funds ran out to complete the job so it got sidelined