Craigslist Quickie
2000 Suzuki TL1000R
Miles: 16,250
Second Owner
Clean Title
Charlestown, NH
$4,500
SELLER
For sale is a 2000 model year Suzuki TL1000R, 16,250 miles with like new tires, Yoshimura RS-3 exhaust, polished frame, steering dampener, rear seat and rear cowl.
Mechanically sound, some cosmetic blemishes, runs strong.
Trades considered for 4×4 atv, jeep, commuter car.
This high torque machine is collectible and a blast to ride.
Type: Four-stroke, 90-degree V-Twin, liquid cooled, DOHC
Displacement: 996 cm3
Bore X Stroke: 3.9×2.6 in OR 99 mm
Compression Ratio: 11.7:1
Horsepower: 134/9500 KW(hp)/RPM
Torque: 78/7500 lb-ft/RPM OR 106/7500 Nm/RPM
Fuel System: Electronic Injection
TRANSMISSION SPECS
Gearbox: 6-Speed, manual
Clutch: Wet multi-disc, manual
Primary Drive: –
Final Drive: Chain
CHASSIS SPECS
Frame: Twin-Spar Aluminum
Front Suspension: Inverted telescopic fork, 115mm travel
Rear Suspension: Adjustable monoshock, 125mm travel
Front Brake: Dual 320mm discs
Rear Brake: Single 220mm
DIMENSION SPECS
Overall Length: 82.6 in OR 2098 mm
Overall Width: 29.1 in OR 739 mm
Seat Height: 32.5 in OR 826 mm
Wheelbase: 55.3 in OR 1405 mm
Ground Clearance: 4.7 in OR 119 mm
Weight: 434 lbs OR 197 kg
Fuel Capacity: 4.5 gallons OR 17.0 L
RSBFS
Looking through our archives at other TL1000Rs I found a few notes worth repeating. According to Fargin, a RSBFS reader that commented on a post in 2013 “I owned and raced a TL back in the 90s. The main issue with the bike was the rotary damper in the back. Nothing you did to it seemed to make any changes to the damping. The cure was to fit an Ohlins conversion on the back end. Once you did this, the bike was great. The motor was fun, responded well to tuning and it made great noises. It steered heavilt, but it was a big bike. The bike was a lot of fun”
Then in 2019 Tad reported that the “Suzuki TL1000R was famously underwhelming when released. It was a bit too fat, didn’t handle as brilliantly as the Italian competition, and while it looked appropriately Suzuki-ish, styling wasn’t considered a high point. Sort of like the designers were watching a lot of platypus porn while they were styling the bike… In fact, all of the would-be Ducati challengers basically fizzled, but several, including the Honda RC51 and the TL1000R, have since managed to become cult-classics.”
When the seller says that the bike is a blast to ride, it just makes me smile.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
