Low Mileage 84 or 85 Suzuki GSXR400 on Ebay

This entry has been published on May 4, 2010 and links to eBay may have been updated to point to similar bikes of interest.

It looks like a nice project GSXR400 has appeared on Ebay. Lets start with the model year. I don’t know if the seller just mistyped and didn’t proofread or just does not know but this is not a 1993 model. It is either an 84 or 85 model and I don’t believe there was any technical differences between the two years. The bike does have a title so that is definitely a plus. From looking at the pictures the bike has taken a slide or two but nothing too major. Mileage wise, they are listing 3,500 miles (possibly KM’s?). Either way that is extremely low for a bike that old. I always question older bikes with really low mileage. Nothing against the sellers but as a buyer you have to be weary. Other than the scrapes it looks like the bike was taken care of from the pictures.

From the auction:

THIS IS VERY GOOD RUNING CONDITION SUZUKI 400 CC VERY RARE COLLECTOR BIKE INPORT FROM JAPAN WITH TITLE READY TO RIDE TIRES ARE CRACK BIKE RUNS SOME PLASTIC DAMAGE SHOW ON PIC

In a perfect world I like more info on grey market imports but you have to work with what you have. I said project earlier because this bike will really take a good looking over and probably some amount of disassembly to make sure everything is cool. Would you ride on a bike that old without seeing everything with your own eyes? Once it is broken down it will take a little work to track down the needed parts. I personally enjoy this detective work during rebuilds. You will head into the garage in the Fall and emerge in the Spring with a nice unique little bike. There might not be too many willing to take that sort of project on so you might catch a deal on the auction (depending if a reserve is set of course). .