Suzuki WSS Glory Days: 2004 Suzuki GSX-R600 Alstare W/700 Miles
Yes, there were actually glory days for Suzuki in WSS. I know it is hard to believe now since Suzuki spends about 25 cents in the class. Does anyone remember Stephane Chambon? He was an absolute joy to watch on the GSX-R. As usual, the Suzuki was a bit underpowered but Chambons’ munchkin size and sheer will kept the Suzuki on pace. If he won a race there were plenty of burn outs and antics. He kept the GSX-R in the top five for several years and actually won the title in 1999. Unfortunately, for the first time in a long time I couldn’t find a good clip on Youtube so you’ll have to be satisfied with this small profile of him from MCN’s page.
I know this bike doesn’t have the allure of our usual posts or the nice pictures. I wanted to include it just for the fact that it only has 700 miles on it and it is completely stock (it is lowered though which is easily reversed). Rare indeed for one of these to survive in this condition. Most are flogged, modified, painted, chromed and god knows what else. By 2004 the Suzuki WSS program was about done (I think Alstare was completely out of WSS) so in reality this is more of a tribute to the liter bike that Suzuki actually had success with but I always consider them a tribute to Chambon. Just a nice little piece of Suzuki race history that has survived the abuse for $4,500. It is on the San Fran Craigslist page waiting for a new home.
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Shouldn’t a 2004 have USD forks?
I think that is a 2001-03 GSXR600. The 2004-5 had a different much slimmer body style, inverted forks, radial mount brakes and a braced swing-arm.
Thanks guys, man I missed all that. I was too busy writing about Chambon to put two and two together and realize the model year was wrong. With that being wrong it makes me wonder how correct the ad is at all. If it is a one owner bike, how can you get the model year wrong, other than it being a typo?
I WANNA BUY THIS ALSTARE IF ANYONE HAS A NUMBER IF IT STILL FOR SALE SHOT IT TO ME THANKS CRAIG@GIXTOWN.COM