Location: West Hills, California Mileage: 11,600 Price: Auction, $6,500 BIN You can say what you will about wether this deserves a listing on RSBFS. And I’m sure you’ll be able to make your points about it not being rare, or questioning if it truly performs like a GSX-R should, and on and on. But here’s…
To start with, I’d recommend a visit of suzukicycles.org. Here you will find plenty of info, but be careful though as the site is addictive and you will soon be on the hunt to buy your next modern classic Suzuki. Courtesy of the website is also the this 1985 Canadian brochure which I thought could be…
Location: Pasadena, CA Miles: 12,948 Price: Currently $2,550 with Reserve in place The last couple year’s of the 80’s was an odd time for the GSX-R750. In 1988, a redesigned motor with a shorter stroke found its way into the bike in order to deliver higher revs. It was down a couple ponies, and up…
The 1985 Suzuki GSXR-750 is where it all started for Superbikes. Before the Gixxer there were street bikes, fast street bikes, heavy street bikes and a few contemporary 2 strokes GP racer replicas. The whole hierarchy of sport bikes was then turned upside down by the first lightweight, high output 4 strokes 750 cc. This…
Location: Clifton, VA Miles: 12,387 Price: Currently $2,839 with Reserve in place When the GSX-R1100 debuted on the scene, it was the answer to many of rider’s prayers to a liter bike that was a hard-edged as the 600’s and 750’s of the time. The bike made roughly 130hp while weighing about 450lbs. That might…
Finding a Suzuki GSXR750R Limited Edition produced in 1986 is quite a task today. If that’s not special enough for you, then you need to aim for the Yoshimura factory version: This Hyper Endurance model features a unique color scheme with red and “smoke-dark-grey” paint instead of the classic blue-white-red typical of Suzuki. Even the…
Location: Portland, Oregon Mileage: 20,941 Price: Auction, $5,500 BIN Okay, this bike has been modified but also maintained and upgraded. And sure, it’s in Oregon, my home state. And I also love GSX-R’s. So there was really no way I couldn’t write this up. Generally, I like to find older GSX-R’s that are completely stock,…
A truely special and limited edition race replica motorbike: the 1986 GSX-R 750R LE: This bike is one of the most exclusive Suzukis ever built. These days a few of them in close to new condition have appeared on the market and I was lucky enough to grab one myself. The above sample is sold…