GSXR BARN FIND

[CINDERS]

I've been after something a little special to add to my existing fleet as a last one I'm buying as one can only do so much riding.
In saying that my motorcycle shop I deal with just loves me as in the last month I have brought 7 tyres for my bikes for a cost of $2700.oo, so I do not have shed queens.

Never having owned a GSXR I have been some months looking on line and through bike mags trying to find an allusive item ended up with one in Victoria.
It is a 2006 750 GSXR (We call them JIX-ERS) that had been in storage in a shed for the past 15 years due to its owner after buying the bike brand new sadly passed away.
The wife of that person had finally decided to severe the ties with the bike so put it on the market at a well above going price.

Sadly it had not been stored quite correctly and had issues mainly the fuel pump being stuffed and the injectors, it was serviced and got running (Another sad tale)
Anyway long story short bit of a palaver getting it to the west and here's where we found out the bike shop that did the repairs ($2,046.oo) which were shite to say the least.
I'll not go into it but the bikes back in the shop having those repairs rectified lest it damage the bike so more monies, I put the word out so the friend is going to front that shop.
They originally offered the wife $1500.oo for the bike this is where her friend took over and he helped get a above market value for the bike.

Why would I pay a good premium for a 15 year old bike well the secret lies in the odemeter reading which you cannot fudge unless you buy a new dash unit.
Anyway it was a bit grotty from its life in a shed bit dusty etc with some obvious degrading of some aluminium bits and some lower fork legs pitting. (New forks eventually)
If you look closely at pic #3 you will see that it has only 68 kilometers it still had the white chain grease on it and mould dimples on the OEM tyres.
Another selling point is the colour scheme in yellow/black which is one of the rarer colour patterns that Suzuki introduced into its line up of GSXR's.
So when I get it back it will be a shed queen and as I value certain parts of my body I will not be getting anymore motor cycles according to my wife.

I have been looking at bikes I used to ride back in 70's-80's they range from $15K - $43K so well above what I can afford being retired plus this bike makes 9 in the fleet, that's allot of riding fellas!
Cheers.

P.S Its had brand new Michelin Power tyres fitted as 15 year old tyres would be like trying to ride on black ice and not good.

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[30Three]

That's well worth the effort.

But don't up the mileage too much.

[Flying10uk]

CINDERS, what was your first ever motorbike, just out of interest? I've never owned a motorbike but my late father's first motorbike was a BSA Bantam in the late 1940's.

[GeeRam]

Well, that looks like a good buy.

However I know the square root of FA about Jap bikes, as I only ever owned British, Italian and American ones.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Always remember rule 1.
Shiny side up.
Have fun be safe.

[CINDERS]

CINDERS, what was your first ever motorbike

My very first bike was a Honda XR75 4 stroke scramble bike then my bikes went something like this ~ Honda CR125 & CR250 2 stroke scramblers then off the dirt onto road bikes, Honda 500/4 cyl, 1976 Kawasaki Z900 stolen, replaced 1976 Z900 nearly totalled by a woman car driver failing to stop at a stop sign, Kawasaki Z1R 1000 Mk1, Honda 900 F2B, Honda VF1000R.

Current stable ~ '91 Honda CBR250RR/4 cyl Hiroshima Screamer (19000 redline), '06 Honda CBR1000RR (Wife's bike), '09 Honda CBR1000RR Repsol (My bike), '03 Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird (My bike), '18 Ducati V4S (My bike), '12 Ducati 1199S Tricolore (My bike), '09 Ducati 848 (My bike), '18 Ducati 937cc Supersport (Wife's bike), '06 GSXR 750 shed queen (Open wife or me depends on the day).

I ride the fast movers my wife has her CBR1000RR but rides the Repsol occasionally although these are pretty dam fast bikes it is not my intention ever to put her on one of my fire breathing monsters they are just too much m/cycle for her riding style plus she has only been riding for 2 1/2 years.
All I can say about my 2 bigger Ducati's both of which are modified is respect the power underneath you as when you grab a fist full be prepared the '18 V4S (1103cc) has all the modern guff with (4 cyl) 226 crank hp for a 189.5 Kg m/cycle, the '12 1199S (1199cc) is a 2 cyl has some guff but is pushing 205 crank hp for again around 190 Kg m/cycle.

To put this into perspective when I had my 1976 Z900's these were the bike to have fast and powerful with 83 crank hp 248 Kg I now ride a bike which is pretty raw in its power delivery with 143 crank hp more than the Z900 and 59 kg less in weight, its literally like sitting on a rocket when you open the taps full on.
Ducati went back to the drawing board with the 2020-21 V4 models as the '18-19 versions were just to twitchy in the way the power came on so they smoothed out the algo-rhythms in the computer and the latter types are more user friendly, me I like the scare factor of knowing things will get interesting.
I will say the electronics suite on the bike is awesome you can dial in just about everything except making coffee for you they are just that good we enjoy our bikes very much and its a thing my wife and I do together we have a road trip this weekend an o/nighter to Nungarin in the wheatbelt group of about 14 are going.

Pics #1 848 (136 RWHP for 180 Kg wet bike) & V4S un-modded, V4S modded with full Akropovic racing exhaust system, 3 of the 4 together, my wife's Supersport.