The GSX-R Appreciation Thread

This thread [which i expect to not go very far ] is a repository for those of you who love and appreciate the venerable and, i dare say, ubiquitous Suzuki supersport motorcycles.

All years, the only rule is that it should be, or have been, or will imminently become, your bike.

I'll start.

abe

Squid.

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He totally is.

He rode into BYOB and within minutes he was tooling around on that Gixxer in flip flops and shorts....

He's also a funny and nice guy.

don't forget wheelies in front of MAX BMW for the BMWRA.

abe

I remember sitting on the first gen 750 and the 1100, man those things seemed like a race prepped bike compared to what else was available. But I was young and broke. I really would like to have one now, but I fear they are all painted hot pink with stickers these days, or hanging from the ceiling in pieces at cycle-re-cycle.

i appreciate the gsxr muffler i have on my dr!
awesome pipe.

please let me find a pristine blue/white 2004 gsxr 750 with low miles unmodded before i die. i promise im old enough now not to loop it like i did the last one. i miss you gsxr.

you're better off buying new and just hanging on to it. the yellow bike i posted lost 1st gear a month after i bought it...rode it a year and sold it at a $1,000 loss swore i'd never buy used again.

30,000mi and counting on my blue/white K5.

abe

I gotta friend who has a gixxer 600 that he rides like a touring bike - we did 1000 miles total weekend before last riding up to Monterey and then back down the coast - I think the guy is a loon, but what do I know - he is tougher than me to do that many miles hunched over like that.

I've done about 150 miles or so on his bike, and I appreciate how light and agile the thing is, and it really is an easy bike to ride...just not sure I would want to ride it quite as far as he does. I admit that I would have never considered one before I rode his, but if I were buying a sportbike (which I shall do someday), I would definitely give it a look-see - it's a nice little bike

Good one...LOL....I don't know how the hell he knows what he has there.

[\derail]

I loved my '06 GSX-R1000 which was my last streetbike GSXR. I only ride them on the track now days and I prefer a much quicker more agile 600 for that.



My '07 GSX-R600 is a super little bike on the track. Ohlins front and rear and all the crash proof go fast stuff bolted on. She ain't a looker but she get's around a racetrack mighty quick.



I love GSXR's and I have had a slew of them over the years. Easily the best bike out of the box to go straight to a racetrack. Simple engineering at it's finest.

wife would kill me faster than my squidlike riding

I ride it like a touring bike/commuter. I really like the size. Why can't they make a truly functional 600cc or less touring bike? I made one myself.

I'll get a pic up soon of my side cases.

Here are the pelican cases...ignore the towel over the seat. It was just there to keep the seat from getting too hot. I wanted the yellow cases to increase conspicuity. Everybody asks me, "why yellow, black woulda been better?", which means they noticed me...now doesn't it.

How bout this:

Mine over the years.

1986 1100



1989 1100


1995 1100


Loved those bikes. Between the three, rode them over 100k miles.

I think they look great. How big are they, what part #, how did you install them, how much did it cost, etc. ?