New year, new bike.

January 26, 2025, 03:35 PM

Nismo

New year, new bike.

Just picked up a 2025 Suzuki GSXR-600. My plan was to get one before Summer, but here we are. I trailered it home from a different city, and rained hard the whole way. 3 miles on the odometer.

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January 26, 2025, 06:50 PM

stickman428

Nice GSXR!! Congrats!

January 27, 2025, 06:14 PM

ridewv

That should be a fun ride!

January 28, 2025, 10:17 AM

stickman428

The GSXR has been mostly discontinued in Europe and Japan IIRC. The rumor is that Suzuki is working on a successor and wants to return to racing after pulling out of Grand Prix racing in 2022 only two years after winning a championship. It sounds like Suzuki plans on returning to racing but I don’t think it will happen this year.

When Suzuki pulled the plug on the GSX-RR program (their MotoGP bike) there was a lot of talk from corporate Suzuki about sustainability and electric mess. Fast forward two years and now it seems like they are rethinking that a little bit.

The GSX-R is and will always be one of my favorite motorcycles.

January 28, 2025, 03:45 PM

patw

That thing looks fast just sitting there.

January 31, 2025, 03:20 AM

Andyb

Congrats! That black/grey looks slick

"Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails."

"We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled."

February 01, 2025, 10:14 AM

Nismo

quote:
Originally posted by Andyb:
Congrats! That black/grey looks slick

Thank you.
The 2017 matte black with red wheels is what I was originally looking for in the used market, but finding one in excellent condition seems to cost a couple thousand less than just getting a brand new one.

February 15, 2025, 04:59 PM

nukeandpave

Congratulations!
I had an '05 1000. I can't imagine what they're like 20 years later.
Have fun!