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12-09-2004, 10:22 PM
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| Third gear and cruising   Joined: Dec 2004
Bike: 1994 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R
Location: Maine
Posts: 451
  |  new to the site. wassup, i found this site while looking on google for info/specs of a 1986 suzuki gsxR1100. which i hope to buy this weekend  .anyway, alittle about me: i owned my 1st bike this this year. it's a 1981 Honda cb650 custom. a friend of mine needed cash. i always wanted a bike. he said you can have it for $200 bucks. i hand'd him the cash . so i'm a NOOB in the bike world still. the bike(cb650) isn't me. if you know what i mean. and ever since i started to ride this year. i wanted 'my style' bike. so i've been searching for an older style gsxR, cbr, ninja, katana, etc... living in Maine limits me of those choices. as in the availablity of them. but i did find a nice 1993 cbr900(if i remember right it was the 900). for $1500 OBO  . but by the time i called about it. it was gone  . like i mention'd above i now found a 1986 gsxR1100 for $1500 OBO. i know, i know it's a BIG diffirence from my honda cb650 custom. in power, handleing, etc... but i think i can respect the gsxR1100. and if it's too much of a bike for me. then i'll sell it. and get something that is.i look forward to learning alot about bikes on this forum. thanks |
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12-09-2004, 10:40 PM
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| Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst.   Joined: Mar 2004
Bike: 02 GSXR 1k
Location: The warm and twisty roads of SoCal
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12-09-2004, 11:40 PM
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| Sprocket Pilot   Joined: May 2004
Bike: 02 busa LE
Location: Pensacola Fl
Posts: 879
| Welcome and enjoy. Feel free to ask any questions you have. If we can't give you the correct answer we should be able to atleast point you in the right directions. Although some might try to BS their way through just for fun
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12-10-2004, 02:10 PM
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| Can Ride And Chew Gum   Joined: Aug 2004
Bike: 2005 C50
Location: Selma, Alabama
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12-10-2004, 03:10 PM
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| Moderatrix  Joined: Mar 2004
Bike: 2004 SV650S
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 2,700
| Welcome, I think GXSRNut will be your best person in regards to advising about the older GSXR. He's got a couple of them!!  NUT????????????
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12-10-2004, 06:50 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,313
| Hey! It's great that you're looking for a vintage bike instead of the newest, flashiest thing on the market. It shows that you have character. Welcome.
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12-10-2004, 09:49 PM
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| Third gear and cruising Joined: Dec 2004
Bike: 1994 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R
Location: Maine
Posts: 451
| thanks guys. yea i figured i'd get an older bike since i know things happen. and being not that exp. with bikes. i can feel better about dumping a $1000-$2000 bike. rather a $7000 and up bike. |
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12-10-2004, 11:50 PM
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| Kickstand Operator   Joined: Oct 2004
Bike: '04 VS 800 Intruder
Location: McKinney, TX
Posts: 252
| Welcome fellow New Englander! (I'm originally from Connecticut) I think you'll find a nice balance of very experienced riders here and many newbies (like me). I can 't imagine getting into motorcycling without this site. I think my friends at work are tired of my newbie questions.
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12-11-2004, 06:43 AM
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| Sit speling cheker   Joined: Mar 2004
Bike: GSX-R 600 K1
Location: Northants,UK
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12-11-2004, 02:53 PM
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| Third gear and cruising Joined: Dec 2004
Bike: 1994 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R
Location: Maine
Posts: 451
| well i got ahold of the guy with the bike. and i told him all i had was $1000 to work with. and he said he'd like to get $1300 for the bike. but if i come down and look it over and what not. he just might take $1000 for it . i'm going down to see the bike tomorrow afternoon.
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12-13-2004, 04:53 PM
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| Muscle Biker   Joined: Jul 2004
Bike: Blue Suzuki GSX 1400 (2003)
Location: Canton Basel-Land, Switzerland (47.4493, 7.76536)
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 Or like this ...  Or like this ... 
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12-13-2004, 09:26 PM
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| Sprocket Pilot  Joined: Sep 2004
Bike: 2004 Hayabusa
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 843
| Quote:
.The '04 1000 only weighs 370 lbs dry and is nearly as powerful as a Hayabusa. That said, the '86 1100 was still a monster in it's day and is not something to be trifled with.
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12-14-2004, 12:48 PM
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| Third gear and cruising Joined: Dec 2004
Bike: 1994 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R
Location: Maine
Posts: 451
| if i do buy the bike. and i feel it's too much of a machine for me to handle. then i'll resale it. i'm not into getting the 'fastest' bike thinking i'll be a bada$$ on it. thats how people get killed on bikes. i want a bike that is me. and that i feel comfortable on it and what not. thanks |
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