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Advice on buying secondhand gsxr 750
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Hiya all,
I'm feeling quite chatty today so I thought I'd ask for what to look for
when buying a gsxr750. It will be around the mid 1990's so I was wondering
if they have a particular problem area that i should lookout for.
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The perimeter-framed models (1995 and earlier) are something of a waste
of time unless you're a Suzuki fetishist working on a GSX-R collection
and you're trying to collect the set.
'96-onwards models remain some of the most evocative sportsbikes ever
built. Suspension will be wobbly on most you'll come across, but the
forks can be rebuilt and rear shocks from later GSX-R's are a direct swap.
The frame beam walls are thin and without inner bracing. They dent
easily in a stack.
Some of the construction on them isn't too clever. Headlights are fixed
to the top fairing by self-tapping screws which bite straight into
plastic, and the main wiring loom runs outside the left fairing beam
under the fairing. Bike goes for a slide on the left side, wiring gets
shredded.
The motors are up to taking a fair bit of abuse, so provided the bike
looks like it's been taken care of, it should be ok.
If something on them is prone to failure, it seems to be the inlet cam
at the rightmost journal. When that happens, throw the motor away and
fit one out of a GSX-R1000K3/4.
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Wow, sounds just like those cheap Chinese bikes!
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I have also noticed a lot of the older bikes say they have a new chain and
sprocket.....are these generally expensive to replace?
Please be gentle with me (or I won't share my beer)
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It's easy to determine when chains and sprockets have reached the end of
their life, not so easy to detect whether they *really* are new (or
new-ish) or not. The claim is often made to justify an apparently
inflated price.
Also, replacing a chain and sprockets is something you can do with only
a modest amount of mechnical skill (as compared to, I dunno, changing
fork seals or something). Some genuine sellers do it themselves and then
inflate the sale price by the shop cost to do the same job.
And you did pay attention to the people who told you only hoons wanted
these bikes in the first place, didn't you? People who have around
$5,000 to spend on a used bike probably don't want to have to spend half
that again (or more) stripping and rebuilding the motor. [1]
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A chain and sprockets could be anywhere from about $300 to about $600.
Older sports bikes aren't inherantly less reiable than older
sports/tourers but that style of bike tends to be bought by hoons, who
then proceed to thrash them.
This is less of a problem with 1000's and 1100's than it is with 600's
and 750's as most 'normal' humans can't hold max revs and max throttle
for very long on the litre bikes :)
Having said all of that a good maintenance history and a clean well
looked after bike is more imortant than the model... [1]
G-S
[1] VFR800's excepted... which as worth much less without the optional
letterbox and chain :)
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gsxr 750 = flogged
are yu hoping to get your knee down with this hoon bike or is it more of
a fashion accessory?
any old bike needs a trusted bike mechanic to look @ it.
a chain is that greasy thing that goes from the back wheel to the engine
on the left side.
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