F.A. Ebay: Suzuki GSXR 750 1985 model

This gixxer has been relisted due to non paying bidder.

Three years ago the previous owner parked this bike in his backyard and left
it uncovered and out in the weather untill I got it a few weeks ago. It is
missing the riders seat and the key but can be started with a screwdriver
(needs a new ignition lock). It is very scruffy but ran on Aerostart so I
believe with the carbies cleaned, fresh petrol and a new battery this bike
should run. This bike could be restored or would make a seriously good
buggy engine.

Sold as is Inspection recommended Geelong VIC.

Shipping and quotes are the responsibility of the BUYER not SELLER.


http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/705-5...tomid=gsxr&ext=130279010436&item=130279010436

 

If I buy it, will you get a quote for, and pay the shipping ?

 

Damn, the starting price is about 750x what I'd offer for it. You should
definitely include shipping.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:11:25 +1100

what you won't even offer him three-fifty?

hmm.. 1985. missing bits. scruffy as all hell, seals likely
buggered, needing a lot of cleaning and work, was a sportbike anyway
so no doubt thrashed plus why was it left out anyway?

I figure $750 is more than most will be willing to pay unless they
have the same bike and want wheels or calipers or something.

Zebee

 

Well I kinda expected a knockback, in which case I was then obliged to
offer $3.50 with added bonuses ..

 

And what added bonuses would that be,?
the kind that Gerry is talking about with knobless?

 

Nostalgia has already started pushing up the prices of landmark models
from the 80's - what other explanation is there for GPz900R's fetching
prices within $1000 of 15-years-newer ZX-9R's - and the slab-sided GSX-
R750 is arguably *the* bike from that period; in time-capsule
condition, they're already selling for a lot of money. If the bloke
who dredges the dam in his back paddock and comes up with an 860GT
someone threw in there can expect a $1000 payday from someone looking
for a project, why not the bloke who peeled back a tarp behind his
backyard shed and found an original GSX-R750?

 

Hey Yeebok,
if you want a cheap 750 I've got a pristine example of arguably[1] THE
definitive bike of the 80s!
It's a 1983 XJ750 Yamaha and I'll deliver it to your door for $1750
(complete with new rear shocks and sealed-lead-acid battery)

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:06:53 -0800 (PST)

One born every minute as they say.

900SS bevels are going for over 20 grand. I mean really!

the Devil is apparently a $12k bike, and possibly (given the known
history and originality although minus for the drum brakes) $15k.

I wouldn't buy one for that

(But nor would I sell it.... I'm weird that way.)

And someone who would clearly has too much money or not enough
acquaintanceship with the breed.

An elderly GSXR would definitely be a nicer ride, but what's the
aftermarket like? What's the spares supply like? Can't be worse than
for Ducati singles (a 250 motor in unknown condition, not even if it
turns over, and it went for $2500? hello?) but all the crashable bits
have been crashed...

Zebee

 

Me, neither, but that's only a matter of price point; if I had the
sort of money that people who drop $20,000 on a 900SS do, I'd be one
of them, but I'd be finding the money for a spotless 1986 GSX-R1100,
1992 FireBlade, 1993 ZZ-R1100, 1995 ZX-6R, 1998 GSX-R750 and YZF-R1
and a 1999 Hayabusa... preserving history shouldn't just be done in a
museum.

Aftermarket? For the bike which formed the basis of about half the
street, track and drag specials built in the developed world over the
last 20 years?

 

I wonder whether those prices have changed in the last 3months ?

There's an awful of large boats with forsale signs on them I'm driving
past lately, and I'm told the values of holiday houses on the coast
have crashed rather badly (like being down 45% in 12months in one
particular example I'm aware of).

Forced sales of luxury items to meet your margin calls tends to drag
the whole market for them down...

JL

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:27:21 -0800 (PST)

Wouldn't surprise me, but it's hard to tell as they don't come up
often.

Even 10 years ago you'd see one or two bevels a month in Just Bikes,
and maybe 3 singles a year. Now you almost never see bevels of any
stripe for sale.[1]

I expect there won't be as many people paying shocking prices for tat
as there has been, but the top examples will probably still go for top
money if the owner is willing to wait.

After all, I'm still waiting for all those cheap Harleys that my 1970s
Two Wheels mag was predicting when the Harley boom died out and all the
stockbrokers went to some other fad.

(Still can't get a cheap Vincent either....)

Zebee

[1] mind you, you almost never did see the ones that were changing
hands, it's very much a word of mouth sale environment. None of the
Devil's 5 owners (except possibly the first) got it from an ad.

 

No George. You know the same as is offered for anything - $3.50 and a
kick in the nuts. I'm not sure what Gerry's talking about. Wonder if he
does some days, too.

 

To be honest when I finish paying maintenance and all the other shite
that piles up, I am still hoping ER6Fs are for sale new .. at not quite
60kg the idea of a 750 worries me

 

Beter watch what you say about Gerry else he might go and tell you to go
kill yourself..

 

I am still trying to find those container loads of Army Harley which were
buried after the Second World War because the yanks didn't want to take them
back home.

Got the Vincent, but it wasn't that cheap , had to pay $3500 for it

Of coarse, it was in 1971

 

You ride it, not carry it. The average MotoGP rider would be your size.

Nev..
'07 XB12X
'08 DL1000K8

 

Last month I was looking through the list of 2nd hand bikes at a local
bike shop and was astounded at the asking price on a 1998 model Suzuki
TL1000R. At the same shop, for $10 more, I bought my 2008 DL1000.

Nev..
'07 XB12X
'08 DL1000K8

 

From what I've seen (and I've been looking at buying another holiday
house or maybe updating the boat) it's only the top end of both markets
that are seriously getting hammered.

The entry level and even the midrange seem to be holding reasonably
well. [1]


G-S

[1] Maybe some margin callers are down sizing rather than getting right out?

 

You have to remember that Yeebok is NOT you average GP rider

Then again, Yeebok is not your average rider either.