Thinking of buying a K6 GSXR750
Discussion
One has come up locally, with nice low mileage, very clean and tidy, and I'm really tempted to buy it. It seems expensive for a 12 year old bike, but not out of line with others advertised online. I guess they hold their value reasonably?
Current bike is an S1000R, bought because I talked myself out of another sports bike. The BM is great, but for some reason just feels like there's something missing...can't put my finger on it. I may keep both.
Thoughts on the GSXR? I plan to do a fair few track days on it, but mostly sunday blasts.
Current bike is an S1000R, bought because I talked myself out of another sports bike. The BM is great, but for some reason just feels like there's something missing...can't put my finger on it. I may keep both.
Thoughts on the GSXR? I plan to do a fair few track days on it, but mostly sunday blasts.
They're a very good, capable and reliable bike. I bought mine (K7) 6 years ago and it's never let me down once and it's great to ride. You don't need to thrash them as much as a 600 because they've got more grunt lower down and the power delivery is smooth across the rev range. I've also got an old R1 and the GSXR 750 has all of the power that I need, never once have I thought hmm, could do with more power here. I've got a few bikes and the GSXR is the one that I'll pick to go for a ride.
Value wise, I think that mine is still worth about the same amount that I paid for it.
Value wise, I think that mine is still worth about the same amount that I paid for it.
555 Paul said:
I've also got an old R1 and the GSXR 750 has all of the power that I need, never once have I thought hmm, could do with more power here. .
I've also got an older R1 and feel the same about the 750. Enough power but more agile than the litre bikes.The OP says the k6 is a bit expensive. Is it the same price as an L1 as they are a much better bike than the k7 that I've rode
dai1983 said:
The OP says the k6 is a bit expensive. Is it the same price as an L1 as they are a much better bike than the k7 that I've rode
Agree with that. You get Brembos and Showa BPFs on the L1 which would be worth it if the price differential isn't much.K6 should be in the £4k bracket.
trickywoo said:
Agree with that. You get Brembos and Showa BPFs on the L1 which would be worth it if the price differential isn't much.
K6 should be in the £4k bracket.
Yeah, it's up for 4.5k with 7k miles on it. Completely standard. K6 should be in the £4k bracket.
4.5k is about my ceiling, particularly as I want to do the odd track day. Much more than that and I get bit twitchy about binning it.
L1's seem to go for around 5.5k with more miles on them.
ETA: Brembos and BPF's would be nice, but I suspect the K6 will be far more capable than me on track. I run around in the upper half of most inter groups, so I'm no Rossi.
Edited by cbmotorsport on Wednesday 20th June 16:34
I currently own a K7 750. Very reliable, regarding FI light, I had the same and was the exhaust actuator.
Removed this and regreased it and has been fine since ( error code was C46); the FI light on it didn't cause a drop in power.
Mine also cooked its Reg/Rec, stupid place to put it. There is a bracket on eBay that you can buy that places the Reg/Rec at the side bike and not behind the radiator. I also changed the Reg/Rec to one from a later bike which has a much larger heatsink on it. No problems since.
Removed this and regreased it and has been fine since ( error code was C46); the FI light on it didn't cause a drop in power.
Mine also cooked its Reg/Rec, stupid place to put it. There is a bracket on eBay that you can buy that places the Reg/Rec at the side bike and not behind the radiator. I also changed the Reg/Rec to one from a later bike which has a much larger heatsink on it. No problems since.
cbmotorsport said:
One has come up locally, with nice low mileage, very clean and tidy, and I'm really tempted to buy it. It seems expensive for a 12 year old bike, but not out of line with others advertised online. I guess they hold their value reasonably?
Current bike is an S1000R, bought because I talked myself out of another sports bike. The BM is great, but for some reason just feels like there's something missing...can't put my finger on it. I may keep both.
Thoughts on the GSXR? I plan to do a fair few track days on it, but mostly sunday blasts.
Why should a low mileage bike be cheap, just because it's 12yo? Current bike is an S1000R, bought because I talked myself out of another sports bike. The BM is great, but for some reason just feels like there's something missing...can't put my finger on it. I may keep both.
Thoughts on the GSXR? I plan to do a fair few track days on it, but mostly sunday blasts.
What has really changed in 12 years besides electronics aids that you barely ever need (hopefully never) on the road?
if you ride hard on bumpy a and b roads the vibration can wear all the fairing fasteners on the tail unit out pretty quickly. i had to fit oversize ones at about 7k and by 10k the holes had opened out further. i liked the handling of my k5 better, i found when going quickly from left to right the initial part of the stroke of the forks felt like there was nothing there . i am a lightweight though and bigger mates couldn't feel the same thing when riding it.probably my crap riding.
the engine is far smoother than the k5 or rattling bag of s
t as a couple of us called ours and i never had a problem with it in the 10.5k i owned it for.
the engine is far smoother than the k5 or rattling bag of s
t as a couple of us called ours and i never had a problem with it in the 10.5k i owned it for.Looks like you have picked up a nice example there. I have a k7 750 and love it.
Good advice from other owners above, I would echo the suggestion about reg/rec, God only knows why it was placed above the exhaust headers. I made my own carbon fibre bracket to reposition it in the frame down the side of the bike, funnily enough exactly where it was moved to on the later models.
Only other thing that might develop an issue is the gear selection indicator, which can suddenly stop showing when the bike is in neutral. If this happens you will need a new gear position sensor, easy enough to fit though.
As you are tracking the bike you might want to consider removing the exhaust valve servo altogether as it will save a bit of weight.
Good advice from other owners above, I would echo the suggestion about reg/rec, God only knows why it was placed above the exhaust headers. I made my own carbon fibre bracket to reposition it in the frame down the side of the bike, funnily enough exactly where it was moved to on the later models.
Only other thing that might develop an issue is the gear selection indicator, which can suddenly stop showing when the bike is in neutral. If this happens you will need a new gear position sensor, easy enough to fit though.
As you are tracking the bike you might want to consider removing the exhaust valve servo altogether as it will save a bit of weight.
Fault code is C46 so exhaust flapper thingermie bobby.
I'll investigate it this week.
Had a nice spin out on it on Sunday. Feels like a toy compared with the Beemer, but is a hoot to ride. I found myself working the gear box down some twisty roads, something you don't really need to do on the Beemer. Good fun, and just what I wanted. :-)
I'll investigate it this week.
Had a nice spin out on it on Sunday. Feels like a toy compared with the Beemer, but is a hoot to ride. I found myself working the gear box down some twisty roads, something you don't really need to do on the Beemer. Good fun, and just what I wanted. :-)
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