GSX-R 750: What are your opinions?

I destroyed mine at Road Atlanta in 2013. One of the saddest days of my life. Loved that bike.

 

Just picked up a 750 year before last. Should have gotten one long ago. Great around bike and with pirelli slicks it’s on rails.

 

I've wondered how a well set up gsxr compares to an r6? I mean after getting aftermarket suspension and bits then set up properly, are these bikes pretty much interchangeable other than the engine sizes? or is there something fundamentally different?

 

It's a really good motorcycle

 

Have you watched Motoamerica lately? Should become fairly evident fairly quickly.

 

What, your going to compare a 750 to a 600, that's a 25 percent bigger motor.
The ones racing motoamerica are restricted, to make them equal, and are doing very well, it's called the torque advantage.

 

you ride "on" an R6... you ride "in" a 750 in regards to cockpit position.

 

Accurate.

 

What year? My 08 was the best track bike I ever had.

 

Sorry to hear... I have a 1/2 dozen of them that I will die with and will probably be sold as a relic

 

What years have the best frame and suspension? With aftermarket innards?
I've not owned a Suzuki in 30 years and 4 stroke in a hot minute too.

 

I think the 06-07 was the long stroke and later engines went to shorter rods but I could be wrong.

Stock brakes went from Tokico to Brembo OEM at some point I haven't heard conclusively if it was any improvement or just different.

Brakes can be an issue if you don't stay on top of refreshing fluid. I've personally never had any issue but I freshen and clean the pistons religiously.

Geometry I have no idea.

 

2011 and up are the best, lost 15lbs. Big piston forks, smaller bore, engine, more based on the 600.slightly change engine position.
06-10 we're front heavy.

 

get a K5 1000. it's the legendary one

it's so good BMW used it as a benchmark for it's then new ss project.

 

It's also great at dodging farm tractors.

 

I've owned 4 of them - all have seen the track and 2 were race bikes - my favorite was the 2004. It was the lightest, strongest on the dyno, and had the best geometry (all the others needed a boatload of shock shims to get them to finish a corner and fork extenders.)

If I came across a clean '98 model I'd be tempted - love those older ones as it's when I got into the sport and those were the hot ticket in town if you weren't all googly eyed over the CBR900RR. Then Yamaha came along and dropped the original R1 and reset my expectation of a sportbike.

 

Anyone have any inside information if 2024 is going to be the last year Suzuki offers the GSX-R 750 for sale in the USA?