2008 Suzuki GSX-R

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2008 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Custom - YouTube Video will open in a new window [isdntekvideo] I can make this listing short and sweet, but it just wouldn't be the same considering the fact that the build time and process was anything but short and sweet. You always get the guy selling his car/bike with the old "too much to list" caption because he has 20 upgrades on his bike. This masterpiece would be the poster child for "too much to list" with over 500 pieces of chrome (triple chrome plated by SportChrome in Anaheim, CA), both visible and concealed, approximately 156 LEDs and 140' of wiring not visible to the naked eye and so on. You will not find an untouched item on the bike and I promise it can never be duplicated. Therefore, I won't list everything that I have done to the bike but instead, I'll post pictures of my receipt from the builder/painter; all $126k+ of it. The bike was built by BPRO, Inc. and Gator Customs in Crestwood, Illinois. I ordered this bike brand new as a white 2008 GSX-R1000. It showed up with literally zero miles; not even a test ride. Since that was the case, I had it towed from the dealer to my builders shop. When it got to his shop, I told him I wanted to chrome the stock frame, swing arm and the wheels. He said ok and when I returned 3 hours later, the bike was in a million pieces all over the floor. It was at that time I decided that we might as well go all out. I remembered seeing a white GSX-R1000 with a Hyabusa front end built for LRG. It had clear wheels and this single sided swingarm that was new to the market made by Gregg's Customs. I wanted that swingarm and had to have it. Little did I know, it was $13k for a +6" stretch but included a set of wheels from either Performance Machine or RC Components which made me feel a little better about the price but not much. At the time, RC Components had just released the "Alien" wheel so I went with those in chrome with a 240 rear tire. The swingarm and wheels showed up and the swingarm was just a bare metal. I decided since I was having a bunch of other parts sent to SportChrome, we may as well disassemble the swingarm and get every single piece of it triple chrome plated as well including the inside of the axle which can't even be seen. I believe it was just over 70 pieces in total for the swingarm alone. THE CHROME: Just about every piece on the bike that could have been chromed has been chromed. The fan, the fan cage, the magnesium cover, engine cover, the gauges, the rear subframe, the oil filter cover, the spring over the shock, the plastic gas tank covers, the front hub, switch housings, foot pegs, forks, rotors, etc. Even the bolts and screws under the chrome toppers are chromed and chrome zip ties were used to replace factory black ones. There’s a chrome nitrous bottle stuffed in the rear tail section with the nozzle painted pearl white to match (just for show; it’s not functional). The lines are all braided stainless steel and the hoses that couldn’t be replaced, have chrome, mesh covers over them with clear heat shrink wrap. There is not a stone left unturned on this bike. As I said before, there are over 500 pieces that are triple chrome plated so I can go on and on. A handful of factory parts were replaced with aftermarket triple chrome plated pieces. The grips, brake/clutch lever, mirrors, heel guards, chrome mesh screens over any side vents and intake vents, master cylinder cap, kickstand and many of the chrome bolts have chrome toppers or have been replaced with different size spikes for a super aggressive look. The front fork sliders on a GSX-R1000 were black. Therefore, I had my builder rip the front end back apart and replace them with Hyabusa sliders that were modified to fit which were polished from the factory. The rear spring and paint to match shock are also from a Hyabusa. Since there was no front rotor delete available to match the single sided rear, we had to modify a Hyabusa front hub, send it to SportChrome and install it to keep the entire right side of the wheel as open as possible. I think you get the point as far as chrome is concerned. THE PAINT AND BODYWORK: I am an advocate of white. I decided to keep the paint as simple as possible as to not take away from the rest of the detail. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen some bad ass paint jobs on bikes over the years but I feel as though it takes away from the rest of the bike. I had Gator Customs shoot 7-8 different pearl whites and we looked at them under different lighting and sunlight at different times of the day. I decided on this one which is basically a bright white basecoat with a little ice white pearl in it. The graphics are painted in a bright silver. Just about everything visible has been painted white with multiple coats of clear that isn’t already chromed. The panels, the inside of the headlight, the air ducts (both inside and out), the switches, the gauge cover, the shock, the raised “R” logo, the ignition, stabilizer bar, the grill and so on have all been painted. The rubber pieces that attach the air ducts to the frame were painted pearl white with elasticizer to keep them from cracking. The radiator and oil cooler have been painted pearl white with a high temp paint so they don’t discolor or peel. The little brackets along the swing arm that hold the rear brake line in place have also been painted pearl white. The seats have been wrapped in a pearl white carbon fiber look. Even the cap on the nitrous bottle in the rear tail section, the cap on the clutch reservoir and the key to start the bike have been painted pearl white. Every single piece of bodywork with the exception of the side fairings is also painted and cleared multiple times not only on the exterior, but on the interior as well. All of the bodywork is factory original but has been modified with the exception of the windscreen. The windscreen is chrome but was painted over with the pearl white to include a logo that I have on all of my cars/bikes. It gave it this crazy 3D look. That has also been painted and cleared on both sides. I will include a brand new chrome windscreen and you can do what you want with it. The front turn signals are Gator Glass™️. Meaning they are painted over and only become visible when they are turned on (google it). The rear tail section is insane. I had Gator replace 7 sections of it with clear lexan which has also been clear coated on the bike numerous times. They include the piece between front seat and solo seat cover, a big one on top of the solo seat cover, two large ones on the sides of the tail section, both rear turn signal lenses and a huge one on the undertail. Now you know why all of the interior panels have been painted and the rear subframe and nitrous bottle chromed. You can literally see everything inside the rear tail section. Chrome brackets, chrome zip ties, chrome wire covers, chrome bolts, white electrical wire covers, etc. shows just how sick in the head I am. ENGINE/PERFORMANCE: The engine was left alone for the most part. There’s a quick shifter, Power Commander and a chrome, full Boz Brothers B2 exhaust. I had the headers ceramic coated to keep the temp down and keep them from yellowing (can’t chrome those or I would have). I removed all of the baffles before installation and this thing sounds insane. If you’re anything like me, you can listen to the sound of a sportbike all day long and the sound this bike gives off is like no other. If you want to tone it down a little, you will also get the baffle with this sale. LIGHTING/LEDs: This is where things get even more interesting. The LEDs on this bike ARE NOT made for vehicle applications. They are actually for the LED billboards you see on the expressway and they are unbelievably expensive. They are approximately 1” x 1/2” and about 2 mm thick; if that. They come with only a 1/2” of wiring on either side. Therefore, each one had to be individually wired, epoxied and strategically placed so they are not really visible to the naked eye. They only draw 1.5 amps each but being that there are about 156 of them and about 140’ of wiring total, they will drain the battery within minutes if the bike isn’t running. When the bike is running, they work perfectly fine. They are all blue with the exception of a few white ones to accent certain parts of the bike. Since the rear turn signal lenses have been replaced with lexan, the rear turn signals are also white LEDs which function like normal turn signals. All of them are insanely bright and will literally light a ten foot glow around the bike while you’re riding. The taillight is a clear aftermarket replacement. The headlight has HID low and high beams with the blue parking light and blue halos on the upper and lower bulbs as stated before. The bulbs in the gauges have been replaced with blue as well. They are set up on 3 different remotes. One remote for the entire front blue set of LEDs, one for the entire rear set of LEDs and one for the white LEDs. The remotes allow you to keep them on steady, strobe them and speed up/slow down the strobe. I have a power supply from the LED manufacturer which I used for show purposes which allow you to plug in to an outlet so you can have the LEDs on all day without draining the battery. Upon completion of the LEDs, my builder said he will never, ever do it again because of the amount of labor involved (hence the reason why lighting was even more expensive than just material). So at least you know that you will be the only one in the country with this LED setup. In 2009, 2 Wheel Tuner magazine caught wind of the bike that I was building. They asked if I would be interested in entering the bike into the Motorcycle Superstore bike show in Indianapolis during the Moto GP race. They said it was an invitation only show consisting of only 20 Suzuki’s. I explained to them that the bike was not yet put together and did not run. They said as long as it was put together, they didn’t care if it ran or not. Obviously I accepted the invitation. We got the bike bundled up but it didn’t run. I went alone and had my bike next to some of the biggest names in the sportbike world. Felt like a complete fish out of water. From Roaring Toyz to Anderson Silva and his “Spyder Busa”, here I was just a 26 year old kid with a house on wheels. The voting was done by the general public at the show over the course of the 3 days. I ended up winning the show. Upon accepting the trophy and getting down from the stage, the editor of 2 Wheel Tuner magazine told me that I had two weeks to get the bike running and completely functioning in order for it to be shot for their magazine for the November 2009 issue labeled “White Hot”. My bike description was labeled as “Precision” by the editors. At that time, I still lived in Chicago so the first spot for the shoot was under a bridge around 55th and Lakeshore Drive. I then rode it north on Lakeshore Drive to the Adler Planetarium where the final part of the shoot was conducted. The photographer shot numerous pictures of me riding the bike but the magazine wouldn’t use them because I was not wearing a helmet. Illinois did not have a helmet law and still doesn’t until this day. I never even received a copy of those pictures but I understood their point of view. After that portion of the shoot, I rode the bike back to our original location where my truck and trailer were parked and that was it. Although the bike is fully functioning and rides like any other bike, that was the first and last time I ever rode it. I just couldn’t fathom the thought of it getting beat up. It made me sick to my stomach thinking that if a rock kicks up and cracks the lexan undertail, I’d be more than pissed. Therefore, the bike has a total of 15 miles on it. Yes, you read that correctly. It only has fifteen miles on the odometer. The bike has won every Progressive Ultimate Builder Show in Chicago that it was ever entered in in the “Pros” category. I have hundreds of pictures documenting the build and a bunch of videos. If you’d like me to send those to you, just let me know. I hate to have to get rid of it but I moved to Las Vegas almost 5 years ago with 4 motorcycles and don’t ride any of them. This particular bike literally sits in my office as a show piece. I always joke with people who see it in there and tell them it’s my $126k couch. Obviously I’m already losing my ass on this thing just as I expected before I even finished the build. Some people have drinking problems, some people have drug problems, and this is the problem I have. I like to dump insane amounts of money into all of my cars and bikes knowing damn well that I will never get it back. But that’s the way it goes. This isn’t my first rodeo when it comes to any custom builds. Because of this, I am open to REASONABLE offers. Please don’t insult me. I am already insulting myself at the price I would be willing to sell for. You'd be surprised what I'll take for the bike. I am not really interested in any trades but feel free to entertain me just in case you may have something I like along with some cash. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. If you think I’m crazy, keep it to yourself and move along. I don’t have time to waste on your thoughts. Your opinion is just that. Those who know what this build is, know exactly what went into it. And those who have seen it in person at some point or another, definitely agree that I’m basically giving this thing away. Thanks for looking and good luck. Feel free to ask any questions you may have.