1997 Suzuki GSX-R

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Up for sale is a fantastic condition fuel injected 1997 Suzuki TL1000S with just over 21k on it. This bike has great personality, tons of low-end power and mid range grunt. Super fast but easily controllable and has great handling. This bike would make a great weekend twisty runner, commuter bike, or fully at home on the track. It is extremely fun to ride. It rides very smooth and can keep up with most sport bikes thru the twistys. Its a fantastic mixture of lightweight body/frame (gotta love the trellis style frame) and the perfect amount of power for the street. You wont be disappointed with this bike. Thousands of dollars in aftermarket goodies and hundreds spent on recent maintence items. This bike is ready to hop on and ride. The bike has thousands of dollars in aftermarket upgrades and accessories below is a list: 1. Devil Slip-on Carbon Fiber exhaust (This exhaust is exactly what a V-Twin sport bike should sound like) 2. Carbon Fiber look Rear Hugger 3. Carbon Fiber look Air Dam Surrounds 4. Shorty turn signals front 5. Smoked Windscreen 6. Pro-Grip Carbon Tank Protector 7. Integrated rear tail lamp assembly (brake lights, running lights, and turn signals) 8. Adjustable shorty levers (Silver levers with black adjusters) 9. Aftermarket rear wave rotor 10. Aftermarket front wave rotors (not currently installed) 11. R1 rear shock conversion installed (This fixes all the problems with the rotary damper totally removes it) 12. Renthal Grips 13. Aftermarket black Aluminum side mirrors 14. Weisco Fuel Management (dyno tuned for current setup, runs amazing) 15. Aluminum Pro-Tek front and rear brake reservoir covers 16. Carbon Fiber Exhaust boot shields 17. Stainless Steel brake lines front and rear 18. Fender Eliminator 19. Aftermarket Color Matched Undertail Here is a list of recent maintence items done to the bike: 1. Brand new oil and filter (Synth oil) 2. Chain adjusted and oiled 3. Coolant Flush 4. Steering Dampener Replaced 5. Spark plugs replaced 6. TPS adjusted/recalibrated 7. Battery Tender Hook-up 9. DID chain 10. Front and rear sprocket Bike comes with a tub of extras that include the passenger seat, all documents for maintence and tuner, some of the stock parts, as well as some additional parts for the bike. Look at picture to see all. Any questions please ask. Price is negotiable. Need gone ASAP. Introduced in 1997 and made until 2001, the TL1000S was a shot across Ducati's bow. Tired of the Bolognese firm getting all the press for their sexy, thunderous twins, Suzuki did them one better: a reliable, low-maintenance, liquid-cooled v-twin that made the power of Ducati's 916 at the price of their air-cooled 900SS... While 125hp may not sound particularly scary now, it was a pretty big number for a v-twin in 1997 and the grunty power delivery, combined with relatively light weight and a compact wheelbase, made for notoriously "entertaining" handling. In contrast to Ducati's "L" twin, Suzuki rotated their 90° motor backwards in the chassis, allowing better packaging at the front of the bike. This left less room at the back for a traditional shock, so Suzuki whipped up a "rotary" damper that was far more compact than a traditional "linear" shock. Unfortunately, one of the reasons traditional spring/shock combos are so widely used is that they've got 70 years of development behind them and just flat work. When ridden hard, the TL's rotary unit gets hot and loses its damping ability, which may contribute to the bike's reputation for "tank slappers", unintended wheelies, and all-around beastliness. On paper, the TL1000S should have stomped Ducati flat, but that really never happened. But while the first bike to house Suzuki's new twin may not have set the world on fire, the potential in the engine was obvious. It became the Engine That Powered a Thousand Bikes, finding homes in Bimota's SB8 and the Cagiva Gran Canyon and Raptor models, and it still thumps on in the Suzuki VStrom. Later reviews toned down the emphasis on the TL's "widowmaker" tendencies, suggesting that things had been exaggerated just a bit at the time. And, if you do plan to really ride this bike hard, a modern steering damper will help keep things under control, and kits are available to change out the rotary damper for a more traditional unit. The 996cc engine does sound amazing with a set of aftermarket cans fitted, and the bassy thump that pumps out of the twin exhausts is pretty distinctive, like a very good computer simulation of a Ducati, with added bass. The TL1000S is aging better than most. The motors are pretty bulletproof, parts should be readily available, and would make a great day-in, day-out bike for someone who wants big twin noise and feel, but doesn't feel like paying for Ducati maintenance. Or someone that really, really likes wheelies.