To buy or not....

Currently looking at a deal to purchase a pre-registered bike for 2k off the RRP. However, I have also seen a second hand bike which seems a good deal.

Details of both deals below:

2014 Suzuki GSXR 600
Price £7000
Deposit £2000
Balance £5000
Interest £100
Total cost £7100
Sell after 3 years for £4100
Actual cost £3000

2006 suzuki GSXR 600
Price £3000
Deposit £2000
Balance £1000
Interest £0
Total cost £3000
Sell after 3 years £0
Actual cost £3000

Which one would you go for and why?

depends on what you can afford, and what you want. The K6 GSXR is pretty nice IMO, plus resale value would be easily be around £1000-1500 after 3 years I reckon.

On the other hand, shiny shine new is also good, and 7k doesn't seem like an awful lot.

I've got a K3 GSXR track bike and it's great fun.

How many miles have you put on the fazer? You passed your test in february this year if I read right? I only passed in March and haven't got close to being 100% brilliant 100% of the time - something you'd have to be on a gsxr - then again I am an old fart

On the purely maths front, having a google suggests your resale estimate on the secondhand one is £2000 low - that seems to be a reasonable price for a 2003 right now, call it £1500 for a quick sale. Just makes the sums a little different.

unless they look perfect or obsessively taken car of, i dont buy street bikes used. dirt bikes can be stripped/fixed/whathaveyou pretty cheap, and most of the time life is not on the line whilst rinding one. however a street machine is quite the opposite in all of these ways. Also since SS bikes tend to get thrashed and the average Gixxer rider's reputation precedes them, there's a very high chance that it was not taken "obsessive" care of. not to mention that of the Big4 Suzuki generally has the lowest build quality, so newer is better to an even higher extent with one of their bikes.

In all honesty i do like the GSXR line (especially the 750), i like their pain schemes (especially the black/bronze and the white/blue/gunmetal from a few years back), i think that they are good bikes, BUT i would end up with the Yami or the Kawi in the garage.

I'm thinking of delving into a superbike myself after being left in the dust on every straight at Rockingham recently. Although purely in the interest of everyday day practicality I'd go for a CBR because of the fuel gauge!

odachi13 said:

I'm thinking of delving into a superbike myself after being left in the dust on every straight at Rockingham recently. Although purely in the interest of everyday day practicality I'd go for a CBR because of the fuel gauge!

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what bike did you go out on? your FZ6?

greg said:

what bike did you go out on? your FZ6?

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Yeah, in the 'Novice' group, which consisted of 2 other road bikes and the rest were track bikes on warmers.

greg said:

depends on what you can afford, and what you want. The K6 GSXR is pretty nice IMO, plus resale value would be easily be around £1000-1500 after 3 years I reckon.

On the other hand, shiny shine new is also good, and 7k doesn't seem like an awful lot.

I've got a K3 GSXR track bike and it's great fun.

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There is a gsxr 750 demo with 300 miles in blue and white for the same price!

Insurannce is very expensive due to not having any NCD

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dbldutch02 said:

How many miles have you put on the fazer? You passed your test in february this year if I read right? I only passed in March and haven't got close to being 100% brilliant 100% of the time - something you'd have to be on a gsxr - then again I am an old fart

On the purely maths front, having a google suggests your resale estimate on the secondhand one is £2000 low - that seems to be a reasonable price for a 2003 right now, call it £1500 for a quick sale. Just makes the sums a little different.

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I passed in march and have done approximately 300 miles

I guess the 2006 gsxr 600 will have a resale value but guess that will be taken up by not having the 2 years warranty I would get with a brand new bike

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Or a gsxr 600 in black and white

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Or a gsxr 600 in black/blue although I do like the look of the white/blue colour scheme better

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Insurance is as follows:

2014 gsxr 600*

Fully comp - £1800

3rd party - £800


2013 gsxr 750

Fully comp - £2200

3rd party - £1300


2006 gsxr 600

Fully comp - 1400

3rd party £600


I think the decision has to be between the demo 750 vs 2014 black and white 600



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My FZ6 only cost £2000. Those insurance costs are just mental.

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payneib said:

My FZ6 only cost £2000. Those insurance costs are just mental.

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Insurance prices are mental!

I seem to like the black and white gsxr 600 the more I look at it



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Insurance is cheaper and my leathers, helmet and gloves will match too ;-)

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Defo black and white. I haven't seen one on the road before.

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Defo black and white. I haven't seen one on the road before.

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The only advantage of the blue and white one is that it's a 750

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750 in B&W then lol

Deposit put down for the black and white gsxr 600 ;-)

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