Is it a good time to buy a new GSX-R750?

[baderlfc]

With the new GSX-R1000 just released, would it be foolish to buy a new 750 now? It's been a while since the 600/750's had a major overhaul, so surely this will follow shortly after the 1000?

Although I can find no news or rumours about an overhauled 750 it makes me wonder..

Also what are dealers, specifically Suzuki, like for negotiating on new bike prices? Are they likely to be able to offer dealer contributions or extras or some sort of incentive to buy new as opposed to used?

[chris-red]

I wouldn't count on a new model, the boom days of the sportbikes of the 90's/00's are over, they just aren't selling in great numbers any more. The 600 class is slowly dying no more CBR600RR of Daytona 675, I doubt they will be having another go at it for a while.
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[stevo as b4]

I still don't understand today what relevance the GSXR 750 has to bike buyers either in 2007 or 2017?

We've had the 600cc and the 1000cc years for well over a decade since the only other other Japanese 750 disappeared from sale. Now apparently we're done with the 600cc era too and depending on who you believe they are all dead or about to be withdrawn from sale.

This leaves a tiny but focused 1000cc market for sports bike sales, and what I call the outlaw class with 1300cc sportsbikes like the Ducati and KTM's etc.

Most people have gone all European now and finally funky but fugly aggressively styled naked bikes are the new thing in UK bike sales.

I think I've pretty much seen in all from the 80's to today and back round again we'll go in a circle.

The only certain thing this time is that it'll be a four stroke world forever in ICE bikes.

[pepperami]

Why buy a 750 when the new 1100 will be more powaar! and nearly as light?
Not meant to be funny , but if you can afford to buy a new 750, it wouldn't be many more pennies for the 1100.

Surely there can't be much difference between insurance?
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[arry]

I'd buy buy 750. Just not new.

[baderlfc]

I don't want a litre bike, I am more than happy with the 600 i've got now but I test rode a GSXR750 and liked the little bit of extra low down power so decided that was preferable over the GSXR600 I test rode.

I don't ride stupidly fast anyway, so a thou is a waste on me.

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[pepperami]

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[Alex A]

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[stevo as b4]

I can't see how a 750cc sports bike is great or special or even worth bothering with if only one manufacturer still makes one, in the same way that Mazda kept on making rotary engined sports coupes when the engine design was proven not to be a great idea or have any real future.

You can't tell me that GSXR heritage keeps the sales of the 750cc strong and that demand is really strong for them. Its an irrelevant sports bike capacity for a 4cylinder engine and no one else is probably ever going to bother making another one.

It does seem that there's alot of GSXR fan boi's that suggest only a 750 is any good, and that both a 600 and a 1000 of which there's a much bigger choice of competitive examples arnt as good as a magical 750?

[woo]

when you ride a GSXR 750 you will understand!

its a great bike full stop!
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[Kris]

I would have bought a K4 GSXR750 but alas, they are slightly too small for me. The GSXR1000s are (were) bigger than the 600 and 750s so fit me better.

Damn shame really as the GSXR750 was epic..
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