I've finally decided to sell my beloved 2002 GSX-R600. $4,500 Firm. Here you will find the story of how I acquired the bike, a thorough description of the bike, and plenty of pictures. Serious inquiries only! Contact gustavhoffman @ yahoo.com.

The Bike:

• 2002 Suzuki GSX-R600 (Engine unmodified)
• 5863 miles
• Clean Title: VIN #JS1GN7BA122101905
• Located in Harper Woods, MI (East side of Detroit Metro Area)
• Cheetah Race Bodywork
• Penske Rear Shock
• M4 Full Exhaust
• Öhlins Internals in Forks
• Scotts Steering Damper
• NRC Case Cover
• Woodcraft Rear Sets
• DynoJet Power Commander III
• Race Subframe
• Frame Sliders
• Zero Gravity Windscreen
• Vortex Rear Sprocket
• Vortex Gas Cap
• Practically brand-new Bridgestone BT014’s
• Safety wired and ready for the track!
• Extra Front Wheel with Wave Rotors!
• Extra Rear Wheel with rotor and cush drive!
• Custom mounts for license plate, tail light and head light.

The Story:
I started doing track days in my early 30’s on my 1989 NT650GT Hawk with outfits like Sportbiketracktime and Trackaholics about five or six years ago at Mid-Ohio, Grattan and Putnam. Within a year I was jumping up to the Intermediate group, where riding the underpowered Hawk quickly taught me the importance of smoothness and corner exit speed when riding among modern sport bikes with more than double the horsepower of the small little Hawk.

My friends began to encourage me to step up to the 600 class and go after my racing license, so I started a workout regimen and went looking for a bike. If you haven’t gotten your WERA license yet, something you should know is that the rules and regulations are quite strict … it takes a lot of work and considerable investment in mandatory equipment to get a street bike race-ready. So, naturally I went looking for a bike that was ready to go, and this was the best of the best that I was able to find!

I bought the Gixxer from a WERA/AMA racer at the time in his mid-twenties named Aaron Bell, who was stepping up to a new bike and looking to get into the Superbike class as well. He had previously raced on an F4i, and took what he learned from that experience to modify and set up the Gixxer from a street bike to a Supersport racing machine. You’ll notice that the Scotts Steering Damper has some scrapes on it, and these occurred when the damper was mounted to his F4i … they do not affect the functionality of the damper. In addition, you’ll see in the pictures that the instrument panel cover is cracked. This occurred when the former owner was working on the bike and had the instrument cluster on the floor of his garage … he was backing up from the bike and accidentally stepped on it. I can verify from riding the bike in a trackday in very heavy rain that the instrument panel cover does not leak. He also did have a couple of low-sides with the Gixxer while he had it, which is evidenced by a small dent in the gas tank and very small dent and scrapes on the frame. He had the frame checked out at one of those places where they perform 3D frame analysis and verified that the frame was straight and true. Thus, any nicks, dents, and/or scrapes found on this bike should be merely cosmetic, and even those are difficult to see with the bodywork on.

I had never owned a 600 before, so I made some custom mounts for a license plate, tail light, and head light so I could ride it around on the street to get used to it. The M4 makes an awesome exhaust note at speed. I remember downshifting to 2nd gear on the highway with race gas in the tank at roughly 80 miles per hour and punching the throttle … the front end came right off the ground. All of the custom stuff I built for the bike comes with it, of course.

So, in the summer of 2005 I went through the WERA School, rode in four races over two race weekends at Grattan and achieved my goal of getting my Novice racing license. I changed the oil after each weekend at the track, and was quite anal about keeping the bike well serviced. I never had any problems with it at the track, other than it being a faster bike than I am as a rider!

In 2006 my wife got very sick, and I haven’t had the time since then to get back on the track. I’ve kept the bike in tip-top condition, starting it frequently, changing the oil every Spring, and keeping the battery on a tender. I’ve no reason the sell the bike other than the desire to see it fulfill its purpose, which is to tear it up on the racetrack with someone who wants to ride it. The bike has a clean title and very low miles (5863), and could easily be converted to a street bike.

$4,500 firm for this bike. I would consider selling the bike for less minus some equipment (e.g. without the extra wheels for $4,250). Contact me at gustavhoffman @ yahoo . com. (I put the spaces in my e-mail address to prevent spam from automated e-mail 'bots).