In 2013, Suzuki celebrated the milestone of building 1,000,000 Gixxers by releasing a “Commemorative Edition” of the GSX-R 1000. Production was capped at 1,985 examples, because that was the year the legendary model debuted.Unfortunately, this bike isn’t much more than a retro paint job which harkens back to the original GSX-R.
A quick scan of Suzuki’s website for this bike reveals the “upgrades” over the standard bike, including “unique pin stripe design on the wheels”, “red-colored rear suspension spring”, and my absolute favorite, “red-anodized front fork caps to further enhance the bike” – I can’t imagine that Hiroshi Fujiwara (Suzuki engineer who was principal designer of the bike) would consider red fork caps to be an appropriate commemoration of his breakthrough bike.
This example (VIN: JS1GT78A4D2101980) has 5,387 miles and it’s #1,386 out of 1985. It’s been ridden by the owner of Freedom Cycle, so it’s been on a dealer plate and it has never been officially titled. With the exception of a tank guard, this bike is stock. The seller claims that there are two imperfections, “a wear mark on the black part of the tail cover and a cracked black plastic body part on the front left of the nose“.
Find this Gixxer for sale in Concord, New Hampshire with a BIN of $11,999