I was up at night, drinking....drinking quite a bit....and I was bored and surfing eBay. I often go looking at the 90's sportbikes of the Japanese Big-Four manufacturers, especially the early GSXR bikes. My wife's favorite most beloved bike was a '93 GSXR-750 and she still has a '94 GSXR-750, so I occasionally have the thought of getting one from the same era so we can go riding our "Old School" GSXRs around.
The pickings (choices) among eBay for older sportbikes has not had many good examples at reasonable prices, so when I ran across this 1996 GSXR-1100 that hadn't been repainted or polished or chromed, I figured it would be a nice bike to ride alongside with my wife on her GSXR.
The bidding was only up to $1200 and there were three days left, so I placed a bid and met the reserve to the exact penny. I figured it would be a good price for the bike, but with three days left in the auction, surely SOMEONE would make a single bid to win it from me, so I didn't worry about it...
Three days later, while at work, I decided to watch the auction to its close to see what the bike would go for. Five minutes to go, and I was still the high bidder...Three minutes to go, and I'm still the high bidder....One minute to go and I'm STILL the high bidder....At this time I start thinking "Oh crap!" what did I do? I don't have room for the bike and I really don't know how I will arrange picking it up almost 600 miles from home!".....30 seconds.....20 seconds.....10...9...8...7...6...5...4..3...2...1...."DAMN!"...
I wind up renting a truck, driving over 1100 miles round-trip in a single day, and bring this thing home...
Turns out to be in fairly decent shape, runs really well, and has a full Yoshimura race exhaust system and K&N pod filters. The bike, rental truck, gas, and a few odds and ends to get it road-worthy, and I still don't even have $2000 in it, yet. It's been a pretty fun bike, and I've already run it up over 150 mph.
