Picked up a clean 2001 GSX-R750 today with 8300 mi. First impression is extremely favorable. A couple of observations after 1h40 min on the bike directly after riding the 'hawk.

Pros:
1.) It feels like it is on rails on corners...it just sits at the angle you want. My front always feels ackward on the SH (prly need to cough up the dough and get new springs for my 220lbs??)
2.) Screams above 9K yet is a baby in town. The hawk could waste this thing off the line unless I figure out how to rev the tar/slip clutch
3.) You know the thread about not being able to stoppie the SH (I can't get it unless everything is perfect)?? Well you do one automatically with this if you brake hard enough.
4.) Brakes rock
5.)NO fork dive at all! Love that...since I have too soft a front on the SH this is a treat. I believe in suspension now more than ever.
6.) Gas mileage 45 mpg today!
7.) Seat is way better for my backside than the SH

Cons:
1.) Torque is just not there...for around town I am using the hawk.
2.) More aggresive position=shoulders and back used more
3.) WIDE! I am so used to the narrow tank and fairings...I actually go cramps on the outside of my thighs from the position this puts you in
4.) Inline four screams....feel like a maniac riding it hard, where the hawk just sounds cool. I like it though just not for neighborhoods
5.) Harder for me to wheelie....not that I do that sort of thing often.


This is my opinion after back to back riding the 2. Keep in mind I have only 15,000 mi experience riding, so I'm sure more experienced riders have many more opinions.

Here is a grainy pic or 2 taken after my ride.



Glad I can keep the SH...feel like I have the best of both worlds now.

 

This is from another thread, but I didn't want to hijack it...

That exactly what I found for advice...it seemed like a completely different group of people..mostly smart@$$ remarks with no info or total squidish comments.

This forum rocks!

 

Dude, that rocks, the 750 is one I have been looking at...Now if I could just find a super clean one, at a steal of a deal, all would be well with the world....

Very nice...

 

Very true....

I hope I can start doing track days...trying to get a group of buddies to do one this summer and see if we get hooked. It will be my track bike then.

Good luck on your search!

 

That you got such a good long ride in this time of year (check out the car heater power cords in the parking lot) is great in of itself!

You might want to keep that stock muffler on it too since you all ready know you need to rev it to get to the beans. For me, high rpm IL4 power bands get old on the street in a hurry. The handling attributes of this gixxer; however, will never go away.

 

Thanks! I am pumped. This one was pretty clean, and the 2000-2004 seem to being going for 3800-5800..which isn't terrible! Especially compared to the 07 retail of $10,XXX

Can't wait for the good weather to really push it.

 

I hear ya...$10K+ for a new bike, dunno, just don't seem right...lol..I would rather own 2 or 3 used bikes....

 

I did nearly freeze to death....we have been plugging vehicles in, and this below-freezing/below-zero weather gets old, but how can you resist a new bike

I will keep the stock muffler on for that reason...it annoys me also. Can't wait for the canyon roads to get the sand off and Daylight savings...