small gixxer: price estimation and some answers needed

Hi,

a friend of mine is selling a small gixxer, 2001, no mods, 15K miles,
never dropped, first owner, ridden relatively soft with occasional
beating it up.

I also wonder what major technological changes the GSX-R600 has gone
since 2001 (I did my homework - did not find anything catching my eye).

Would default suspension would be good enough for 200lb rider? Or it is
still on the FZ-1 mediocrity level.

I always dreamed to have something small and screaming and eventually
replace my FZ-1 with more dual sport thing. You know - the second bike
syndrome is reaching me too .

Also, the price: I did scan the craiglist and I was thinking of making
offer in the $ 2K7 -3K1 range.

Any insight?

thx, Andy

On Sep 11, 11:18 pm, alf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a friend of mine is selling a small gixxer, 2001, no mods, 15K miles,
> never dropped, first owner, ridden relatively soft with occasional
> beating it up.
>
> I also wonder what major technological changes the GSX-R600 has gone
> since 2001 (I did my homework - did not find anything catching my eye).
>
> Would default suspension would be good enough for 200lb rider? Or it is
> still on the FZ-1 mediocrity level.
>
> I always dreamed to have something small and screaming and eventually
> replace my FZ-1 with more dual sport thing. You know - the second bike
> syndrome is reaching me too .
>
> Also, the price: I did scan the craiglist and I was thinking of making
> offer in the $ 2K7 -3K1 range.
>
> Any insight?
>
> thx, Andy

Andy, GSXR600's basically sucked until 2003 or after they got rid of
the boggle tail, wierd front look and added FI. YMMV.