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Please Note: In response to customer requests, we are implementing an automatic bid bump: if your proxy bid meets or exceeds the reserve price, bidding will jump up to meet that price and you will see “Reserve price has been met” under the price. Please contact abhi@iconicmotorbikes.com if you have any questions!
Please Note Part 2: This bike sold a couple of months ago to someone who was trying to get it titled in California and was unable to, so we are relisting it.
Click here for an CycleVIN Motorcycle History Report on this 2000 Suzuki TL1000R. Additional photos are available here for your perusal.
Following the success of Ducati’s V-Twin-powered racers in the World Superbike Championship, other major manufacturers followed suit by developing their own race-bred V-Twins. Suzuki’s first attempt at a performance-driven V-Twin model came in the form of the TL1000S in 1997, though the next year the Japanese marque would follow up the half-faired 1000S with the even racier TL1000R. “The concept behind the TL1000R is simple: Build a V-Twin with the potential to win Superbike races,” explained Hiroshi Moritake, who led the TL-R project.
The V-Twin motor was updated for the TLR, getting a revised ram-air-box, Mikuni electronic dual-injector throttle bodies, upgraded cams, forged pistons, beefier connecting rods, improved ignition timing, and a 1,000 rpm higher redline. The changes to the liquid-cooled, four-stroke, 996cc, 8V, DOHC, 90-degree V-Twin ultimately afforded the TLR a cool 135hp at 9,500 rpm and 78 ft-lbs of torque at 7,500 rpm. And despite the bump in performance, the V-Twin retained its reputation for bullet-proof reliability.
We love our TL-Rs here – in fact, the V-Twin-powered Suzuki has long been Adam’s favorite motorcycle. So when he set out to build a custom Iconic Motorbike years ago, the choice for a starting point was obvious.
This example is VIN: JS1VT52A6Y2101845.
The odometer shows 15,175 miles.
Adam bought it quite some time ago from his friend Pete Boccarossa of Superbike Universe. “The title was missing so I used the time to take his creation and make it a bit more Iconic!”
Modifications:
Custom paint by Artistimo Customs.
The “Iconic Motorbikes” logo is also ghosted in white on the tank and the bottom edge of the “number plate” area of the tail.
Full Sebimoto body kit with projector-style headlights and integrated rear light underneath tail section, it can only be seen when bike is running.
Custom Graves TL-R fairing stay.
Zero Gravity windscreen.
Ohlins steering damper, VanZuki triple tree.
Ladybird full titanium dual exhaust.
Attack rearsets.
VanZuki billet clutch cover.
VanZuki front sprocket cover (exposes sprocket, holds speed sensor).
Penske remote reservoir rear shock.
Magnesium Marvic Penta wheels.
New Brembo 19 RCS front brake and clutch master cylinders.
Early 2000s Suzuki GSX-R1000 front end with radially-mounted calipers, Core Moto stainless steel brake lines, aftermarket narrow band slotted rotors up front, drilled full floating rear rotor that came off a Yoshimura Superbike.
Aftermarket gas cap.
Cosmetic Blemishes:
Inside of tank:
The sale includes one key.
It is riding on new Dunlop Sportmax Q3+ tires from 2021.
Currently located at our facility in Santa Monica, California (please make an appointment for an inspection), this Suzuki is offered on a clean Oregon title with a license plate. You likely would not be able to transfer this to a California title. Have any TL1000R stories or questions about this listing? Let us know in the “Comments” tab!
Please Note: In response to customer requests, we are implementing an automatic bid bump: if your proxy bid meets or exceeds the reserve price, bidding will jump up to meet that price and you will see “Reserve price has been met” under the price. Please contact abhi@iconicmotorbikes.com if you have any questions!
