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Plenty of Hayabusas from this era wear stretched swingarms, aftermarket wheels, and enough chrome to signal a passing aircraft. This one wears none of it. A largely untouched 2004 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa showing 11,900 miles is chasing no-reserve bids on Hagerty Marketplace, where the listing and all 37 photos are hosted, and the clock runs out Tuesday, August 18 at 2:35 p.m. EDT. (Photos courtesy of Hagerty Marketplace.)
Bidding sat at $5,000 across 17 bids at the time of writing. That is real money for a 22-year-old sportbike, and not obviously enough for one this original.
Peregrine Falcon, Pearl Nebular Black
Suzuki named the Hayabusa after the peregrine falcon, a bird that dives at 180 to 200 mph. Subtlety was never the point. When the GSX1300R arrived in 1999, its 1299cc liquid-cooled inline-four and wind-sculpted bodywork made it the fastest production motorcycle money could buy, and the top-speed arms race it touched off ended with manufacturers quietly agreeing to cap their bikes at roughly 186 mph.
By 2004, Suzuki had spent five model years sharpening the electronic fuel injection and throttle response without dulling the punch. This example wears Pearl Nebular Black with deep metallic purple accents, flowing "Hayabusa" kanji script, and a full-length stepped seat with passenger footpegs and a grab handle. The seller argues it is the best color combination Suzuki offered that year, and he is not wrong.
Underneath sits a six-speed gearbox with hydraulic clutch, a ram-air intake system, a gear-driven counterbalancer, an aluminum twin-spar frame, fully adjustable 43mm inverted forks, a link-type rear shock, and Tokico brakes with six-piston front calipers on dual discs. The 17-inch cast aluminum wheels wear fresh Bridgestone radials.
212 Miles in Seven Years
The ownership story is the interesting part. The seller bought the bike in July 2019 with 11,688 miles showing. It reads 11,900 today. That works out to roughly 212 miles in seven years, which means this thing has been stored far more than it has been ridden.
He describes three known owners, all of them older riders, and a machine that has been adult-owned and carefully maintained its entire life. The factory safety stickers are reportedly still in place, which is the sort of detail that separates a genuine survivor from a merely tidy used bike.
Recent work covers a full inspection and service, a replacement battery, and those Bridgestone tires. The only listed modification is a larger shifter peg. Yoshimura slip-on stainless mufflers are included alongside the factory units, which picked up scratches in storage while the Yoshimuras were fitted. There are typical light paint imperfections from normal use and no damage. A clean Indiana title in the owner's name accompanies the bike, which sits in Coatesville, Indiana.
The chassis number, JS1GW71A742104065, decodes cleanly: a Japan-built Suzuki motorcycle, GW71A chassis code for the fuel-injected 1299cc Hayabusa, 2004 model year, Suzuki of Japan assembly.
What Hagerty's Numbers Actually Say
Here is the wrinkle. Pull up Hagerty's Valuation Tools and run through the Suzuki model list and you will find the GS1000S Katana, the GSX-R600, the GSX-R750, and the GSX-R1100. You will not find a GSX1300R. The Hayabusa does not yet carry its own Hagerty Price Guide entry, which tells you roughly where it sits in the collector hierarchy: at the door, not through it.
For context on what does have an entry, a 1996 Suzuki GSX-R1100W carries a #3 (Good) condition value of $5,200 in the current guide, up 8.3 percent. Hagerty's past-sales records do log Hayabusa transactions, including a 1,400-mile 2004 GSX1300R at $9,450, which suggests the ceiling for exceptional low-mile first-generation bikes is real if not yet stratospheric.
That gap is exactly what this auction is testing. At $5,000 with no reserve and a day left, the bike is priced like a used sportbike and specified like a preserved one. Which of the two the market decides it is gets settled Tuesday afternoon.
Round Two
One more thing worth knowing. This Hayabusa was offered on Hagerty Marketplace in June 2026 and the winning bidder failed to follow through on the purchase. Hagerty notes the collapse had nothing to do with the bike or the seller. Relisted lots sometimes carry a stigma they have not earned, and sometimes that stigma is precisely what makes the second run a buying opportunity.
If you like Hayabusa power in a lighter wrapper, see what happens when a GSX1300R engine lands in a Birkin S3. For more from the block, browse the 10 coolest cars for sale on Hagerty Marketplace right now and the coolest motorcycles heading to Iconic Auctioneers' Kempton Park sale, or read our take on where the collector car market is actually heading in 2026.
