Post by bamihapper on Jul 6, 2013 21:25:55 GMT
hey all, im going to write down a story because its a bit of therapy for me, feel free to scroll down to the pictures.
After meeting some people online i got interested in oldskool suzukis, people like ReneEfe, Proffie, Spike , Jelly which might sound familiar if you was a regular on OSS.info.
I decided i wanted a katana so i started looking for one and this one came across my path again but now i had the money to spend.
Some people might know this bike, the original owner took it on a trip to a streetfighter meet in Wembley
Anyways not long after purchasing the bike, my girlfriend and me also bought a house which needed some fixing up. 3 months later im starting having some health issues in the form of joint pains and muscle aches. At the time of writing i am not able to work with my hands longer than 30 minutes and not able to stand for longer than 2 hours. A couple months of doctor visits, hospital trips and therapy i still dont know what causes it. On top of that my boss decided i was no longer needed and is trying to get rid of me. That made me think over my options. I put my bikes up for sale as i cant ride anyways and could be in need of money. Luckily the work situation is solved so i can keep my bikes for now.
Sitrep.
i dont have to work till october first so i got ALOT of time so i thought i might get some work done on the katana, provided it doesnt cause to much trouble with my health. Also need to do some stuff around the house.
The bike has a gsxr 1100 engine from 1989 with hayabusa pistons and it also has a lockup clutch fitted. it produced a healthy 210 bhp. It has a dyna ignition and gsxr running gear and some frame strengtening mods.
when i bought it the turbokit was removed and it came with some carbs and a turbo but no headers. I have purchased a td04-14t which would give around 200 bhp. Also had some stuff made for the start of the headers.
i am a constructionworker so i can weld and fabricate things with a angle grinder and a tigwelder, unfortunatly no experience with cnc or a lathe.
I swapped out the front fork for a revised one, this one also has aluminium tubes to make it look beefier and its coated black. I'm not sure if im going to use clip ons or the superbike handlebars.
I swapped the rear wheel with my 750m because its worn and the tyre on the katana was in good nick and wasnt being used. I also purchased a AFR kit and started to make a plenum but i havent got pictures of that at the moment. Thats it for now, i hope to start building my plenum or header soon.
After meeting some people online i got interested in oldskool suzukis, people like ReneEfe, Proffie, Spike , Jelly which might sound familiar if you was a regular on OSS.info.
I decided i wanted a katana so i started looking for one and this one came across my path again but now i had the money to spend.
Some people might know this bike, the original owner took it on a trip to a streetfighter meet in Wembley
Anyways not long after purchasing the bike, my girlfriend and me also bought a house which needed some fixing up. 3 months later im starting having some health issues in the form of joint pains and muscle aches. At the time of writing i am not able to work with my hands longer than 30 minutes and not able to stand for longer than 2 hours. A couple months of doctor visits, hospital trips and therapy i still dont know what causes it. On top of that my boss decided i was no longer needed and is trying to get rid of me. That made me think over my options. I put my bikes up for sale as i cant ride anyways and could be in need of money. Luckily the work situation is solved so i can keep my bikes for now.
Sitrep.
i dont have to work till october first so i got ALOT of time so i thought i might get some work done on the katana, provided it doesnt cause to much trouble with my health. Also need to do some stuff around the house.
The bike has a gsxr 1100 engine from 1989 with hayabusa pistons and it also has a lockup clutch fitted. it produced a healthy 210 bhp. It has a dyna ignition and gsxr running gear and some frame strengtening mods.
when i bought it the turbokit was removed and it came with some carbs and a turbo but no headers. I have purchased a td04-14t which would give around 200 bhp. Also had some stuff made for the start of the headers.
i am a constructionworker so i can weld and fabricate things with a angle grinder and a tigwelder, unfortunatly no experience with cnc or a lathe.
I swapped out the front fork for a revised one, this one also has aluminium tubes to make it look beefier and its coated black. I'm not sure if im going to use clip ons or the superbike handlebars.
I swapped the rear wheel with my 750m because its worn and the tyre on the katana was in good nick and wasnt being used. I also purchased a AFR kit and started to make a plenum but i havent got pictures of that at the moment. Thats it for now, i hope to start building my plenum or header soon.