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great idea to rebuild as a tribute. Plenty of help on here for you as you go along. Look forward to seeing the progress

that one above is woodys spondon Katana and is the only one I know of. There was a rumour there were 2 but never seen another. Mick has the only Spondon GIA katana as it was made before they closed the doors recently and is different to the original spondon katana. I have the drawings for the spondon katana. As far as I know there aren't any other ali framed ones. I have seen a copy done in steel and as Clive says there are now steel frames around from when Team Classic Suzuki copied my katana frame to produce race frames.

yes Warpspeed stuff is lovely. I have seen some of their full kits and they are very nice. They try to keep the turbo as high up as possible.

I was going to buy them but could see you were interested mate We obviously have similar tastes

the unclaimed helmet

Can I just park my van on your plot again

that is lovely. look forward to seeing the progress

it is on the bench atm. a lot further on than last post. Might be ready for next summer.

good progress mate

Maybe they started on the U702 motors which would have been 83 I think. My kat turbo project is using one of these and I cant remember if the crank had any welding or not. it is fully welded now though

efe engines had some welding to the crank but not enough for big hp. The earlier GSX motors did not as far as I know.

I have seen some of the work at Spondon GIA and it is looking good. To do an exact spondon katana you would need the original spondon drawings but there is nothing wrong with doing an updated versionimo.

Spondon GIA is the way forward on aluminium frame kits and swingarms now. They are currently catching up on the backlog of work that Gav had taken deposits on. I have seen their work and spent some time with them and they have some skills and a there is also a lot of spondon knowledge and connections so it is a good combination of the two brands coming together. There will be some articles soon with more details

Jesus Clive do you have some sort of seat fettish I thought I had a few seats stashed but thats some collection you have! on another note - good find :-)

you know it... be good to finally meet properly

might have to bring the Kat as that shitty UK Specials group wont allow it

I think I would save up and buy a well made frame from known manufacturer. As it stands it is only worth the value of the parts when sold seperately. A complete running special sold for that a few weeks ago on a facebook site.

I had a busa arm in mine and did not need a lesser chain. Where is the issue with clearance? Suzuki Nick has my old extended busa arm for sale I think but it needs powdercoating.

good to see it has gone to a good home

looks great and being put to good use

I ended up binning that bike off with the knackered head but I am now thinking of replacing the water cooled engine in my wp turbo project with an oil boiler so exactly the same idea just different bike. I have been told it is a very tight fit and this seems to match some of the detail above. Be good to hear what you guys do with yours

Good to catch up with some of you guys. Couple of pics of the parade