DaveV65

Yes, genuine Suzuki black chrome pipes.

Dezza it's an 1100, the pipes look original but I'll check if they are Suzuki, they look the same as the Kat pipes I had on my old 1100ET with a bit of dexion to mate up the mounting brackets.

It's well tidy and original so it'll be ride it first and see what develops from there, probably end up going restomod but keep the ability to go back to original at some point if needed. Forgot how heavy they are so hopping off a Doocarti onto it will require some sensory recalibration.

I thought it was an ME33 but it's on Lasertecs, I'll be checking how old they are before taking it out. Last hit the road just before Covid, carbs need a clean but she's ticking over better each time she's fired up.

Well, 250 miles later she's finally home and squirrelled away in the garage until I can check her over, daughter's boyfriends stuff is taking up too much space!

Thanks gents, that'll be just one of a list of jobs to do on it when it arrives home.

I've finally done and bought a 1982 Kat 1100, pick it up in a week's time. I was just reminiscing back to the feeble headlight on my old ET and wondered if anyone had done an LED headlight conversion on a Kat or could recommend one.

An interesting thread with some interesting thoughts, I just thought about the fact that not all of the front tyres available for the bike would weigh the same from different manufacturers and having the wheel balanced could see 20g added in weights. Also consider as the tyre wears it becomes lighter. I guess in World SBK they are at the law of diminishing returns and are at the edge of weight saving anyway, within class regs and as has been pointed out, the big old GSX is a bit of a barge to start with and is hardly a razor sharp track tool, just thinking.

Now I'm sure I've seen that baby in a magazine somewhere.

Rene, what front end do you have on that? That's a bit more than a corner!

Would that be the Rene Schilperhoord (apologies if my spelling is incorrect) who featured in Practical Sportsbikes a few times?

Jaydee, your bollock is safe, only 1 pic of 4k bike but loads of stuff of no relevance, including cars!

Joseph, any pictures or details? That would have been an option some years back but dodgy hips limit how long I can ride for. I'm in Aberdeen and the direct Paris flight was stopped during Covid and never reinstated.

I'm now of the mindset that if I can't see a bike in the flesh or at least someone who I trust has seen it then I'm not bidding on it! At least we know he's out there!