Kamikaze

another one resurrected....

Ahhhhhh Rickman....dont think ive seen one of those built with a suzook engine before. cool project

He has a mould for the W series tanks he presses out and welds together i think as well

Yep its a dam shame, cause he has some top class machinery and tank moulds, and he makes some nice kits but like u said, he cant be trusted.

luv this bike....great styling. white frame suits it.

looking great, the tail and lines of the bike work well...

Dude, hats off to ya.....thats a hell of a restoration build, i think most ppl would cry and curl up in a corner. Fuck me wat a job...the previous owner needs to be shot..!!!! When u heading back to OZ to work on it...?

Great base for a project. Looking forward to seeing the Build.

first 2 numbers are kg, then the last 3 are grams.....so for example the last wheel which is 30years old is a magnesium race wheel. weighs in at 11 kg and 629 grams. I have pics with weights some where without tyres and sprocket carriers as well

Definitely kg dude. If wheels where any lighter they would snap

Here ya go. Some of my collections. Some wheels are 6” but u get the idea. original 5.5” slingy wheel 750M 5.5” astralites Marchesini KTM 6” Oz Racing 6” dymag carbon 6” old school Marchesini 5.5” magnesium race wheels

welcome Yoan......very nice restoration

nice to see it coming along Dunc.... there some beautiful pieces urve made for it

Definately water cooled, 3rd gen GSXR. Any frame that had the chamfered edge like the one u have is 3rd generation GSXR, and the subframes where bolt on....like @no classsaid, it will fit but alot of faffing about.

ahhh not good to hear Dunc, hope u get it sorted soon mate. Always keen to hear ur racing reports and R+D

Yeah true, theres alot of good points made for the justification of expensive carbs....for me it was more of an experiment to see the difference in performance, cause i had collected all 3 types of carbs over the years. Personally, for the road i prefer the TMR's....more refined and smoother operation, plus they have a choke for easier starting. It all started as shits and giggles, but i decided to start racing in the Classic superbike series in europe, and i wanted to see how far i could get the ol 750 slingy to maximum performance, similar to the power levels they had back in the day. I think the yoshi teams had 135-140BHP from their 750 oil burners back then. Thats a considerable amount when they start with approx 100BHP. And when u think carbs can add an extra 10-20BHP, i think their are good value for money. You obviously need some head work for them to work effectively but hence the dyno run to compare the differences. The FCR's have been rebuilt and new ignition fitted, So in a few months it will go back on the same dyno and find out what the outcome is. Im hoping to crack the 135BHP with a bit of tuning and fettling....well see

EBC do a dry clutch plate kit for the 86’ LTD for bout £250 or so. I will be installing one of my dry clutch kits later in the year on my track bike and testing the EBC plate kit to see if it’s up to the test....we shall soon see.

Track bike, track bike, track bike...!!! Go on. U know u want to

I think Spike is taking orders again, best check thou.

Too early for me Duncan, still cant leave the country. Just reading trackday addicts group on bookface, First trackday at Cadwell today after lockdown and already red flag at 9:05am at gooseneck..... Panoniaring for me has been resheduled for June by organisers.....so looks like its 3rd May at Assen for the first day out for me

yeah Spike does some good stuff....Its a awesome build, looking forward to this getting done

Did u get the fairing problem sorted, i remember u having dramas with them