So I couldn’t pass this one up.

[Upshotknothole]

Saw this posted online while sitting at a bar getting drunk last night with a friend. Started emailing, then texting, and went and checked it out today. It’s missing the uppers, has the mids and lowers, would love to restore it to full fairings if I could ever find an upper. Has a yosh top triple and one case cover. Will be getting a bandit engine soon enough, but fuck I could not pass up on those beautiful purple wheels. 
 

Does anyone remember what color the front fender was? I need to replace it and the front tire immediately. 

[Dezza]

Nice find. Clearly the front mudguard would have been bright yellow, the same as the missing fairing pieces

Edited May 17, 2021 by Dezza

[fatblokeonbandit]

Excellent, best paint job ever, heres mine, bog standard,  back in 1992, and 6 months latyer, make sure its not this one as iit was bent in the middle.

Mudguard and wheels were balck...

 

 

[Captain Chaos]

@fatblokeonbandityours was watercooled, this one is a '92 oilcooled yank spec one. 
Same paintjob though. 

[Captain Chaos]

[Upshotknothole]

5 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

Thanks, time to get a black front fender. I do prefer the wheels purple over black, almost as nice as the white wheels.

[fatblokeonbandit]

Just now, Captain Chaos said:

@fatblokeonbandityours was watercooled, this one is a '92 oilcooled yank spec one. 
Same paintjob though. 

Yup thats right the yanks were a year late.

[Oilyspanner]

9 hours ago, fatblokeonbandit said:

Yup thats right the yanks were a year late.

Wish we were a year late too !  

[Wagola]

10 hours ago, fatblokeonbandit said:

Excellent, best paint job ever, heres mine, bog standard,  back in 1992, and 6 months latyer, make sure its not this one as iit was bent in the middle.

Mudguard and wheels were balck...

 

 

@fatblokeonbanditnot quite so fbob then either !! 

[Upshotknothole]

Anyone know if the early W front fenders were compatible? Only fenders I'm finding on Eblag are missing tabs and they want stupid money for them.

 

Never mind, looked up the part number and saw that it's the same from 90-95. Got a decent W one ordered up for a fair price.

Edited May 17, 2021 by Upshotknothole
I googled it.

[Upshotknothole]

Picked it up today. Also looked over it more, besides the seats, it has some nice bling on it. Someone put some money into this back in the day, allegedly has a newer engine as well, but who knows. Lowers and mids are rashed a little on one side, the hunt for full fairings begins. 

[Joseph]

On 5/17/2021 at 10:36 AM, fatblokeonbandit said:

Best paint job ever

Nah, that'll be the '93 black purple pink

haha

[Captain Chaos]

11 hours ago, Upshotknothole said:

allegedly has a newer engine as well, but who knows.

I doubt it since '92 was the last oilcooled GSX-R.

[Upshotknothole]

1 hour ago, Captain Chaos said:

I doubt it since '92 was the last oilcooled GSX-R.

Oh, I just mean lower miles than the 28K that it shows on the odometer.

[Upshotknothole]

Took it out for a spin with a couple friends on slabbies last night. Speedo needle didn’t like doing a ton on the local shit roads. I’ve got a nicer 1100 cluster that I might swap the tach and mount up, or I’ll just live with it and ride it all summer. I’ve had so many of these damn needles snap over the years.