Spike Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 „Back to the UPSSR“ In a distant past, the name Menno Hindriks was already a technical celebrity in our region. Planes, cars and motorcycles were then and still are, well into the 70's!, made on the assembly line. We regularly ride together for over a decade and this all-rounder adapts many of my projects. Enjoying his work and wonderful stories every time. As a GSXR enthusiast, however, the UPSSR creations appealed the most to the imagination. In the early 1990s, 4 trendsetting allroads were designed and made in collaboration with motor wrecker UPS in Emst (Netherlands). The 1st 2 with a GSXR750 block and the others with an 1100 power plant. One 1100 was destroyed in the UPS company fire and the other was sawed up and now only exists as a license plate. The 750s, however, are still there. 1 in crates in the west of the country and 1 went via a detour to Menno's neighbor 23 years ago. There the UPSSR was lovingly cherished and embellished all these years. After reading great stories in, among others, the Kicxstart, my desire to own a UPSSR only increased. Plans were already in the making to make a new allroad. Until an unexpected phone call from Menno a few weeks ago. Due to circumstances, neighbor Harm decided it was time to give his beloved UPSSR to someone else. Something no one ever expected! Since my fervent wish was known to both Menno and Harm, I was welcome to talk about it. I gratefully made use of that and after more than an hour of drooling at the engine we quickly came to an agreement. So now I am proud to be able to preserve this piece of art!!! Some specs: WP front fork, Haan wheels, WP rear spring, 750 block with machined head and other camshafts, handmade stainless steel exhaust system with BSM carbon silencer, divisible frame with removable subframe, etc. 9 Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 that looks a lot of fun to ride 1 Quote Link to comment
davecara Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Very cool. I like that 1 Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaos Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 it's so ugly it's beautiful. Last month I was considering putting a GSX-R750 engine in my Cagiva Elefant, would have been the same result. Instead I rebuilt the Duc@ti engine. 3 Quote Link to comment
TLRS Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Love these rarities.. looks sorted.. like it could have been a production bike! 1 Quote Link to comment
Maggotbreath Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Hell ya, that thing is huge! 1 Quote Link to comment
kev34 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Dakar here we come lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Spike Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 Not going to change much. Lifting the back a bit, open up the rear and painting the rims black... 3 Quote Link to comment
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