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Katana Restomod Finished

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Thank you everyone for your expertise!
 

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Wow! Nice looking bike! Can you tell us more? Engine mods? Love the swingarm. Is it a custom or adaption?
 
Motor is 1166 with ported head and degreed 1150 cams, RS36 smoothbores and Motogpwerks pipe.
Swingarm is TL1000R with GSXR wheels and forks. YSS fully adjustable shocks
frame modified to mimic modern geometry. Steering tube cut and moved back 12mm, rake steepened to 26 degrees, forks extended 75mm. the rest of the frame is fully braced.
Bodywork moved back 25mm and seat shortened 25mm. The bodywork itself is lighweight stuff and the carbon fiber is from Magical Racing in Japan.
All modern electricals thanks to The Stator Papers.

Lots more, just hard to remember everything at the moment.20190815_180716.jpg
 
Wow, that is spectacular.
I figured it was just a great resto mod (which it is), but the steering modifications and relocating of the bodywork are other level stuff.
Great work.
 
Fantastic, I love it! There's something special about Katanas... doesn't really matter what you do but as long as you keep that bodywork everyone knows it's a Kat...

What are the rearsets from and any chance of a photo under the seat? I'm curious how you took care of things under there.
 
Rear sets are GSXR 600, on brackets I made after experimenting with peg position20190910_160502.jpg
 
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Rear sets are GSXR 600, on brackets I made after experimenting with peg positionView attachment 58951
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Yes very nice bike, almost ready for the Phillip Island Classic!
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Wow! Talk about raising the bar. Such a seamless mixture of old and new. This is what Suzuki should've used as a template for the new Katana.
 
Possible you were up in Aurora a while ago. Saw a beautiful Kat on a Saturday or Sunday morning around Leslie and Wellington, but I was still half asleep.
 
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Possible you were up in Aurora a while ago. Saw a beautiful Kat on a Saturday or Sunday morning around Leslie and Wellington, but I was still half asleep.
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Sorry, Was not me. I had the bike at Mosport for the vintage road racing championship round.
 
Thanks for the extra underseat pic's, very neat work indeed! Interesting to see your catch tank under there but it looks like it fits well, and a nice touch with the braided hose and anodised fittings too!

I put my catch tank in the sprocket cover to try to get it to blend in with the motor a bit but after seeing your red air filter on yours I'm wondering if I should have used a red one to match my frame... might be a little much though on mine :)
 
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