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MY GS5/6 just about finished

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Just had to get this, captures the essence of what its all about for me
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I've been following your build on Oldskoolsuzuki for quite a time now. Congrats on a well built bike. It's been fun to watch and helpful in parts of my build.
 
I would have to imagine that it has just a wee bit more power than the stock 550. ;)

Daniel
 
Took it for its 1st ride on Friday to the MOT , its surprisingly comfortable and pulls really well , better than my Bandit 600 used to, especially from 60 onwards,
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anyway it failed on the numberplate position not being near vertical , so yesterday I carried out the brilliant piece of engineering shown in the photo and it passed, needless to say its back where I want it now
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Hahahahahaha they passed it with duct tape? Awesome!

Glad you got her on the road though, now you can ride the snot out of her and have a blast :D
 
pete said:
Hahahahahaha they passed it with duct tape? Awesome!

Glad you got her on the road though, now you can ride the snot out of her and have a blast :D
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What do you mean your suprised they passed it with duct tape.... man if its good enough for NASCAR its good enough for the MOT.... You do realize that duct tape is like the "Force".. It has a dark side and a light side while binding the universe together.

Nice job on the bike. Super Cool. Now go find some twisties and come back and tell us how she felt.

Paul
 
Man no way would they have passed that with duct tape here... they'd probably fine you just for the cheek of showing up with duct tape on there :rolleyes:
 
lol, had the front spoiler on my car held together with it for 2 years while I was looking for one the same colour to replace it, good stuff :D
 
Redneck said:
What do you mean your suprised they passed it with duct tape.... man if its good enough for NASCAR its good enough for the MOT.... You do realize that duct tape is like the "Force".. It has a dark side and a light side while binding the universe together.

Nice job on the bike. Super Cool. Now go find some twisties and come back and tell us how she felt.

Paul
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I live in the country, so there were plenty of twisties on the 30 mile round trip to the MOT and she felt great, that USD front end certaintly soaks up the bumps , very pleased :D
 
I just was on Oldskool to check out your bike. I'ts been a while since I checked it out and then wake up to a new post here. Lookin great. Get us some riding videos.
 
Yeah I've been photo whoring and posted on all the forums I'm on what with the MOT pass, gave me a tremendous sense of achievement I've been into bikes since I was about 7 or 8 but this is the 1st one I've built myself
 
Took her out for a 100mile blast over the weekend so she's definately ridden and not hiddden, pretty bloody quick for a 600, faster than my bandit 6 used to be, and handles and stops great, just had the push part of the throttle jump out of its clamp on the carbs , you could still open it up but had to manually shut her down, didn't spring back, but ten minutes in the workshop sorted that .was an absolute blast to ride and sounds awesome when you open her up or shut her down into a bend with the overrun, very pleased all round :dancing: :D
 
reddragon said:
Took her out for a 100mile blast over the weekend so she's definately ridden and not hiddden, pretty bloody quick for a 600, faster than my bandit 6 used to be, and handles and stops great, just had the push part of the throttle jump out of its clamp on the carbs , you could still open it up but had to manually shut her down, didn't spring back, but ten minutes in the workshop sorted that .was an absolute blast to ride and sounds awesome when you open her up or shut her down into a bend with the overrun, very pleased all round :dancing: :D
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Mate that's awesome news! Glad to hear it :D
 
At Poole Bike night tonight, clocked up 400 miles so far and alls good, would be more but binned my ZZR a few weeks back and not been able to ride due to cracked ribs :eek:

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reddragon said:
At Poole Bike night tonight, clocked up 400 miles so far and alls good, would be more but binned my ZZR a few weeks back and not been able to ride due to cracked ribs :eek:

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Mate that's awesome! Bet you turned a few heads 'ey?

Bugger on the ribs but glad you're ok enough to be riding and posting :)
 
Yeah went for a wander then came back and sat near it answering questions for half hour or so, one bloke wanted to buy it, I told him its not for sale , and he said well when it is let me know :D
 
Awesome bike! Its now my desktop background for the next few weeks and motivation/inspiration to keep building up my bank account till I can afford some of those parts.

btw: what year gsxr did the front end come off of?

Thanks
 
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