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THE NO MONEY MIRACLE / 1989 GSXR 750

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g-style street-fighters' 1989 Suzuki GSX-R 750 : Project G-2 Discussion


Finaly gettin this up, I've been workin' 6 days a week lately and will be for most of the winter (gotta pay for a trip in May!!!).

Project G-2 consists of a clapped out 1989 GSXR in need of some styling help. I bought the bike $1000 (pic 1 - hurtin unit) from a buddy at a recyclers. Him and his buddies race locally and this was to be his freinds "fun day" bike. It was really rough. Chris decided to make a fighter of it and began the instal of the R1 tail (a racers special - fiberglass molded from a stocker - crap!!). He had a local butcher make up the subframe but didn't have the time to finish it. They welded it so badly I didn't trust it at all (pic 2 - terrible welds). I strengthened up the subframe a bit and quickly threw together the headlight mount for some $35 fog lights (pic 3). And the cateye taillight Plastic $25 unit, and painted it black (rattle can of course) (pic 4).

 

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Re: Project G-2

Just a couple pics to give a better idea of how rough the old bitch is.

G.

 

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Re: Project G-2

Wanted to get up here with an info / mission statement so to speak.

Bike: '89 GSXR 750, Ex - racer, race tech suspension including springs and valving (in other words too stiff for the street), 4.5" rim conversion with 180 tire, Ported / polished with aftermarket cams and valve springs / retainers / keepers (in other words no bottom end - slugg in town), Stage 3 jetting with K&N dual pods (too rich for the street). Note to self - Don't buy an ex - race only bike.

Mission: I will build this bike based only on fabrication alone...That is to say, I will buy nothing from here on in except mostly steel. I will be modifying the frame, building my own - sub frame, brake stay, Rear cowl, rear fender, Exhaust including cans, gas tank mods, handlebars, headlight mounts, seat, risers, lowering links, grips, pegs, battery box, complete minimized wiring harness, brake lights, and liscence plate holder. Not store bought, hand fabbed. That's gonna keep me busy. And as you see the original base will only supply a simple skeleton.

Other purchases: That I know of to date - brake pads - all of them, mine are good except they're race pads ( I can't get to the end of the street without black rims ), one front disc - I had one start to pulse, rear tire (me likes burnouts!!), some external engine cover gaskets (for polishing etc.), and usual oil / filter / plugs for tune up.

Styling: Everywhere. I want some german flare, some England styling, some american bits, some chopperesque stuff, and some drag bike, with a whole lot of G-style mixed in.

I'm sure Enron had a mission statement too.
:LolLolLolLol:
Glen...

 

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Got out today after work to do some catchin' up on the bike. Took my pic with the newspaper - kinda. I didn't have a paper so I used the december Sreetfighters mag I just picked up at the store last week (pic 1). Then I started to take her appart a little more (just the subframe)(pic 2). I gotta get her appart and ready!!! jan 1st is gettin' close.....

Oh yeah, pic 3 my exhaust lying in waiting some new shiny stainless!!!!!! Gotta get some gas for the tig....



:cfcartman:

Glen...

 

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Re: Project G-2

The pics (don't know what happened there).....

 

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Re: Project G-2

Finally got the bike all torn down, just a few pics. Unfortunitely most of the stuff I'm gonna do needs steel and my wallet is recovering from the hollidays so it'll be a slow start. I'll try to get started this week.

G..

 

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Been busy building my subframe and tail, it's lookin' pretty good. The other day I took the upper tree into work, machined out the key switch housing (pic 1) and milled down the stock guage mounts (pic 2) to be used probably for headlight mount?? Just gotta clean it up now.

Still waiting to get the aargon bottle filled and my aluminum ordered, no money as usual so I'll have to wait.


G......

:cfrocks:

 

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Just gettin some pics up, I finnished my riser spacers the other day (pic 1), test mounted them on the machined top tripple (pic 2), and spun some grips up outta aluminum (pic 3). Also blended the clamps with the risers, as the lowers were from an old ATC 125 and the tops were from an RM 125..Just matched them up. Still too much to do.

 

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Busy, busy, workin' on subframe and tail section today. Everything's stainless as usual for me. Way to much to go on this rear end but I'm goin in the right direction.

Shown is the new subframe (pic 1), Cowl section start (pic 2), And a couple angles of the pair as a unit.

It's lighter than it looks, and strong enough for the wife to ride too.

G.....

 

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I also made up some adjustable struts for the rear suspension , but I'm not sure I wanna' use them. Time will tell on these, although it would be nice to have the adjustability.

G...

 

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So uh....Where am I??? Here's some stuff. Sandblasted the rotors to remove the glaze, Painted the inner rear rotor, Blasted and painted the Rear sprocket.

 

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Here's a shot of the tail and an exhaust I made for it that I'm not going to use (whatta waste of time)...... Oh and a little shot of the tail light mounted on my batterybox. You can also see the rear pegs that match the grips I made.

 

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My worst enemy that freekin' polishing monster, and some polished bits... Including my grips and pegs...

 

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The motor after polishing the covers and givin' it the PJ1 ceramic treatment...

 

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My battery box before and after paint and wiring. Shows tail light and liscence plate mounting. Not to worry all the wiring is hidden behind and in the frame.

 

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Baffles in the pipes...

 

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Some hanging tidbits...Now runing clip-ons upside down and on top of the upper clamp...Welded tabs to them for mirror mounting. Polished the rearsets too.

 

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Here's a shot of the subframe all done before powder coat. And another of the seat mounts....It's on rubber...That's all I'll say for now.

 

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This is some wiring on the headlight nacelle (huh?:LolLolLolLol: ) ..And The polishing I did on the frame before I gave up to have it powdercoated!! Did I mention I hate polishing?..

 

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Here's the new swingarm from Srapyard, beside the old one (+6 inches). Got it for $100.