my gs1000 in development, lot of work went into it over this winter, engine was shipped up to bg racing in manchester, [barry gannon used to work for pip higham at the village bike shop, i went up to walkden to talk to pip about tuning my bike and he was really not interested, his mechanic was barry who i got on with and after he left the v.b.s set up on his own at his brothers garage], big bore kit, head work and revised cam timing along with a decent electronic ignition and harris 'works' black chrome, [fuck me, remember them?] and the motor was sorted, the frame got a lot of attention, [if you look carefully you can see the additional bracing tube in the 'v' of the frame below the belray sticker], also added bracing around the headstock under the tank, the brakes were updated with brembo's, [off a guzzi, stripped down and sprayed gold to look like goldlines] and a rear off a mba racer that i scored off sweary bob at spondon racing complete with hanger plate and spacers for a swap with a 25ltr drum of dromus 'b' cutting oil that i nicked from work, i didn't bother fitting the chrome cam cover ends and cut down the side-panels, reflectors on the tail unit, cut down the rear mudguard, junked the centre stand, indicators and sprayed the motor black, [black engines are worth 25bhp, true, ok it's not true but it looks like it should do], the ridiculous xs 1100 headlight stayed, [remember this was the era of the yamaha seca], i rode it until the autumn and then i was offered a deal i couldn't turn down so i let it go and bought a ................
my gs1000 in development, lot of work went into it over this winter, engine was shipped up to bg racing in manchester, [barry gannon used to work for pip higham at the village bike shop, i went up to walkden to talk to pip about tuning my bike and he was really not interested, his mechanic was barry who i got on with and after he left the v.b.s set up on his own at his brothers garage], big bore kit, head work and revised cam timing along with a decent electronic ignition and harris 'works' black chrome, [fuck me, remember them?] and the motor was sorted, the frame got a lot of attention, [if you look carefully you can see the additional bracing tube in the 'v' of the frame below the belray sticker], also added bracing around the headstock under the tank, the brakes were updated with brembo's, [off a guzzi, stripped down and sprayed gold to look like goldlines] and a rear off a mba racer that i scored off sweary bob at spondon racing complete with hanger plate and spacers for a swap with a 25ltr drum of dromus 'b' cutting oil that i nicked from work, i didn't bother fitting the chrome cam cover ends and cut down the side-panels, reflectors on the tail unit, cut down the rear mudguard, junked the centre stand, indicators and sprayed the motor black, [black engines are worth 25bhp, true, ok it's not true but it looks like it should do], the ridiculous xs 1100 headlight stayed, [remember this was the era of the yamaha seca], i rode it until the autumn and then i was offered a deal i couldn't turn down so i let it go and bought a ................
the sad thing is i still think that black engines are 25 hp quicker !
ReplyDeletethey are aren't they?, mine are anyway when they get the rattlecan treatment!
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