Whale's Harris

[whale]

Finished and on the road - I'm loving it

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1286729141.jpg

[Harry]

she's a nice bike stuart, bet ya happy with that mate...is the pic taken in front of the bull and barlie pub in cambooya ?

[whale]

No mate, its the Brushgrove Hotel, north of Grafton

[RevHead]

that is nice ,hows she handle,bloke,didnt rob phylis race one of these,back in the day

[Harry]

quote:Originally posted by whale

No mate, its the Brushgrove Hotel, north of Grafton
hmmm swaer it's the same pub...either way mate the bike's a winner..still got the CB13 ?

[kev@vcm]

well done whale glade to see its on the road mate

[whale]

Pete, its a weapon mate, its got a ZX9 front end and the geometry has been changed to match a ZX9. Despite the fact thats its as short as fuck, it tracks like a champion.

Still got the CB Harry, heading off to PI on it on Tuesday.

Kev, the seats as hard as a fucking plank, I'll be in touch soon enough

[Gitzy]

With some paint on her, she'll loook fanfarkintastic whale.. still looks great now though, nice work..

[scotty]

quote:Originally posted by whale

No mate, its the Brushgrove Hotel, north of Grafton
hey
Thats where i stayed in 08 on my way to AFR. Brads old man lives just up the road from there on the water.
Nice ride btw

[Hagarr]

Excellent work.

Not to much trouble to license? :D

[whale]

Its an 82 GSX 1100 single seat registered in QLD

[Large]

lol

Nice work mate

[Hagarr]

People don't appreciate how sharp these things steer, you look where you want to be and they seem to be there before you even think it.

I can't come to grips with the claimed numbers of modern bikes, some claim as low as 180 odd kilos yet one of these things fully tanked with fuel and oil will see about 205kgs and thats with a brick of an engine like the old GSX or even the GSXR/

Nothing wrong with what you have there man but I'd be looking for a nice warm'92 Gixxer motor as a transplant then you'll have real power and awesome reliability.

Good Luck , happy Harrising!

[whale]

I've got an 1170 kit for it and I hear that the cams from the first slabbies slot right in. With the mikunis that are already on it, it should go alright

[Hagarr]

Only reason I suggested Gixxer is once you start hotting up GSX's, Clutch Crank and alternators don't like it.

Not dissing your thread I reckon your bike is cool just had a couple of GSX's and since moving to Gixxer have never looked back.

[whale]

Thanks for the heads up mate. I've been warned about clutches.

Much modification needed to go Gixxer?

[Hagarr]

In all honesty I don't know as the Harris Suzuki frame is slightly different to the Z9 one I have.

Basically the Z9 has heaps of room at the back of the frame near the swingarm whereas your frame finishes close to the back of the engine and close to swinger, the Z9 had a kick starter so more room was needed at the back because the cases were slightly bigger/longer.

If you ask a couple of guys who have played with GSX to GSXR conversions in standard frames they might be better at advising.

Maybe try Oldskool they will certainly know.

All in all I don't think it would be too difficult as the GSX bottom end is much bigger than the Gixxer.

I'll do a bit of research and get back to 'ya!

[bly]

Why don't you ride it to the island girlyman?

[Large]

quote:Originally posted by bly

Why don't you ride it to the island girlyman?


How's your project going Brian?

Got any pics?

[2ndclasscitizen]

quote:Originally posted by Large


quote:Originally posted by bly

Why don't you ride it to the island girlyman?


How's your project going Brian?

Got any pics?


Pretty sure I saw old Bly riding his Multi down Euston Rd last Friday.

[bly]

Yeah I'm riding it guys, a couple of pics over in the My Ride forum.
Loving it too. Wish I was fit enough to ride it down the island with Whale is all.

[Large]

Cheers mate, missed the pics you'd posted before.