Part 15 – the morning after…(the big reveal)
So when I woke up the next morning, and went to the garage, this is what I saw.
If I were more of a man, I’d probably tell you that I shed a few tears too.
As moments go, this one was as near to perfection as you can get.
Even the weather played a part – after a year on the bench, who wouldn’t want to see their baby for the first time, on a day blessed with warm morning sunshine.
Oh boy, this was a good moment!
Next up – we take her to Spa (where the weather, not so good…)
Awesome!
Lookin so, so good. After all the blood, sweat and tears… brilliant job! Bloody well done!
Looks great mate,hope it was worth all the blood,sweat and tears!
Hi Paul,
Your bike looks awseome. It’s a shame about Spa. I approve of the Gixxer parts as they are all in-house Suzuki and in keeping with your creative aims. Brilliant. I am particularly interested in your brake upgrade as my 750 slabby could do with better stopping were the ZX9R “E” discs a simple bolt on and did you use slabby 1100 wheels? My slabby is a daily rider but my main project at the moment is my old R100CS hopped up to 1050, lumpy cam, lightened valve train, ti pushrods, Dellortos and full Maxton suspension so I know exactly how much you have achieved and the financial commitment needed to do it.
Hi David,
sorry I missed your comment earlier. The ZX9R E-discs bolt straight up to the slabby wheels. Suzuki and Kawasaki shared an OE brake supplier back in the day, and that disc mounting pattern ran from the early slabby right the way through to the ZX9R e model and ZRX1100/1200 models too.
The offset on the ZX9R discs is way different to the slabby though, so don’t expect to replace like for like – I think there was about 12mm difference in the disc offset from memory, which didn’t matter to us as we made bespoke caliper brackets anyway. Good luck with your own project, once they’re off an running it’s like having another job isn’t it?