Tony's GSXR-7/11, a 750RR frame with an 1100L motor, bored to 1109cc. The RR frame was a cut above the regular 750, being the base frame for the production racers.

After a good deal of setting up, including WP rebuilding the forks and Maxton sorted rear shock, the bike became a useful piece of kit, able to match the leading stuff of its day ... which isn't saying that much as the leading stuff was GSXR1100s and Exups!

Usual mods were carried out, with Dynojet kit and K&Ns plus a very nice Termi exhaust system.

Tasty White Power USD forks with useful recessed adjusters - handy for keeping small items of toiletry in. Have been used in the past by unscrupulous individuals as ashtrays!

On closer examination at breakfast we found that the brake master cylinder was half full of water!!!.... the fluid was just high enough to cover the supply pipe. Eeeh by gum, some folks ....

Posh 6-pot Alcon brake callipers and Dymag magnesium wheels - the saving in weight of the front wheel probably just balances out the extra weight of the Alcons! Still, lots of excellent stoppie power and they look rather smart.

WP forks are the business once properly set up, which takes some doing as they are really more suited to nice smooth tracks rather than bumpy old B roads. A rebuild by WP helped but they are more race than road.

Skeletal Harris alloy rearsets are nicely made, although you have to put up with fixed footrests which can get a bit scary if they go down. Lots of little titanium and aluminium bolts and stuff all look rather lovely. Even small pieces of carbon fibre here and there.

This thing would keep a small crowd at Boxhill quite happy for a good hour or so, trying to spot all the extra little bits and pieces.

Of course, it couldn't last. No matter how one farted about with iron of this vintage, more recent bikes were getting stiffer, lighter and had improving suspension, and were leaving home grown bitsas like this far behind. Tony endured until he tried a 750Y, and suddenly realised how good standard modern bikes could be.

The only problem with the more mature bike! Little bits of wire go all green and mouldy in their connectors and then black wire corrosion sets in and bingo ..... no go!