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Lairy paint job. :shock:

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Quite nicely done Z1R.

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Dodgy knees wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 11:01 pm Image
With a different headlight that would be fantastic
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Skub wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:02 pm Quite nicely done Z1R.

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:03 pm Spoilt by the silencer
I actually thought the can was a nice compromise between old and new. Stylish,but in context.
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Skub wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:17 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:03 pm Spoilt by the silencer
I actually thought the can was a nice compromise between old and new. Stylish,but in context.
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https://riders.drivemag.com/news/yamaha ... of-custom/

Meet the Yamaha GTS1000 Italian Resilience, a custom bike built by Lorenzo Frugaroli of FMW Motorcycles. The model year is 1993 and the Italian bike builder stripped down the GTS to create what looks like a statement of creativity. He still kept the front swingarm design and we have to say it looks rather special.

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Did he also design custom centre consoles for Mk1 Capris?

Pretty sure I know someone with a GTS1000, can't remember who though.
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Potter wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:23 pm Why do they have to make the arse end stick up like that, it looks ridiculous, otherwise it would look ok.
Would settle at a reasonable level with my fat arse on it :)
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So the pillion can see over the rider's head. :lol:
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No, its a Hurricane.....
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David wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:21 pm No, its a Hurricane.....
Looks more like a Suzuki GT380 two-stroke triple to me. The Ram-air on the heads gives it away.
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mangocrazy wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:41 pm
David wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:21 pm No, its a Hurricane.....
Looks more like a Suzuki GT380 two-stroke triple to me. The Ram-air on the heads gives it away.
Or a 550 lump.
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Skub wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:51 pm
mangocrazy wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:41 pm
David wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:21 pm No, its a Hurricane.....
Looks more like a Suzuki GT380 two-stroke triple to me. The Ram-air on the heads gives it away.
Or a 550 lump.
The 550 had electric start, but I can’t see either way in that pic.

It’s even got the Suzuki “binoculars” rear light.

And the left side front brake plate. I’d say it’s a Suzuki with the seat/tank unit bodged on.
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The reg comes back as a Suzuki.

Looks like a GT380 with an X75 body kit to me.
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inewham wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:56 pm Its a GT550, you can see a cable(rev counter?) just to the right of the fins, it comes off the front of the cover. 380s don't have that, they have a rev counter obvs but its from a different place
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KungFooBob wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:03 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203740494422

It's actually an SP1.

A very cheap SP1.

There must be something very very wrong with it.
Would the crash bung touch down before the peg :think:

Yeah and that's a nasty SP1. Wish I'd have bought Potters or my mates one before than. Minters were 3.5-4k I could have ridden it and doubled my money. Loved the SP1 I had a go of
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A mate has 2 SP1s (he might have 3), one is standard and one is a Moriwaki race bike, neither of them is very reliable, they have had killed a lot of ignition black boxes.