Suzuki GSXR 1216 Mr Turbo 1986 slabside custom show street track drag bike

[weeksy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203461226161 ... SwU4lfSQxG



















SUZUKI GSXR 1216 TURBO
Currently running 14psi for road use that dyno at 215bhp can run a lot more if required.
Just serviced new oil and filter, new plugs, rebuilt turbo, carb stripped and cleaned.
1986 Slabside frame heavily modified and strengthened
Extended swing arm
1216 Bandit motor
MTC low compression pistons
Titanium valves and guilds
Up rated head gasket
APE studs
Goodridge hoses oil feeds and brakes
MTC lockup clutch
Billet clutch basket
Dyna 2000 ignition
Dyna volt coils
New Taylor leads
Mr Turbo kit
Rajay 300 Series turbo ( just had a full rebuild by Universal turbos in Fordingbridge £730) 10 miles since.
Mikuni 42mm carb with bell mouth
Wrekin Boost gauge
GPS speedo
Alpha Fuel air mix indicator
GSXR k7 forks just had new ktec seals and oil
GSXR 2016 wheels
zx10 brake callipers
WP rear shock service the end of last year
Air shifter
Lots of titanium nut n bolts
Seat has just retrimmed

[KungFooBob]

They've cut a scary amount of frame away to get the turbo and carb in!

[The Spin Doctor]

They've cut a scary amount of frame away to get the turbo and carb in!

That'll be a stress point for sure.

[demographic]

Naaah, yer alright.
That frame cutout worries me and to my eyes Slabbies are the hunchbacked inbred of the Suzuki lineup.
No doubt they shook the bike industry up in 85 when they came out but I have hidden shallows and just can't see past the looks.
Massive long swingarm and a frame that someone has attacked with a plumbers holesaw aren't helping it for me.

Its tidy enough but just doesn't tick any of my boxes.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The frame cut is scary, I do like early GSXRs though

[asmethurst99]

I was gonna to,say I liked it.I then blew up the first pic and saw the non standard curve in the frame .

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I was gonna to,say I liked it.I then blew up the first pic and saw the non standard curve in the frame .

Was whoever cut and "welded" the frame partially sighted?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Other people's thought processes baffle me sometimes

"I'm adding bits to make this engine more powerful, but I can't fit them in the bike. I know: I'll cut a big chunk of the main structure out!"

[demographic]

Other people's thought processes baffle me sometimes

"I'm adding bits to make this engine more powerful, but I can't fit them in the bike. I know: I'll cut a big chunk of the main structure out!"

Then weld it up without a long enough postpurge on the sheilding gas so theres masses of porosity at the weld stop.
Or at least I think that was the direction of travel.
Could also have been they didn't purge the aluminium tubes, still porosity though.

To be fair to em, with a cutout like that, the substandard welding isnt really the biggest issue.

[Whysub]

It doesn't look that well done to me:

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[asmethurst99]

The ad says it's been strengthened but all the same ....

[crust]

Scary!!!
Solve the engineering problem of carb location, nah fuck it - we'll just cut a chunk out of the frame.

200mph on that = big balls or a level of stupidity, I suspect the latter.

I'm out.