Bandit Barry – Suzuki GSX-R 1100 Resto Mod

Post by **weeksy** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:51 am

https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/s ... 00-sheene/

Post by **KungFooBob** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:55 am

It's not terrible.

I think I'd prefer it with the standard forks and swingarm, but then it wouldn't be a restomod!

Is that seat unit a Ducati 900SS one?

demographic · Post by **demographic** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:54 am

Black clock with white writing?
Burn the heretic

Oh jeez and its seat...
I knew Fabarge (with an accent) made eggs but didn't realise they hatched into turkeys.

Sorry but a Barry Sheene GSXR just does nothing for me, too much of an anachronism.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:25 am

It's just wrong

Post by **Tricky** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:32 am

Far too much black, makes it look even fatter and heavier than it already is

Yuck.

Post by **weeksy** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:04 am

You're a fucking weird bunch. I thought that KTM monstrosity the other day would be slated and this would be loved.... Somehow, many of you liked the KTM and hate this.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:00 pm

I don't know why people bother doing GSXRs as Sheene tributes, he was vocal about his dislike of 4 strokes and production based race bikes.

Post by **The Spin Doctor** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:47 pm

weeksy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:04 am You're a fucking weird bunch. I thought that KTM monstrosity the other day would be slated and this would be loved.... Somehow, many of you liked the KTM and hate this.

Well, I like it... but then I like the old GSX-Rs and I liked the race colour scheme.

And Barry Sheene was vocal about a lot of things... doesn't mean he was right

Post by **Mr. Dazzle** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:24 pm

I have no context for what that bike is or what it's trying to emulate. I know in the literal sense, but in terms of reaction the best I can muster is "meh".

demographic · Post by **demographic** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:08 pm

weeksy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:04 am You're a fucking weird bunch. I thought that KTM monstrosity the other day would be slated and this would be loved.... Somehow, many of you liked the KTM and hate this.

When I was a kid I was never fond of playing with Tonkas alongside Matchbox toys, the scales were too far different.
For me, old GSXRs look good anyway in a brutish sort of way but thats just not right.
Plus the seat has that diamond pattern stitching thing going on that seems popular with cafe racers looks gash.

Were it a proper XR69 looking like that or a GS Thou converted to that I'd be more or less ok with it, well apart from the seat and the white on black revcounter.

Post by **Skub** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:57 pm

You know how some folk spray up a Busa in Lucky Strike colours,or a Blackbird in Motogp Repsol? It never looks right,they aren't that type of bike,so it looks gash.

This Blandit is one of those.

Post by **KungFooBob** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:05 pm

Snot a Blandit, it's a slabby GSXR with a B12 motor

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:09 pm

KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:05 pm Snot a Blandit, it's a slabby GSXR with a B12 motor

Oooh. Cool. Can I have one mister?

Post by **Skub** » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:11 pm

KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:05 pm Snot a Blandit, it's a slabby GSXR with a B12 motor

Ah,right enough. My eyes were hurting and the thread title filled in the blanks for me!

lostboy · Post by **lostboy** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:01 pm

As I grew in up in the Sheene era (I was an impressionable 9 when he won his first world title AND my Dad rode a GT185 at the time) I so wanted to like that. But it's just not good.

Post by **Taipan** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:08 pm

Looks like a quality job. Its a sportsbike, so not my thing, but I can see its done well, so it can have a

from me!

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