Here’s an alternative to the ‘buy as much new old stock stuff as you possibly can, spare no expense’ engine rebuild. I’ve rebuilt my GSX motor with a few gaskets, a set of rings and a bunch of hard work. It should work fine, what could possibly go wrong?
A while back I’d tried to sell my GSX11 for a few weeks but, alas, without success. I was brassed off that my lovely black GSX with unmarked fork stanchions and more new stuff than you could shake a B100P parts book at didn’t attract a buyer. I’d fitted a mint EF1150 engine in it that had sat under my bench for many moons.
The problem was that whereas the EF uses an electronic rev-counter the earlier GSXs all use mechanical tachometers,
