Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Six-year itch!

Istarted building this bike just after I got married and didn't tell my new wife I'd bought it until just before the bloke was delivering it. I managed to find a fair price Suzuki GSX-R Slingshot 750 from 1990 but it had the 1991 fairings put on it. On selling it, the 1991 fairings put a lot of the purists off so that's when I came in and snapped it straight up. I didn't care what was what on it, I just knew I wanted a Slingshot oil-boiler for my donor bike.

I had it on the road for a few days before I stripped it down. I’d never ridden one before and enjoyed every second of it. The riding

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