1987 Suzuki GSX-R

This bike was built by Chris Geiter and featured in the June 1994 issue of Sport Rider magazine. Chris built the bike from the ground up and I purchased it from him. For those familiar with the original magazine article, you will notice some differences in the photos, specifically the front brakes and wheel colors. Chris viewed the bike as a work in progress, so that is why. For those unfamiliar with the bike, it is a replica of a very rare Yoshimura edition motorcycle, of which only 3 originals were built. Serial number's 1 & 2 reside in Japan and number three was destroyed/wrecked. Yoshimura USA offered most of the parts to build one, for a very limited time. The problem was that is was quite expensive to do so. The hand crafted aluminum tank with the Yoshimura logo cast into it, alone cost $2500-3000. This bike has one of those tanks. Air-Tech makes a replica tank, but its made out of fiberglass. Mods are as follows: 1. Marvic rear wheel/2nd gen stock front. Chris replaced the front Marvic as it kept leaking air. Rear is/was new. 2. 1991 GSXR 750 USD forks 3. PM 4 piston calipers/PM rotors - front brakes 4. PM caliper/PM rotor - rear brake 5. SPF swing arm 6. Fox shock 7. Yosh aluminum gas tank 8. Yosh ride height adjuster 9. Yosh case covers 10. Yosh carburetor heat shield 11. Yosh carb/frame covers 12. Yosh stainless duplex pipe. 13. Yosh billet push pull throttle 14. Yosh rearsets 15. Yosh side mount battery box 16, Yosh triple clamp. 17. Yosh over sized radiator shrouds 18. Curved oil cooler/radiator from 2nd gen 750 or 1100 installed new 19. Mikuni 40 RS flatslides 20. 1052 motor bored to 1109 21. 1988/89 short stroke 750 head. Lightly ported 22. Yosh stage 2/stage 3 intake/exhaust cams (vice versa?) 23. 1991 750 six speed transmission with undercut gears/Kal gard coated 24. Polished crank 25. Polished rods 26. Dry clutch. Internals and plates are in great condition. Neither Chris or myself ever drag raced this bike, or launched it hard, which are the most abusive things you can do a dry clutch. 27. 2nd gen instrument assembly, installed new. Total mileage on bike is only 2939 miles. 28. Titanium rear axle 29. Various titanium/Poggipolini nuts,bolts, and fasteners 30. Gusseted frame You will notice bike has velocity stacks, but has never been run on dirt roads or in dirty/dusty conditions. For that matter, it has never been on a wet road or seen rain. Motor runs very stout. The headlights on this bike are not installed currently, as Chris or I never ran it after dark. The Yosh Tornado's/Bonnevilles used 1st generation headlights, that simply slid into the headlight bucket and velcroed in place. I have a set of headlights for it. Instrument lights, tail light, etc all function. My reason for selling is I have an ex-Yosh 1987 superbike I'm restoring, which demands my time and money, so it has taken priority over this bike. I had originally planned on repainting the Bonneville to original colors, of which I've compiled many pictures/articles and magazines from Japan showing a great deal of detail from the original bikes, especially the paint scheme. I would possibly be interested in partial trades, specifically Yosh kit forks from 1987-1989 and/or a Yosh titanium duplex 750 pipe 1986-1992 and Yosh underbraced or top braced swing arms from 1987-1992. This is a beautiful bike that was put together very nicely. No disappointments. I reserve the right to end auction early, as bike is for sale locally. I can deliver as far as Denver to a shipping company or I will do my best to accommodate whatever method of shipping. Any further questions, I can be reached at 970-948-1650 Mike