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Anybody know this builder or bike?

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:34 pm
by ja-moo
This is a sukuki gt750 kettle. This was seen at Bike Bits in Ramsgate Kent.
The man that owns this built the WHOLE BIKE himself in a shed in his garden . I am an aircraft engineer by trade and have built GT race cars that have won the FIA GT world championship title ' LISTER STORM' ,so i have an idea how intelligent and clever this bike build must have been, He made his own expansions frame swing arm engine cover with hydraulic clutch 3 stage ignition advance turned the crank 180 to run it as a twin a 2 into 1 exhaust and a single that he bulged with a jetwash. He arc welded the frame and i looks like tig welding. Hats off to smart people in sheds . He lives in herne bay area it does 165 at 9000 rpm and runs 38mm powerjets. He thiking about fuel direct injection and making his own heads Dont know his name hes a nice bloke to talk to too. The bike is called DR FRANKENSTROKER!

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Re: Anybody know this builder or bike?

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:34 am
by titan performance
Hi Ja-Moo.....He's a mate of ours. The bike has taken about 14 years to get where it is now.
It has been featured on here before...

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Re: Anybody know this builder or bike?

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:06 am
by Craig380
Looks very nice indeed, but why re-phase the crank? Surely one of the charms of the triples is three bangs every revolution of the crank ...

Re: Anybody know this builder or bike?

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:04 am
by titan performance
The reason he made it into a "big bang" stroker, was because there was not room under the motor for 3 chambers of the required size....they would need to be just too big. I thought the motor would be out of balance and feel rough, but Richard assures me it's smoother than stock !
I would describe the sound that comes from it, as the stroker equivalent of one of those new cross plane crank R1's, compared to the standard firing order R1. It's a deep throaty crackle.

Re: Anybody know this builder or bike?

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:36 am
by ja-moo
I thought I remembered something like it, but couldn't remember. Thanks for the info..... :up: