Back in 1997 this GSXR was stolen with only 1k miles on it. The thieves partly stripped the bike and put the frame, motor, electrics, carbs and exhaust in a crate and shipped it out. The shipping company then lost the crate in their warehouse, where it sat till recently when the shipping company went out of business and started clearing out the warehouse. One lien sale later and the crate ended up at Evolution.
I had a '98 GSXR track bike that I'd parted out so used the bodywork, front and rear ends from that. The rear end was stock but the front had '06 GSXR600 forks and calipers in 02 GSXR1k triples (I've got a lot of bits lying around). The front wheel is SRAD but the hub's been machined down so the SRAD discs fit the spacing of the triples and radial calipers. The top triple was reinforced and risers from an SV650 and a set of handlebars I had lying around were fitted along with longer cables from Motion Pro and bar end mirrors. I fitted an ebay headlight on custom brackets, a race can from a CBR900RR (I think), tucked away all the wiring, cleaned the carbs and got Dave at D1 California Cycles to paint the body. It runs and rides great and looks the part too.
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