This is an old photo of my '86 GSXR 1100. I was the third owner. It was looking pretty abused and neglected when I bought it, so the first thing I did was take it apart and scrub every tiny piece! I've polished all the aluminum and I bridged the swing arm. I've also added a lot of high performance parts and had some engine mods done.

My 3rd major re-do of the bike, which included adding Sharkskinz™ body work and reworking the swingarm and frame again, was completed and the bike was been repainted in a basic white.

At that point, I began to lose interest and I subsequently sold the bike to someone in south Florida. Last I heard, he was in the process of giving it a custom paint job and adding his own personal touches.

For a more detailed look at the mods in progress, click here.

• ALL aluminum polished
  
• Paint: neon blue and white with a blue pearl
  
• Braced the swing arm
  
• Replaced forks with '94 GSXR-750 upside-down forks in anodized blue
  
• PM "Chicane" wheels on front and rear
  
• PM 13 inch rotors (front)
  
• PM 137 x 4 brake calipers
  
• PM 8.5 rear brake rotor
  
• PM 125 x 2 rear brake caliper
  
• -3 braided stainless steel brake and clutch lines with blue anodized aluminum fittings
  
• Carbon fiber front fender
  
• '95 FZR-750 clutch handle with remote reservoir
  
• '95 GSXR-750 front brake handle with remote reservoir
  
• Fox remote reservoir rear shock
  
• '95 FZR-1000 shifter, brake lever and footpegs, mounted on custom-built brackets
  
• Engine Mods:
  
• Vance & Hines 1104 piston kit
  
• Vance & Hines modified cams .370/.246
• Vance & Hines adjustable cam gears
  
• Vance & Hines heavy duty cam chain
  
• Vance & Hines heavy duty valve springs with titanium retainers & keepers
  
• Vance & Hines bronze valve guides
  
• Head has new valve seats and 4-angle valve job
  
• New stock GSXR-1100 valves
  
• Vance & Hines ignition advancer
  
• Vance & Hines clutch
  
• 38mm Mikuni radial flat-side carburetors
  
• Push/pull throttle
  
• Dyna-coil coils
  
• 8mm plug wires
  
• K & N air filters
  
• Vance & Hines Super Sport header
  

The day I took the bike to Sharkskinz™ to be fitted for bodywork. Sad looking, isn't it?

This is a photo of the bike with the new bodywork set in place, the day I picked it up from Sharkskinz™. I had taken the bike down to them to have some additional custom modifications made to the bodywork. More work was done before it finally went to be painted.