Wow, admire the gentle and patient touch. Wonderful build, thanks for filming.

A beautiful bike - a real testament to the care and effort you've put into it. A great build series! Thank you

Really enjoyed that build. Thanks very much.

I believe your channel should be so much bigger. I’ve shared it on Facebook. Wonderful mental therapy, and very informative. Great work

excellent work sir! yes, it takes supportive people to restore vintage vehicles. enjoy the first gen gsxr!

AWESOME TRANSFORMATION. LOOKS AMAZING.

Awesome resto! I have 2 of these in boxes. Given me motivation to get started!

Congratulations. This was an awesome series to watch.

Congratulations. It turned out really nice. I look forward to your next project. Thanks for making the videos.

fantastic project and great work! looking forward to joining you for the RC8!

Looking fantastic! Nice work!

Hey an excellent series as I have come to expect from you. You are my # 1 KZfaq channel up there with Allen Millyard. I personally like to ensure I have plenty of oil in the main galleries after any engine work, or if the engine is an unknown product. A little 12 V low volume low pressure pump is used to fill the engine sump via the main oil gallery, so I am certain everything is lubed as best I can before cranking. The paint work is first rate, if only it were not green. I am not a green person. Thanks for hours of great entertainment

Spectacular bike! Thanks so much for taking us along for the resto. 🎉🤜🤛

Great job. As my old uncle always used to say to me, you made a silk purse, out of a sows ear.

Absolutely awesome. Happy day for you to get it up running and nearly finished. Sad day for us because it's the end of the build...great series.

Looks amazing! Excellent job. Looking forward to your next projects. Gotta say, the Flat Top haircut is on point as well...LOL😎

That was very entertaining, I have one myself but found your take on everything interesting. Thanks

It looks fabulous. Well done

Another great resto, well done, it will always be the little fiddly jobs to complete it that take time. Looking forward to the KTM now.

It sounds pretty crisp running! Shes going to fly with useable power which is why I still Love riding my Bandit 12. I’ve spent thousands on it upgrading the suspension to Maxton and it’s probably my favourite ever bike. I love the 80’s and 90’s sports bikes though, as they look like proper motorcycles 😊

My rear seat cowling is a Suzuki item but fits exactly like yours does. You have made a lovely job of it and the icing on the cake for me would be experiencing that lovely Bandit engine you gave fitted in there! My main ride is a ‘97 Bandit 1200 N which I feel is still a relevant machine in 2024 and beyond! 😊❤ RC8 is also an interesting beast 👍👍

I’ve enjoyed following your journey with this bike from the start. You have done a fantastic job and you can be proud of what you have achieved; the end result is stunning. Congratulations and be sure to get out on it because the riding position is absolutely unique 👏😀👍.

Finally ....alive and roaring .Well done 🎉

Super cool dude👍

great resto, what a transformation from when you first started!

Absolutely bad ass slab side gixxer

In 1986 I was 8 years old watching Transformers, didn't know a thing that I was going to be obsessed in bikes, meantime the Skoal Bandit kicked ass on the track

Fantastic wow awesome 👍😁

I don’t know how you can resist taking it for a little rip!

Thanks!!

Absolutely awesome, sounds as good as it looks! I wasn't sure about the colour scheme at first but now have to agree it is stunning. Clearly this one has been a labour of love, the fact that you stop to admire it when adding the bodywork all adds to the pleasure. Definitely a keeper. That's quite a collection you have now, you'll need a bigger workshop. Thanks for taking us along on a highly enjoyable journey!

I've enjoyed watching this come together what a result it's the ducks nuts😎👍🔥wow that will something else to ride when the gearing is right the bandit will give it ridable power

Enhorabuena, un maravilloso trabajo, he visto todos los vídeos de esta restauración y se me han hecho cortos, trabajas con mucho detenimiento y detalle, Nada deseando seguir viendo vídeos de nuevos trabajos. Un saludo

Looks and sounds brilliant. Can't believe it started in a heart beat. Great job and good viewing. 👏

Fantastic bike. Neil Robinson, TT road racer from here was the main rider here for Skoal bandit in the 80s, sadly no longer with us as racing claimed him in 87. Also saw your CBX.Dont ride that bike with the alternator chain rattle.I had a CBX with same issue,it pushed out the plunger on the tensioner locking up the transmission,even clutching the bike changed nothing. Thankfully,it happened me moving the bike in my garage.I did split the casings and renew it and bikes still going at 63k miles

Looks good. A hint though, never put a temporary fuel tank that high, remember every metre is nearly 10kPa or 1.4psi of pressure at your carby needles and seats. Easy to wash your cylinders with fuel leaks and mucks up your idle with inconsistent fuel levels in the bowls. Should always set it around where the full fuel level of the tank would normally be. I dont know about your multimeter but a FLUKE multimeter on the AC voltage setting with the Hz button selected will give you an accurate pulse rate/sec. Remember to halve it for the wasted spark and multiply by 60 for revs per minute. btw... are we gonna see more of the '78 GS1000 that fuel tank is from?

fantastic motorcycle the tachometer circuit board may be oxidized. cleaning with wd40 and toothbrush will solve the problem. Also immediately lubricate all moving parts in the tachometer so that they turn easily. this solved the problem for me. You can carefully lift the tachometer edge at the rear with a flat screwdriver mm by mm. enjoy your slabby

For the lean running due to the pods, have you considered taping up the pods to restrict airflow, you may find that they allow anything up to 70% more air compared to the airbox I think you could do with an extraction system in your workshop too, some nice hoses vented to the outside, give you some clean air and cut down on crap on the floor Great looking bike though

Great video series. Well done. I had a red /black 86 GSX-R 750 back in the late eighties. Lots of memories. I’m sure you checked this but… did you try revving the engine to more than 3000 rpm with the original tachometer? They only start at 3000 so don’t register anything at idle or even when blipping the throttle a little. I noticed when you tried the Bandit gauges you didn’t exceed 3000 rpm.

Really enjoyed following along with this video series, the bike turned out incredible 👍😎. I noticed an early SUZUKI GS1000 fuel tank on the floor, paint refinish for someone?

That was a great restoration! Even if you paint it green it still looked great. I had a 1985 model back in 1990,the blue and white version. The best looking paint ever on a bike in my opinion. Went with it to to germany visiting relatives(from sweden)and my knees hurt so bad from 3700 km in 10 days so i had the feet of the pegs whole way thru denmark on my way home. What do you do with all the nice bikes in the background that you restored? Maybe you allready told but i have missed it. Those bikes you restored should be doing miles on the road in my opinion. Dont want to sound rude when saying that. Thanks for a great channel and i watched a lot of your videos. The green kawasaki 1989 you restored was great and i am looking forward to more great videos.!! I am a fan of the 1990 sportbikes.😁😁👍👍😊😊

It looks absolutely amazing and it’s a credit to your skill. I’m gutted it’s finished in a way as I’ve been enjoying the build so much. I’m looking forward to the KTM build though. Do you have any plans for buying another project bike to do a similar transformation on? I’d live to see another old school Gsxr, maybe something like a 1100L slingshot would be cool!

I do believe that K&N make a dual filter, the RU-2922 which will fit on to your GSX-R carburettors. I can't vouch as to the clearance against the frame, though... but just thought I'd put it here for the record ;-)

grest job, the aussie ones dont have those stupid reflectors so oem for us :)

Hi great restoration I’ve really enjoyed watching your videos over the past 6 months or so. I am restoring my own 1986 bike and wondered if the lower fairing joining tabs are the originals or if you sourced new ones. Can’t find any anywhere and if they are new items can you let me know where I can buy them please ?

It was either buy a new one of these or a Suzuki RG500 so I bought the 500 2 stroke.

Hi again. I was just watching how you refreshed the rubber seals etc. What kind of ratio of engine oil and alcohol do you use? Thanks

Did you put it on the dyno?

What carbs did you go with?