Thursday 20 November 2014

Suzy V for Sale

Plans are underway for next year. Unfortunately, Suzy V has to go :-(


She's been a faithful servant - a veteran of 5 Manx Grand Prix and earning 3 replicas for her efforts. Just one DNF with a faulty battery and a finishers medal after some plonker replaced the carb diaphragm cover the wrong way around before the race.

This year, outgunned and underpowered against the modern machinery, the 13 year old old carb-fed sweet-lookin' gal did a best lap of 109mph and finished 9th in her race. The first Suzuki home - she showed 'em what's what.

Original Suzuki front-end goes back on...

Frankenstein Aprilia front-end (with the help of Kawasaki bottom clamps, original stem and GSXR top clamp)...

...goes back in the box for the next bike.

Ay yes... all 'original' again.











She's been immense. I'm going to miss wringing her neck around the Isle of Man.

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2 comments:

  1. 74720 November 2014 at 23:14

    If only my SV was yours. You have done a lot of work to that scooter. hmmm, I wonder how much it would cost to box all that kit up and ship it to colorado... Im sure it would cost to much for my empty piggy bank :)

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  2. Paul22 November 2014 at 09:22

    Not much kit on it... just a lot of kit taken off. As Colin Chapman said: "Add lightness."

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