Fell in love with this artifact as soon as it rolled into the shop. Dunno why,but I liked it. It was a pretty cool bike back in the day. Being like a lot of you boyz on this site,obvious Suzuki fans, I always compare sport bikes to one another and especially to the GSXR line-up. For 2002 the GSXR1000 had 160HP @ 10,750...88 ft lbs of torque and tipped the scales at 375 (dry).
The Honda 954 154HP @ 11,250...75 ft lbs of torque and weighed in under the Gixxer 370 so the power to weight ratio was decent.
A pinch shorter in stance makes it supposedly pretty nimble.
This bike needs a lot of work to be road worthy again. It has been highly neglected,something I will never understand. I'm going to try and make it happen thou. The tuff part will be the cost. The time/labor is a non-issue. As some of you know,I have been helping my buddy out at his soon to be closed bike shop. He knew I liked the bike when it rolled in (looks wise),and loved the sound when I got it to fire up. It sounds tight and mean. I only got a few minutes with it after getting it running (replaced the fuel pump) and had to move on to more important things,
Well I guess some sort of deal was struck between the bikes owner and my bro. I know the owner turned down offers from other customers to buy it...(low-ballers) so I'm not sure what was paid for the bike.
As a thank-you for helping him out...he gave it to me. He didn't have to give me a thing. I was helping him out because he is my friend. I don't know why I like this bike so much,but I do. The cost to insure my Busa and the fact that the weather has turned ugly just make it impossible to ride the Turbo Beast any more this year. With funds at an' all time low for me right now,it will be a struggle to even keep the "Black Bastid." Its about all I have left in the world now (possession wise) so I will hang on to it for now. I considered a beater car,but I think I will throw a couple bucks into this thing and ride it here and there,probably until next summer.Parts will be at dealer cost and a couple parts will have to be used. Needs about 20 hours to be good again. It's an' 18 year old bike,but has less than 10,ooo miles on it.
She roared back to life after just a short while on the table...
All of the hydraulics are frozen. All the calipers and both masters need re-build. The worst of it however and the most expensive part are the stanchions. They will have to be sourced used.
With some love...I think she will fly again. I'm pretty excited. I have not owned a regular wheel-based bike for 4 years. It will be neat to hit some tight turns on a bike that actually handles.
Wish me luck...and a small lottery win.
Rubb.
The Honda 954 154HP @ 11,250...75 ft lbs of torque and weighed in under the Gixxer 370 so the power to weight ratio was decent.
A pinch shorter in stance makes it supposedly pretty nimble.
This bike needs a lot of work to be road worthy again. It has been highly neglected,something I will never understand. I'm going to try and make it happen thou. The tuff part will be the cost. The time/labor is a non-issue. As some of you know,I have been helping my buddy out at his soon to be closed bike shop. He knew I liked the bike when it rolled in (looks wise),and loved the sound when I got it to fire up. It sounds tight and mean. I only got a few minutes with it after getting it running (replaced the fuel pump) and had to move on to more important things,
Well I guess some sort of deal was struck between the bikes owner and my bro. I know the owner turned down offers from other customers to buy it...(low-ballers) so I'm not sure what was paid for the bike.
As a thank-you for helping him out...he gave it to me. He didn't have to give me a thing. I was helping him out because he is my friend. I don't know why I like this bike so much,but I do. The cost to insure my Busa and the fact that the weather has turned ugly just make it impossible to ride the Turbo Beast any more this year. With funds at an' all time low for me right now,it will be a struggle to even keep the "Black Bastid." Its about all I have left in the world now (possession wise) so I will hang on to it for now. I considered a beater car,but I think I will throw a couple bucks into this thing and ride it here and there,probably until next summer.Parts will be at dealer cost and a couple parts will have to be used. Needs about 20 hours to be good again. It's an' 18 year old bike,but has less than 10,ooo miles on it.
She roared back to life after just a short while on the table...
All of the hydraulics are frozen. All the calipers and both masters need re-build. The worst of it however and the most expensive part are the stanchions. They will have to be sourced used.
With some love...I think she will fly again. I'm pretty excited. I have not owned a regular wheel-based bike for 4 years. It will be neat to hit some tight turns on a bike that actually handles.
Wish me luck...and a small lottery win.
Rubb.
