anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Rich82GS750TZ]

No snow at all? Awesome.

I’m sure there’s snow up top where I like to ride most. I’ll wait a bit. When I had the Tiger out 2 Saturday’s ago, I didn’t get very far on the forest roads. It’s warming up quite a bit this week, though. Won’t be long.

Hopefully tach cable, cheap and easy. Anything else less cheap and less easy...Hope it just came loose.

I’ll let you know.

[alke46]

Got in a nice 225 mile ride today in the Ozarks, especially 26 glorious miles on the Push Mountain road. It's a spectacular road that is a favorite of sport riders nationwide--so the claim is. IDK, maybe it's true, maybe not. 72 degrees today so yeah, just had to do it.

20250307_145604 by Larry Alkire, on Flickr

20250307_145617 by Larry Alkire, on Flickr

Yes, it was on the BMW. Not as much fun as it would have been on the Suzuki, but the Suzuki is down at the moment awaiting some much needed maintenance.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

I’ll let you know.

I’m 99.9% certain this was the culprit
New cable on order.


Oh, hey Larry, get your booger hook away from your camera lens. You’re ruining the view. That looks like a beautiful place to be.

[storm 64]

First ride of the year for me today!
With temperatures in the 60's it was nice to get out for a after work ride.

[Baatfam]

Got out today for a couple hours...Good times...
Stopped in at my favorite place to visit, Norris Dam....

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Each year a few of us head off to a kart track for some fun and some occasional red race mist, always a good day with the mates. The bonus is the ride to the track, going the long way with mountain roads and valley twisties then a bit of Flatlander blasting its a 560km round trip leaving at 07:30 and home by 16:00.

2025 karts 1 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


2025 karts 2 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr

[Carter Turk]

Wish my Kat looked as nice as those, still battered from deer incident back in 2021.
Which one is yours?

[KiwiAlfa156]

Pics from the 2025 Motofest at Hampton Downs, New Zealand
Rode out Sunday before last.

[steve murdoch]

Great pics, Kiwi.
Some incredible bikes on display.
Did you get to hear the Britten on the track?

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Wish my Kat looked as nice as those, still battered from deer incident back in 2021.
Which one is yours?

Sorry to hear about the deer incident and your Kat. It never turns out well when bikes and big animals mess with each other, hope you were OK after the prang? Do you have plans to rebuild the Kat or is the damage beyond repair?

In the first pic, mine is the Kat on the right side of the line-up next to the black helmet on the ground.

Mine is this one.
Kat at Karts by Max Mutarn, on Flickr

[KiwiAlfa156]

Great pics, Kiwi.
Some incredible bikes on display.
Did you get to hear the Britten on the track?

Sure did! It was part of the Legends parade laps and Andrew Stroud also raced it with the Post-Classics. Stroudy was pulling wheelies the length of the straights. There were 2 examples of the McIntosh Suzukis (GS/GSX engines in custom racing chassis built by Auckland Engineer Ken McIntosh, who was 26 years old when he built the bikes) also being raced.



Both were raced locally and in Australia. One by the late Dr. Rodger Freeth https://amcn.com.au/editorial/the-fl...rodger-freeth/

Freeth won the biggest race in Australia in the early 80s, the Arai 500 at the Mt. Panorama Circuit, Bathurst on CRC McIntosh bikes, beating RGB500s, TZ750s, you name it.

[Carter Turk]

It never turns out well when bikes and big animals mess with each other, hope you were OK after the prang? Do you have plans to rebuild the Kat or is the damage beyond repair?

Nice clean Kat! Looks like an 1150 motor, different carbs, forks & wheels. Is that really a Yosh pipe?

I woke up in an ambulance, 11 ribs, punctured lung, shattered collarbone (they had to put synthetic croutons in for filler), plated w/6 screws.
This was during COVID, so the road maintenance was nill. 6 feet tall grass inches from the fog line, came around a more than familiar curve, deer running beside me then turned suddenly across front tire. Think it's hind quarter locked my front brake & low sided. I think. Don't know how long I was laying there, since I was knocked out.

The wounded Kat sat in the garage for three years, while I was busy doing trackdays & spending money on them. Rode the wife's 1150ES when there was an itch to ride on the street.
The Dyna-S ignition was destroyed, along with part of the cases, but luckily outside of where oil resides. It needs paint, a couple of fairing side panels, but runs now. Had an issue with a wrong mechanical advancer, not allowing it to start, hence the long delay in riding it again. I rode it today.

20210618_171657 by Carter Turk, on Flickr

20210618_171248 by Carter Turk, on Flickr

20250228_151859 by Carter Turk, on Flickr

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Wow, you took a big hit with that one, glad to hear you have recovered and are riding again. I see you have an EF engine in you Kat, the best large capacity air-cooled engine Suzuki ever made! You have leading axle forks, a rare mod for a Kat in Oz, is it a thing in the States?

I have a few injuries that make handling a stock (read heavy) weight bike less than pleasant so this Kat was my project to build a lightweight daily rider that would allow me to stay riding for a few more years. Carbs are light weight units from a GSX 750 bolted to a 1985 EF 1150 engine running warm hollow cams, 1985 GSXR 750 wheels front and rear and a made in Japan Yoshi titanium set of pipes with a carbon muffler. Forks are OEM Kat however, the forks have been re-manufactured by Performance Motorcycle Creative in Japan with all new internals and the anti-dive units replaced with adjustable damper controls.

Apart from the frame, forks and rotors there is not much in the way of steel parts on it, pretty much everything else is now titanium, aluminium or carbon. End result is a curb weight of 199.585 kg which is lighter than a 1985 GSXR 750 Slabbie. The details of the build are in the Projects/Rebuilds section here on the forum.Carbon guard MKII b by Max Mutarn, on ickr
Carbon guard MKII b by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


DW forks 2 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


Zorst 1 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


DW sump 2 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


Seat shell 1 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


Rear brake 5 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


Carb 30 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr

[Carter Turk]

You have leading axle forks, a rare mod for a Kat in Oz, is it a thing in the States?

The 1980 GS1100ET fork had better adjustments (preload ramps & dampening adj. on the bottom), than the 83 anti-dives. Stock, those forks were terrible! I even thought the ET forks were better than the stock 1994 RF 900 I owned briefly.
Guess that one had Suzuki bargain bin suspension on it. Don't think it's a "thing" in the US.

I'll have to check that project thread, I like that relocated oil pan drain hole. Or am I wrong about that, so you don't have remove the header for oil changes?

[Shin-Ken 1074]

[QUOTE=Carter Turk;n1766286

I'll have to check that project thread, I like that relocated oil pan drain hole. Or am I wrong about that, so you don't have remove the header for oil changes?

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The project thread is: 1981 GSX 1100 Katana Based Project

As a Kat owner with an eye for detail I am sure you will pick up on the subtle mods that have helped achieve a weight reduction of 60.5 kg from the stock curb weight of an 1981 1100 Kat.

The project black Kat sump is a stock 1982 Katana sump modded to fit the EF with the fins shaved off to lighten the sump and using titanium bolts. Drain plug is in the OEM position so yes, pipes off to change engine oil however, I have owned Kats since 1981 so taking the pipes off is no drama, takes about six minutes.

On my other Kat (owned that one for 39 years) I have relocated the sump drain plug so no need to remove the pipes for oil changes and there is enough space between the headers and filter cover to change the filter without removing the pipes, its slow but doable.


Sump drain 1 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr


Sump drain 2 by Max Mutarn, on Flickr