:: My GSXR400R SPII

[iDON]

Hello fellow members.

I just singned up, to be able to do searches etc, specifically for fellow GSXR400R owners.

It seems there not much around, so I hop I find a few here as well.

So here goes.

These pics are from last summer, I didn't take much after that. Just been riding it as much as possible.

This is my very first bike, bought in May 2005. Got my (full) license
in august 2004 and in between I hdan't even touched a bike, so I HAD to get me one this summer.
Always fancied a Gixxer, specially in White/Blue colorscheme, and white wheels.
I went to look around and stumbled on this 400cc Gixxer, which untill I saw the ad, I didn't even know these existed!!

Well it was fairly cheap, I didn't want to spend a fortune on my first bike, since I expect to lay it on its side someday...so I went to take a look and testdrive and picked it up a week later.

Ok so it's not incredibly fast, like todays high-tech bikes, but do I enjoy it? Hell yeah!
Steers like a razorblade and boy, is it small! (certainly since I'm 6'3" / 90kilo's myself) but since I come from 9 years of (highly tuned scootering) I didn't find it to be too small.
I can flick this thing around like it's made from paper.

Since then, I also realized I got my hands on an rare SPII version. With even more rare single seat cover.

Anyways, enough talking, you want to see the pics I presume, so heer goes...

(and a homage to my good old moped (highly tuned 2stroke scooter)

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/516/gsxr400r011va.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/3517/gsxr400r021qe.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/5231/gsxr400r032pq.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/516/gsxr400r045uk.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/301/gsxr400r058jt.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/4378/gsxr400r060lw.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/9955/gsxr400r072fm.jpg

https://img281.echo.cx/img281/5596/gsxr400r085ss.jpg

https://img282.echo.cx/img282/7130/gsxr400r103rl.jpg

https://img282.echo.cx/img282/8829/gsxr400r114ys.jpg

And a newer pic, when I took of the way too big hugger....

https://images5.theimagehosting.com/Gixxer_02.jpg


Currently I'm taking my bike apart to repaint or polish parts, basically, make it look as new as possible.

Last two days I took apart the rearsets and finished polishing the "main plates".

I also have some small cosmetic parts on order.

PS. I go my the name of Folkert and I'm from Holland. Hope you enjoy and youc an learn be a few things...

EDIT: Ok I see pics are resized, even though hosted somewhere else. That's why they look crippled...
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[NC30UK]

Looks mint.

Are those forks standard?

where in holland are you from?

[iDON]

[jonnay]

Really nice mate, funky moped too Bet that thing wheelies well

Jon
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[Type_Mo]

Very Niice
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[jonnay]

Cool, nice one mate I wouldn't mind having a good scoot to mess around on, bikes are fun for doing long trips on, and high speeds, but I loved being able to mess around on my 2 50s. Might buy a cheap 125 scooter in the summer, if one comes up at the right price!

Jon
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[quacker_boy]

i dunno how many other people you'll find on here with GSXR400s but you'll find a lot of people with ZXR400s and VFR400s.

that's one clean bike as well keep it that way!

[Dom_]

I'm liking that! Lovely bike.

[iDON]

My new endcan, to be fitted for next season:

I need the linkpipe to be rewelded, since it won't clear my rearsets.
This one is officially for a Honda, but I could get it fairly cheap...

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[numark1]

I had the RRSP and that had RSU forks. SP just gives you longer gearing and adjustable rear shock. The forks on your bike are standard on all GK76 models.

Mines was a GK73A RRSP.

Looks mint.

[iDON]

[numark1]

Sorrrryyyyy.

[NSR Mick]

[AcIdBuRnZ]

Nice bike

But why did you remove the hugger?
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[bidman]

hey Ive owned 2 gsxr400 GK76A's, there very nice bikes, pain in the arse to work on though. They have a much lighter front end than the zxr's etc... more fun to throw around and wheelie thats for sure. Pleased to see someone prepared to buy something a bit different for a change . Pictures of one my old gsxr400;
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[palmer]

reminds me of an rgv250.

[jonnay]

Whats the build quality like on these, by the way? I heard it wasn't as good as the equivalent honda/kwak offerings..

Still looks faaking nice though
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[bidman]

Yeah the rgv250 and the gsxr400 do use many of the same body parts thats why they look the same. The reliability of the GSXR400 is not that great compared to the kawasaki and honda equivalents and the parts are 3 times more expensive and more difficult to get hold of but for me they are a lot easier to throw around and have fun with compared to other heavier 400cc bikes, Dan
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[bidman]

Yeah the front end is a bit plain on that one because the photo was taken before i resprayed it, as that bike had been in a front ender, also explains the huge right mirror before i had the new pair. The other GSXR400 that i had was the yellow and black paint scheme, that one really looked the business. Dan
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[bidman]