Looking for a 96 GSXR750 farme

[lordandrevv]

hey guys
me and my mate have a project 1996 GSXR750 SRAD, and the frame has some damage, and I'm looking for a new one. I called a couple of wreckers and had a look on TM but nothing so far. Thought I would ask around here to :-) surely there is someone who might know someone...or something like that lol
frames that will fit: GSXR 750 96-99 or GSXR 600 96-00
Cheers for your time
Andrei

[imdying]

Badgirl beat up one of those in Chch recently, you could drop her a line on www.nzsbf.co.nz and see if she repaired it, or it was taken away...

[lordandrevv]

don't suppose her name is Ema and she's got another 2 modified cars?

[lordandrevv]

yeah...funny story me and my mate are getting that same bike now. This city (heck, even country) is getting to small LOL

[Robert Taylor]

hey guys
me and my mate have a project 1996 GSXR750 SRAD, and the frame has some damage, and I'm looking for a new one. I called a couple of wreckers and had a look on TM but nothing so far. Thought I would ask around here to :-) surely there is someone who might know someone...or something like that lol
frames that will fit: GSXR 750 96-99 or GSXR 600 96-00
Cheers for your time
Andrei

When you make progress with this project you should seriously consider getting an Ohlins shock custom built for it. The rear linkage ratio on these is about the very worst you can find on a production bike. It is so hideously progressive that at approximately 35 to 40 % stroke the rate ramps up so aggressively that the shock nearly goes into hydraulic lock.

Simplistically, there is a motion ratio between rear wheel travel and shock shaft travel, modified in a progressive manner by the linkage system interconnecting the two. At latter stages of wheel travel for any given distance of wheel travel the shock shaft is moved further and at therefore higher speed than in the earlier stages of initial travel. Higher shock shaft speed means more damping.

This results in a very harsh ride 40% travel onwards, poor mechanical grip, short tyre life and an over-propensity for pulling wheelies or spin. Not the smartest way to travel. This problem is arguably more noticable on NZ roads because we tend to have a large number of travel inducing bumps. The solution at the time was either a linear rate link with a matching shock or to build a shock to match the oem link with some very specific setting techniques in it.

These shocks are no longer in production ex Ohlins due to widely diminished worldwide demand but to this day I am still custom building to order off the spec card, the last one but a few weeks ago. To that end I have customers who can vouch for the very substanial improvement this makes to this model in real world rideability, tyre life, mechanical grip and safety.

[lordandrevv]

thanks for that Robert, I have sent you a PM about this topic, and asked a bit more...
Thanks for that
Andrei