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BLACK KAT

Issue: 79,  September 2000

Katana

Engine:

Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana, 1075cc.  Indexed & welded crankshaft, gasflowed cylinder head, high volume oil pump, heavy-duty clutch drum, plates and springs, Keihin CR33mm smoothbore carburettors with velocity stacks inside individual K&N air filters, Harris exhaust header pipes with tuned secondary pipe & RB Tuning/Wileyco carbon can, Earl's oil cooler with stainless steel lines and anodised fittings, stainless steel and anodised ally fasteners.

Frame:

Stock Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana, RB Tuning billet aluminium front and rear footrest hangers, titanium engine mounting plate bolts.

Front End:

Stock 1100SZ Katana forks modified with tuned Hyperpro springs and oil, GSX1100ET yokes and Telefix fork brace, 1100 Katana brake calipers & discs with Earl's stainless steel brake lines & Kawasaki master cylinder, Astralite 16in wheel with Metzeler tyre, RB Tuning clip-on handlebars.

Rear End:

RB Tuning aluminium box section swingarm and Koni shock absorbers with tunes Hyperpro springs, Astralite 5x18in wheel with 180/55VBx18in Metzeler tyre, RB Tuning brake disc and caliper bracket with ISR 2-piston brake caliper & rose-jointed torque arm, Earl's stainless steel brake line with 1100 Katana master cylinder, RB Tuning billet aluminium final drive sprocket.

Bodywork:

Suzuki 1100 Katana fuel tank, fairing & modified dual seat, RB Tuning carbon fibre front mudguard.

Paint:

Powder-coated frame, bodywork painted by Ted's Spray Art, Haarlem.

Engineering:

Modified Suzuki Katana wiring loom, bike built, tuned and all fabrications by Ron Broek at RB Tuning.

 

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