Never to much if it's something you've wanted. I know I want a bike as it should be. If it needs it I'll buy it. Only bugger is I keep forgetting what I've bought. I've four sets of lights for my k3 gsxr and two tanks. Yes my Mrs is losing it 🤣
@@TheGorillaBiker hi mate, love your videos, I've got a 99 gsxr 600 which was turned into a 1 seater track bike, I'm converting it back to a 2 seater again, just a quick question if you don't mind, we're abouts is the pillion seat key situated and how is it attached to the bike or fairings itself, thanks in advance
It was worth every cent , I bought one 23 years ago and I’ve still got it. It sat in my shed for ten years .I went through almost the same process as you to get it back on the road.It’s a brilliant bike to ride.
I think so too :D Yeah it's funny how many of the SRADs have sat for so long, nearly like people just forgot how nice they were! This one will be following me wherever I do end up living as well, the GSXR and the Magna are unsellable I think :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I love my srad to bits, its just a 600 with 80k on the clock. But its got soul, it got the looks, and amazing handling in the right hands. Very reliable bike if taken care of. I mostly use it for track days
That spend is 100% justified, you’ve saved a beautiful bike from just rotting away in a shed, learnt loads, enjoyed doing the project through one of the shittiest most boring periods in modern history, created a great build series out of it and.... you have a lovely new bike... for €2500... no brainer! Loving the new camera, image depth really good and spot on audio, and loving my stickers by the way!!! Thank you very much!
Thanks man :) Yeah that's really how I look at it too, even if I associate everything to this bike only it's still a bargain to me :) Hurray someone noticed :) The audio and video is so so much easier to manage off of it too, much less hassle afterwards so a win win :) Ah glad you like them and they got there! :) You're welcome!! :)
Just (today) finished by 50% rebuild of exactly the same bike & same colour. Really pleased to have done all the work myself. Was stood for 14years covered up prior to my quite extensive work. Love it love it love it ❤ Just an MOT, tax & insurance now...then time to ride the beauty. Thanks so much for your tips & support, as communicated on your other videos...much appreciated 👍
Nice, I hope it turns out as well as my refresh did :D 14 years is a long auld time, my one was a similar length of time. Not at all, very happy my videos were useful to help another one of these live a longer life :)
@@TheGorillaBiker So pleased & satisfied to have sourced the parts & done all the work myself 😀 Can't imagine what a dealer & decent mechanic would have cost. Feels great to get it as near to how it came out of the showroom as a brand new bike almost 28yrs ago. It's done 30,800miles from new & yet nothing in 14yrs...time to get on it, whenever the weather is suitable for it 😀
This is pretty awesome! I caught a few of the rebuild videos tonight and it’s inspired me to get wrenching on my ‘96 gsxr 750. It was gone through before I parked it for a bad stator about 12 years ago. Everything you’ve posted on the bike will come in real handy, great job!
Thanks :) Ah you'll be in roughly the same position as I was so, I just hope your tank is ok as that was the biggest pain!! Best of luck getting it going again! :)
i have a GSXR-750 R like yours and its awesome that you do it for the experience. Same here. The end sum is always worth far more than the money or the bike truth be said! I replaced the yolk and added risers with a Renthal straight handle bar and modified clutch cable for extra length. Got the parts from a Northern chaps CNC business. Top quality stuff. Added day running lights and dynatek coils (bike would cut out after 15 miles riding and no one could fix it, the cheap coils were the problem, they breakdown when hot), rewired every cm of wiring, added led lights, indicators and emergency flasher too. Had a massive problem with bike breaking down when hot, then after 20 minutes it was fine again. Went to a zillion mechanics and no one picked up the cheap coils were the issue as they worked fine until hot! I replaced everything for and thh the worked out it was the Coils. By this time i had striped the bike and replaced the cdi, battery, clocks, switches and some plastics. Then the petrol hoses and petrol pet cock, chain and sprocket, ignition barrel, did brakes and refurbed callipers. i had to make up a new fairing bracket as the new handles bars are 1.5" higher and thats a lot. Im sure there was plenty more in fact lol. Now i need to get it through it MOT and then strip it and clean it up. Remove the rusty nuts and chipped paint and get her looking a little nicer! Yours is the best colour, i think most favour the black and gold ( HONDA CBR style ) but mines the blue and white one.
Indeed it does, like working on cheaper bikes that need a lot of work to keep tipping along is imo the best thing to have, you'll know the thing like the back of your hand. That's some serious amount of work fair play!! How do you find it with straight bars? It'll be a forever bike anyway with that amount of work gone in to it surely? How are old bikes to go through the MOT over yonder? I have a leaky carb at the moment so must sort that now, just leaving fuel in to a cylinder. I do love the colour on mine, I like all the colours and I think the blue and white is probably more popular overall!
I'm in the process of fixing up my 23 year old SRAD. It's been at the back of my damp garage for the past 15 years. Trying not to spend too much on it at the moment though. Would just like to get it running again, and MOT'd at least, then decide to keep or to sell.
If it's been sat for that long I'd say your staring down pretty much what I had to do, barring the aesthetic stuff. This one sat for 13 odd years and the brakes and carbs and tank were the big hitters and couldn't be avoided sadly! Best of luck with it anyway, whatever you decide to do with it :)
Simple really, not that youde sell it in a hurry but these bikes are shooting up in value if you have a good one & that you do! Theres no better feeling than bringing a bike back to life, just wait until you get a proper ride on it....your love for it and appreciation for all your hard work will go up several notches. Nice clean rebuild fair play! That's a rare colour too. I would hang onto that if I were you.
Ah I won't ever sell it tbh :) I looked at it too long to ever let it go now :D I've only gotten about 90 miles on it so far due to the lockdowns and weather and crap. Sick of waiting :P Thanks :) Oh I plan on it!
I commented on one of your other posts a while ago stating I was looking to buy a srad. Well I’ve done it. Spent six months waiting for the right bike for me. Bought a 98 fi model that’s mint. So my fun is just beginning. Long live the SRAD........
Haha brilliant :) Congrats! It's worth waiting for the right bike :) Very nice, FI is better in the long run really, I just like carbs :) Best of luck with it :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I was looking for a carb’ed model but as I’ll only be using mine for summer weekends and occasional evenings only I thought a injection would be a better choice as it will be stored over the winter. Anyways, great job on the work you’ve done with yours and I’ve subscribed to your channel. Cheers
The bike looks great. As long as you have the money to spend it's not a problem at all. It's when you start sacrificing other things to do builds that it becomes a problem.
Thanks man :) Ah a few people had just asked for how much it was so they could consider doing something similar :) But I sacrifice literally everything for bikes :D So I'm not sure I agree on that one :P
It was easy...I could get almost nothing locally so I had all the email receipts :D Yeah I think if I'd tried to track it love the bike would never have been finished as I would have just cried a lot :D
Absolutely beautiful bike and totally worth every bit. Picture on new camera very crisp and great colors. As you were going through the cost list all I could think of was the smile on your face when ya get to open her up, priceless 😃
I agree! I honestly can't stop looking at it, it's a timeless type of good looks too which I love :) Thanks, glad it's noticeable :) Haha yep, it's something about the older bikes, this one and the Magna do it every time :)
I am in the same boat I am currently rebuilding a 1993 kawasaki vn 750 vulcan it was sitting in a back garden not covered for nine years its all there just thrashed by the weather I stripped it down like you and rebuilt it design evolved as I went along going down the bobber route now getting close to finishing waiting for parts the worst part of the build yeah like you just wanted to see the bike on the road and to see if I could do it Keep up the the good work
Yeah bikes don't enjoy the weather here at all :( I'm very lucky this one was left in the corner of a pretty dry garage for so long :) Ah the VN750 is a great bike for a bobber too :) And I completely understand that goal out of it too! Thanks I'll try to anyway! :)
Absolutely! Honestly just get an old pos you don't care about and start figuring things out :) It's the only way I can learn really! I have you vid lined up still been trying to get to it all week :(
Cracking job mate! Going through the exact same journey with my 600 SRAD and I'm seeing the cost as almost irrelevant (within reason 🙃). It's something which I think everyone should do too if the get something like this to really understand their bike and right any wrongs. Keep up the good work and looking forward to the next instalment 👌💪💪💪
Thanks :) Yeah exactly, I would have and will keep spending money on it until it's perfect for me :) Yeah especially if people want to maintain their own bikes....I'm fairly confidant I could fix most issues with this bike on the roadside now :) Thanks again!! :) Hopefully I'll be able to do a proper first ride(ish) video soon
was it worth it.. hell yes, you have learnt things, expanded your knowlage and got enjoyment and you got a bike out of it.... quality does look good :D
Aaaaaand kept my sanity to boot....which was genuinely shakey for a while :D The GSXR was a bargain in the grand scheme of things :) Hurray!! :) The new camera also has autofocus......makes life so easy :D
I'm delighted people are noticing, I used it in the Hayabusa video too and I don't think many noticed :'( Thanks man, hopefully I'll have it for a long long time too which makes it even more worth it :)
Much respect ✊🏾 on the build I love it. I rebuilt my 97 gixxer 750 over the summer. So I can relate to that joy of gettin the bike on the roads or the first time. Did you run into any headlight or brake light issues? I have minor mods from previous owner and I’m struggling to wire the brake lights correctly. I can’t seem to find the 12v switched power wire in the trunk compartment. Any advice?
Thanks Curtis :) Nice! :) No, thankfully my wiring loom was untouched! The only advice I'd have is get the wiring diagram and run new wires altogether from the original spot it'll likely save you a lot of time!
If spending the money helped you 1. Fulfill a dream. 2. Bring a bike you love back to life. And 3. Learn new skills, then funk yeah is it worth it bud. Congrats are due on various factors!! I know I've spent loads on the Bobber, but have learned loads & have tools that can be used on other bikes now.
Yes indeed and it did all those three :) Thanks Alan, I know you get the effort too so that means a lot! :D Exactly....when you're learning stuff I don't think the money really comes in to play as much...now of course it's a limiting factor buuuut at the same time it only limits the speed at which we can learn eh :)
Best greetings from Greece 🇬🇷 to Ireland 🇮🇪 where I lived four years. Indeed you put a lot of effort into this as a University apprenticeship project hence you should be PROUD 👏 for the successful outcome. However, it is worth mentioning "the older it gets, the harder is to maintain a machine". That's why owners shed tears when they are forced to get rid of superb old school bikes due to high maintenance or insurance costs! By the way, what is your major occupation lad? I wish I was in Route 66 in USA to enjoy riding this GSXR750 🏍 bike. As an alternative there should be a similar straight no bumps countryside road in Ireland!
A university apprenticeship project? I'm confused! :D I don't know is that altogether true tbh. Older bikes needs a bit more maintenance due to wear and age, but it's generally very easy to do and parts are cheap. The newer the bike the more expensive it is to maintain in my experience. I'm a mechanical engineer! Straight roads are incredibly boring in my opinion :D If I could get the road surface they have here with the twists and turns that we have in Ireland, that'd be the dream.
@@TheGorillaBiker Thanks for your reply lad! Yeah I meant your massive effort to revive this motorcycle resembles a mechanic degree practical semester course at a University! Congratulations once again for sharing knowledge 👏 with us. By the way, I wish you success in your new career path in USA where I studied as a teenager at Maryland College Park, a highly reputable academic engineering university. It is a major change at another setting but it is invaluable for you to enhance your career potential and overall life attitude.
Man, well done for doing this video! I think I'll need to do my GS500 once it's finished. I have a running total not far off yours... and my bike isn't even close to finished!! The bike looks incredible man, you have every right to be super proud!! Also... When the camera fell over... do Irish folk do silly Scottish accents from time to time like Scottish people do silly Irish accents?...
Thanks! You definitely should I'd be really interested to see how you fare out for a build as in depth as you did/are doing!! :) Now that is high praise from you thank you!!! :D I had a very clean starting point to be fair :) Ahhhh it's more me I say things in lots of accents :D Sorry :P My friends call the accents the voices.
Overall it was still a very cheap build and you can't complain at all. I've put off doing my build price video because i'm up in the 3k mark and still not down :'( I cry. I want that bike! I will look after it and fondle it. I think you can't even consider basic service stuff in the price because they are absolutely needed and can't be avoided.
Yeah it was, overall cheaper than buying a decent one which would still need stuff fixed!! Oh dear :/ The beauty of old bikes eh! You may try it, not have it :D You may also fondle it! That's a fair point....still it was an overall everything I spent thingy but yeah if you remove that it's even tastier.
I think you've done real good and I completely get that your proud of your efforts I am in that same boat but a long way behind you I think the best way is the drip drip way of spending I am just focusing on a small area at a time . I find I am spending hours just cleaning and pulling apart seized and cruddy bit's .As you say you are learning so much as you go and patience is key and of course the end result is well worth all the effort and you know that bike inside out .I am not counting costs yet but at the end it will be interesting to see where I am ,was the sonic bath just for the carbs on the GSXR and a worthwhile investment that you will get a whole lot of use out of cheers for a good post man keep up the good work . : ) Camera is great good investment in the channel .
Thanks amigo :) Yeah there's not much in my life to be proud about but recuing the gsxr is one of them :D Yeah the slow spend is much much easier....I would literally never have that cash on hand to spend in a lump, over a year made it a lot easier. Yeah those hours are the sanity hours these days too eh! Yep, knowing the bike well and the carbs well etc are very very handy!! I didn't count them if I'm honest I just logged them somewhere I could look at the end as I guessed correctly there might be interest in it!! :) I'm delighted with it, having good autofocus is a massive help!!
I wish it was doing that 😂😂 Then the camera wouldn't take as long to pay off :P I'm irresponsible, not rich 😂😂 Gracias. I'm just happy with made everything easier too!
Camera sound and quality was excellent...that cost seems reasonable considering if you ridden that bike all these years, you would have spent that much on maintenance.
Thanks man :) Easily that much if not more when you factor in chains and sprockets and tyres etc!! I think it was pretty cheap...not including hours but what else would I have been doing anyway :D
Loved this thanks. Have had a few gsxr bikes and always had my eye on a srad would have bought years ago although was never keen on the bars propping up the screen. I do love the earlier twin round lights on the early gsxr. Given a good idea of cost on my next project thanks. Such a bugger the north West being off again was looking forward to that. What was the tyres you have on the srad
Thanks for watching glad you liked it! Yeah the cage is weird but I like them tbh, no idea why but it's kinda cool :D Yeah the slabsides are absolutely beautiful. Me too, absolutely sickened all the road races are cancelled this year again. Bridgestone S22s. Brilliant tyres so far.
Did you record balancing the carbs at all I don't recall seeing that part my mistake if you have. I'm doing a carb build on a 1997 gsxr 600 at the moment so your videos are helping me out massively thank you keep up the good work :-)
I have not yet no! I bench synced them which seems to be working very well. To do that just get 4 equal coins or spacers and jam them between the butterflies and the throttle body housing. Then any that fall line up with the screws and youll be 98% of the way there :) I'll try sort a video on it tho I'd you like, I'm glad they're helping 😁😁
@@TheGorillaBiker thank you so much for the help really appreciate it. I enjoy watching your videos a lot very informative, I have recent only just started to watch them at the start of the gsxr episodes as was looking for info for my bike that was purchased as a bit of a project like your self. Its the grey black and red colour fairings.
No bother at all :) Thanks! Really glad you like them, always love getting comments hearing they're actually useful :) Dead right, you'll know the bike inside out then :) Ah nice, I equally like all the other colours but the gold and black is my favourite :)
Being absolutely honest I couldn't say I noticed any difference in the picture quality. Be aware I am watching on a 11 inch laptop tablety thing. Yes the investment was right. If you had bought a running bike you would still have to do work on it, and would have found problems along the way. You now know everything on this bike is pukka. Just need to use it now. Good job, Well done.
To be honest I think you would only notice on a full screen....which is where I edit so it's probably why I noticed in the first place :D That's ok though anyway once you still think it looks ok at minimum :D Exactly, you always always have to fix something, I just had to fix more somethings than usual but got a pristine bike out the other side :) Once we're let out I'll be using it a lot...if we're ever let out :'( Thanks Stephen!
I think it's worth it I ended up buying a newly restored 1999 gsxr 750 SRAD two years ago and still got it it looked clean as hell when i first got it but it got vandalized by some crazy people that came through the neighborhood but i still got my baby SRAD and straight piped her and thinking about adding abigger motor in her.
The video looks good the camera doing a project right now that came home and 50 boxes It is a 1981CB 650 Honda I don’t think I would ever done it without this lockdown can I have it almost ready to start
Thanks! :) I'd actually love to do a project like that at some point! :) Yeah honestly without lockdown this would have definitely taken me longer! Fair play, I hope you get it out and about soon :)
Still have my Srad 750 WW .....since 2003....I've been through Fireblades, ZX10, R1s since then, but still kept my SRAD. Power commander, Harris carbon can, TRE, K&N and a yoke mounted steering damper. Still embarrasses newer bikes out there.
Nice! It will embarrass a lot of bikes out there especially since you know it :P It was always great fun on track for me too. I'd still love to buy a EFI model.
Totally worth it without a doubt. She is a seriously sexy motorcycle! My favourite addition has to be that beautiful fuel cap. It is a lovely little piece of engineering. The stickers are awesome, thank you man. Stay Safe Brother. Can’t wait to see you get out on that beautiful machine so she can stretch her legs. 🙏🏻😎🏴 P.S. The camera definitely makes a difference. 👌🏻
I agree :) Jake won't like you calling him a she tho :P I agree tho I love looking at it 😂😂 Me too, it's actually hilariously nice to look at and open and everything 😂 Ah glad they made it to you and you like them :) You too man! Hopefully it won't take too long until we can go out and about 😭 Hurray! Thanks man :)
Seeeee? I told you I'd comment today Beard. I love Millions of camera angles! Background music! 4:23 thanks for the new notification noise of my phone "the screw cappy bois that go onto your tyres" Dust cap. I have to keep reminding you of ENGLISH ! 7:19 maybe this one will be my ringtone 2562. Ouch. You coulda just given me that cash dolla. R.I.P CAMERA Quality is muy fantastico (does that even make sense? is that spanish or jibberish?) I liked the new outro CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crazy isn't it! It flew by in a weird blur....not a good blur really. It's actually hard to think of this time last year feels like long ago! Haven't spoken to him in a bit....I don't think he's given up permanently just taken a break. I'll ask him!
@@TheGorillaBiker yeah the last year has been a right wind up!!! Or children will be talking about it!!! And not for anything cool about it at all. Jesus I hope once this vacines gets shelled out a d we all have it in or systems it wo t be a I am legend film scenario ha.
Noticed you tallied up all the cost but I'm curious where the bike came from if it had been sitting with you for 13years? Was it your bike already mate? Did you buy it or was it in your family already? I was wondering why you never included the cost of the bike to begin with? Their not cheap to buy these days! I'm interested on the story of the bike and how u came to own it and decide to restore it? 👍🏼
Ah yes I didn't mention that :D It's in another video somewhere in the rebuild series, it was my uncles bike. He gave it to me last year after many moons of drooling over it. They're not cheap and I'd have never had the chance to own one otherwise tbh! So I'll be thankful of that forever :)
Ah I won't be living here too long and man am I going to miss this garage space :) Its just made me sure I have to have one going forward! :) The f1.4 apparently means the lens let's in loads of light :)
@@TheGorillaBiker Doing well enough, and loving the AT. :) Though, my last few motovlog attempts were thwarted by camera/audio/battery gremlins. But tomorrow is supposed to be partly sunny, so I'm going to try to get out for a bit and get a motovlog successfully recorded. Your SRAD is looking real nice! Touching wood that we all get to get out this coming summer. Stay well :)
Can you make a buyers guide for this specific bike? I found one locally for sale with 11k km for 4500 Cdn with cover and front and rear stands. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'll add it to the list of videos to make but I generally try stay away from that kind of direct advice video as people get very angry :D I did do a video on buying a used bike though that honestly covers most of the advice I'd give for any bike, including this one! Big hitters are check the plug to the rectifier isn't melted as that can happen, make sure it starts ok from both cold and hot, and listen for any rattles from the cam chain! Other than that they're pretty bulletproof bikes!
Anyone can go buy a newest baddest fastest shit. But half the fun. Taking a piece of coal turning it into Your Diamond. It's yours you know it inside out. Nobody's option can change that.
@@TheGorillaBikerMe too I'd have 1000 xr H2 few j motor Kawasaki's few 3 and 2 cylinder 2 strokes. Just like you all me got is my 94. She's been a good girl to me.
Well, what do you think? Did I spend too much? Would you do the same?
Money 💰 well spent 👌
I think so too :D Might see it out your way soon!
Never to much if it's something you've wanted. I know I want a bike as it should be. If it needs it I'll buy it. Only bugger is I keep forgetting what I've bought. I've four sets of lights for my k3 gsxr and two tanks. Yes my Mrs is losing it 🤣
This is true :) Hahha at least you have plenty of spares :D
@@TheGorillaBiker hi mate, love your videos, I've got a 99 gsxr 600 which was turned into a 1 seater track bike, I'm converting it back to a 2 seater again, just a quick question if you don't mind, we're abouts is the pillion seat key situated and how is it attached to the bike or fairings itself, thanks in advance
It was worth every cent , I bought one 23 years ago and I’ve still got it. It sat in my shed for ten years .I went through almost the same process as you to get it back on the road.It’s a brilliant bike to ride.
I think so too :D Yeah it's funny how many of the SRADs have sat for so long, nearly like people just forgot how nice they were! This one will be following me wherever I do end up living as well, the GSXR and the Magna are unsellable I think :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I love my srad to bits, its just a 600 with 80k on the clock. But its got soul, it got the looks, and amazing handling in the right hands. Very reliable bike if taken care of. I mostly use it for track days
That spend is 100% justified, you’ve saved a beautiful bike from just rotting away in a shed, learnt loads, enjoyed doing the project through one of the shittiest most boring periods in modern history, created a great build series out of it and.... you have a lovely new bike... for €2500... no brainer! Loving the new camera, image depth really good and spot on audio, and loving my stickers by the way!!! Thank you very much!
Thanks man :) Yeah that's really how I look at it too, even if I associate everything to this bike only it's still a bargain to me :) Hurray someone noticed :) The audio and video is so so much easier to manage off of it too, much less hassle afterwards so a win win :) Ah glad you like them and they got there! :) You're welcome!! :)
@@TheGorillaBiker Is the new one the Nikon camera? I am currently saving for the Sony ZV1, but I could be swayed to something else if it is better!
No a canon m50! Best I was willing to go into a little bit of debt for but well worth it I think :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I'll have a look into that one then as well if you think it is decent. Certainly gives good results!
This is the m50 with a 16mm sigma lens f1.4. Gives the nice background blur :) I'm very happy with it so far anyway!
Just (today) finished by 50% rebuild of exactly the same bike & same colour. Really pleased to have done all the work myself.
Was stood for 14years covered up prior to my quite extensive work.
Love it love it love it ❤
Just an MOT, tax & insurance now...then time to ride the beauty.
Thanks so much for your tips & support, as communicated on your other videos...much appreciated 👍
Nice, I hope it turns out as well as my refresh did :D
14 years is a long auld time, my one was a similar length of time.
Not at all, very happy my videos were useful to help another one of these live a longer life :)
@@TheGorillaBiker
So pleased & satisfied to have sourced the parts & done all the work myself 😀
Can't imagine what a dealer & decent mechanic would have cost.
Feels great to get it as near to how it came out of the showroom as a brand new bike almost 28yrs ago. It's done 30,800miles from new & yet nothing in 14yrs...time to get on it, whenever the weather is suitable for it 😀
No need to justify the cost to anyone man. You have the cash and the desire, that's all that matters. Beautiful bike, rock on
I think some people asked out of interest if they were to restore a bike, thanks man :) I actually may be obsessed with it, it's beautiful indeed :D
This is pretty awesome! I caught a few of the rebuild videos tonight and it’s inspired me to get wrenching on my ‘96 gsxr 750. It was gone through before I parked it for a bad stator about 12 years ago. Everything you’ve posted on the bike will come in real handy, great job!
Thanks :) Ah you'll be in roughly the same position as I was so, I just hope your tank is ok as that was the biggest pain!! Best of luck getting it going again! :)
i have a GSXR-750 R like yours and its awesome that you do it for the experience. Same here. The end sum is always worth far more than the money or the bike truth be said! I replaced the yolk and added risers with a Renthal straight handle bar and modified clutch cable for extra length. Got the parts from a Northern chaps CNC business. Top quality stuff. Added day running lights and dynatek coils (bike would cut out after 15 miles riding and no one could fix it, the cheap coils were the problem, they breakdown when hot), rewired every cm of wiring, added led lights, indicators and emergency flasher too. Had a massive problem with bike breaking down when hot, then after 20 minutes it was fine again. Went to a zillion mechanics and no one picked up the cheap coils were the issue as they worked fine until hot! I replaced everything for and thh the worked out it was the Coils. By this time i had striped the bike and replaced the cdi, battery, clocks, switches and some plastics. Then the petrol hoses and petrol pet cock, chain and sprocket, ignition barrel, did brakes and refurbed callipers. i had to make up a new fairing bracket as the new handles bars are 1.5" higher and thats a lot. Im sure there was plenty more in fact lol. Now i need to get it through it MOT and then strip it and clean it up. Remove the rusty nuts and chipped paint and get her looking a little nicer! Yours is the best colour, i think most favour the black and gold ( HONDA CBR style ) but mines the blue and white one.
Indeed it does, like working on cheaper bikes that need a lot of work to keep tipping along is imo the best thing to have, you'll know the thing like the back of your hand.
That's some serious amount of work fair play!! How do you find it with straight bars? It'll be a forever bike anyway with that amount of work gone in to it surely? How are old bikes to go through the MOT over yonder? I have a leaky carb at the moment so must sort that now, just leaving fuel in to a cylinder. I do love the colour on mine, I like all the colours and I think the blue and white is probably more popular overall!
ive got a 97 had it 8 years definately worth it .uve done a cracking job well done
Ah nice one. I hope to have this one a long long time :) Thanks Ray! :)
I'm in the process of fixing up my 23 year old SRAD. It's been at the back of my damp garage for the past 15 years. Trying not to spend too much on it at the moment though. Would just like to get it running again, and MOT'd at least, then decide to keep or to sell.
If it's been sat for that long I'd say your staring down pretty much what I had to do, barring the aesthetic stuff. This one sat for 13 odd years and the brakes and carbs and tank were the big hitters and couldn't be avoided sadly! Best of luck with it anyway, whatever you decide to do with it :)
Simple really, not that youde sell it in a hurry but these bikes are shooting up in value if you have a good one & that you do!
Theres no better feeling than bringing a bike back to life, just wait until you get a proper ride on it....your love for it and appreciation for all your hard work will go up several notches.
Nice clean rebuild fair play! That's a rare colour too. I would hang onto that if I were you.
Ah I won't ever sell it tbh :) I looked at it too long to ever let it go now :D
I've only gotten about 90 miles on it so far due to the lockdowns and weather and crap. Sick of waiting :P
Thanks :) Oh I plan on it!
I commented on one of your other posts a while ago stating I was looking to buy a srad. Well I’ve done it. Spent six months waiting for the right bike for me.
Bought a 98 fi model that’s mint.
So my fun is just beginning.
Long live the SRAD........
Haha brilliant :) Congrats! It's worth waiting for the right bike :)
Very nice, FI is better in the long run really, I just like carbs :) Best of luck with it :)
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I was looking for a carb’ed model but as I’ll only be using mine for summer weekends and occasional evenings only I thought a injection would be a better choice as it will be stored over the winter. Anyways, great job on the work you’ve done with yours and I’ve subscribed to your channel. Cheers
The bike looks great. As long as you have the money to spend it's not a problem at all. It's when you start sacrificing other things to do builds that it becomes a problem.
Thanks man :) Ah a few people had just asked for how much it was so they could consider doing something similar :) But I sacrifice literally everything for bikes :D So I'm not sure I agree on that one :P
The finished product definitely justified keeping a nice bike like that on the road mate 👍
Thanks Viper. :) I'm glad I got to it when I did before the tank went too far! :)
kudos for keeping track....i started one for Panther...and Scrambles actually but quickly decided to stick my head in the sand and forget about that!!
It was easy...I could get almost nothing locally so I had all the email receipts :D Yeah I think if I'd tried to track it love the bike would never have been finished as I would have just cried a lot :D
Every penny is worth it mate! i spend waymore than i planned on mine but riding it now is worth every smile! i have a srad 600!
I agree :) I still have plenty to spend but it honestly is so worth it. I love it more every time I ride it :) Nice :)
you are a blessed guy, you deserve all the success ♥ ️
And before I forget, thanks for everything friend.
Thanks man!!
No problem man :)
Absolutely beautiful bike and totally worth every bit. Picture on new camera very crisp and great colors. As you were going through the cost list all I could think of was the smile on your face when ya get to open her up, priceless 😃
I agree! I honestly can't stop looking at it, it's a timeless type of good looks too which I love :) Thanks, glad it's noticeable :)
Haha yep, it's something about the older bikes, this one and the Magna do it every time :)
I am in the same boat I am currently rebuilding a 1993 kawasaki vn 750 vulcan it was sitting in a back garden not covered for nine years its all there just thrashed by the weather I stripped it down like you and rebuilt it design evolved as I went along going down the bobber route now getting close to finishing waiting for parts the worst part of the build yeah like you just wanted to see the bike on the road and to see if I could do it
Keep up the the good work
Yeah bikes don't enjoy the weather here at all :( I'm very lucky this one was left in the corner of a pretty dry garage for so long :) Ah the VN750 is a great bike for a bobber too :) And I completely understand that goal out of it too!
Thanks I'll try to anyway! :)
Some experiences are priceless. I'd love to learn all the stuff you did, so moderately envious. Good job, that man!
Absolutely! Honestly just get an old pos you don't care about and start figuring things out :) It's the only way I can learn really! I have you vid lined up still been trying to get to it all week :(
well worth it in my book, as for the tools etc for fixing stuff, i wouldnt even count them as there investments. bike looks great
I agree I don't really count them as cost for it just said I'd add everything together so people knew if they wanted to do it :)
Thanks! :)
Cracking job mate! Going through the exact same journey with my 600 SRAD and I'm seeing the cost as almost irrelevant (within reason 🙃). It's something which I think everyone should do too if the get something like this to really understand their bike and right any wrongs. Keep up the good work and looking forward to the next instalment 👌💪💪💪
Thanks :) Yeah exactly, I would have and will keep spending money on it until it's perfect for me :) Yeah especially if people want to maintain their own bikes....I'm fairly confidant I could fix most issues with this bike on the roadside now :) Thanks again!! :) Hopefully I'll be able to do a proper first ride(ish) video soon
was it worth it.. hell yes, you have learnt things, expanded your knowlage and got enjoyment and you got a bike out of it....
quality does look good :D
Aaaaaand kept my sanity to boot....which was genuinely shakey for a while :D The GSXR was a bargain in the grand scheme of things :)
Hurray!! :) The new camera also has autofocus......makes life so easy :D
New camera looks good, bike looks great and I don’t feel like that is too expensive for such a great machine rebuilt to such detail. Good job GB
I'm delighted people are noticing, I used it in the Hayabusa video too and I don't think many noticed :'( Thanks man, hopefully I'll have it for a long long time too which makes it even more worth it :)
also that's a fair price and to top off the learnings you have had out of it, that's damn good value!
Yeah I think people who don't do rebuilds and such would balk at the price but I thought it was pretty cheap in the end :D
Thanks for bringing us through your journey, with time & confidence anything is possible- well done 👏👏👏
Thanks for following it :) I wish anything was I'd start a bike company 😂😂 Almost anything :) Thanks!
Much respect ✊🏾 on the build I love it. I rebuilt my 97 gixxer 750 over the summer. So I can relate to that joy of gettin the bike on the roads or the first time. Did you run into any headlight or brake light issues? I have minor mods from previous owner and I’m struggling to wire the brake lights correctly. I can’t seem to find the 12v switched power wire in the trunk compartment. Any advice?
Thanks Curtis :) Nice! :) No, thankfully my wiring loom was untouched! The only advice I'd have is get the wiring diagram and run new wires altogether from the original spot it'll likely save you a lot of time!
Nice one, and you know what you have ,well done
That's definitely one of the best parts about it, I know everything that's been done and to what standard etc. Thanks :)
If spending the money helped you 1. Fulfill a dream. 2. Bring a bike you love back to life. And 3. Learn new skills, then funk yeah is it worth it bud. Congrats are due on various factors!! I know I've spent loads on the Bobber, but have learned loads & have tools that can be used on other bikes now.
Yes indeed and it did all those three :) Thanks Alan, I know you get the effort too so that means a lot! :D
Exactly....when you're learning stuff I don't think the money really comes in to play as much...now of course it's a limiting factor buuuut at the same time it only limits the speed at which we can learn eh :)
Best greetings from Greece 🇬🇷 to Ireland 🇮🇪 where I lived four years. Indeed you put a lot of effort into this as a University apprenticeship project hence you should be PROUD 👏 for the successful outcome. However, it is worth mentioning "the older it gets, the harder is to maintain a machine". That's why owners shed tears when they are forced to get rid of superb old school bikes due to high maintenance or insurance costs! By the way, what is your major occupation lad? I wish I was in Route 66 in USA to enjoy riding this GSXR750 🏍 bike. As an alternative there should be a similar straight no bumps countryside road in Ireland!
A university apprenticeship project? I'm confused! :D I don't know is that altogether true tbh. Older bikes needs a bit more maintenance due to wear and age, but it's generally very easy to do and parts are cheap. The newer the bike the more expensive it is to maintain in my experience.
I'm a mechanical engineer! Straight roads are incredibly boring in my opinion :D If I could get the road surface they have here with the twists and turns that we have in Ireland, that'd be the dream.
@@TheGorillaBiker Thanks for your reply lad! Yeah I meant your massive effort to revive this motorcycle resembles a mechanic degree practical semester course at a University! Congratulations once again for sharing knowledge 👏 with us. By the way, I wish you success in your new career path in USA where I studied as a teenager at Maryland College Park, a highly reputable academic engineering university. It is a major change at another setting but it is invaluable for you to enhance your career potential and overall life attitude.
Man, well done for doing this video! I think I'll need to do my GS500 once it's finished. I have a running total not far off yours... and my bike isn't even close to finished!!
The bike looks incredible man, you have every right to be super proud!!
Also... When the camera fell over... do Irish folk do silly Scottish accents from time to time like Scottish people do silly Irish accents?...
Thanks! You definitely should I'd be really interested to see how you fare out for a build as in depth as you did/are doing!! :)
Now that is high praise from you thank you!!! :D I had a very clean starting point to be fair :)
Ahhhh it's more me I say things in lots of accents :D Sorry :P My friends call the accents the voices.
let out a little lol here. Need to add some Irish accents in our vids
@@remotorcycled that can only go well....
I look forward to hearing your efforts :D
Overall it was still a very cheap build and you can't complain at all. I've put off doing my build price video because i'm up in the 3k mark and still not down :'( I cry. I want that bike! I will look after it and fondle it. I think you can't even consider basic service stuff in the price because they are absolutely needed and can't be avoided.
Yeah it was, overall cheaper than buying a decent one which would still need stuff fixed!! Oh dear :/ The beauty of old bikes eh!
You may try it, not have it :D You may also fondle it! That's a fair point....still it was an overall everything I spent thingy but yeah if you remove that it's even tastier.
I think you've done real good and I completely get that your proud of your efforts I am in that same boat but a long way behind you I think the best way is the drip drip way of spending I am just focusing on a small area at a time . I find I am spending hours just cleaning and pulling apart seized and cruddy bit's .As you say you are learning so much as you go and patience is key and of course the end result is well worth all the effort and you know that bike inside out .I am not counting costs yet but at the end it will be interesting to see where I am ,was the sonic bath just for the carbs on the GSXR and a worthwhile investment that you will get a whole lot of use out of cheers for a good post man keep up the good work . : ) Camera is great good investment in the channel .
Thanks amigo :) Yeah there's not much in my life to be proud about but recuing the gsxr is one of them :D Yeah the slow spend is much much easier....I would literally never have that cash on hand to spend in a lump, over a year made it a lot easier. Yeah those hours are the sanity hours these days too eh! Yep, knowing the bike well and the carbs well etc are very very handy!! I didn't count them if I'm honest I just logged them somewhere I could look at the end as I guessed correctly there might be interest in it!! :) I'm delighted with it, having good autofocus is a massive help!!
@@TheGorillaBiker De nada keep the good thing goin cool : )
Just about to spend a bit of money on one of my Ducati projects. Happy to spend a bit extra if it means being able to ride it sooner.
100%, the end goal of getting it out on the road is always worth a bit extra :D I look forward to seeing it out on the road man :)
Some load of money I’d say that cat is bringing money to your doorstep instead of mice😂 camera looks good very vibrant another good investment.
I wish it was doing that 😂😂 Then the camera wouldn't take as long to pay off :P I'm irresponsible, not rich 😂😂
Gracias. I'm just happy with made everything easier too!
Camera sound and quality was excellent...that cost seems reasonable considering if you ridden that bike all these years, you would have spent that much on maintenance.
Thanks man :) Easily that much if not more when you factor in chains and sprockets and tyres etc!! I think it was pretty cheap...not including hours but what else would I have been doing anyway :D
Loved this thanks. Have had a few gsxr bikes and always had my eye on a srad would have bought years ago although was never keen on the bars propping up the screen. I do love the earlier twin round lights on the early gsxr. Given a good idea of cost on my next project thanks. Such a bugger the north West being off again was looking forward to that.
What was the tyres you have on the srad
Thanks for watching glad you liked it! Yeah the cage is weird but I like them tbh, no idea why but it's kinda cool :D Yeah the slabsides are absolutely beautiful. Me too, absolutely sickened all the road races are cancelled this year again. Bridgestone S22s. Brilliant tyres so far.
@@TheGorillaBiker Many thanks. I'm on Etsy, going to order a cap and hoody shortly 😁
Ah thanks a million! :)
Did you record balancing the carbs at all I don't recall seeing that part my mistake if you have. I'm doing a carb build on a 1997 gsxr 600 at the moment so your videos are helping me out massively thank you keep up the good work :-)
I have not yet no! I bench synced them which seems to be working very well. To do that just get 4 equal coins or spacers and jam them between the butterflies and the throttle body housing. Then any that fall line up with the screws and youll be 98% of the way there :) I'll try sort a video on it tho I'd you like, I'm glad they're helping 😁😁
@@TheGorillaBiker thank you so much for the help really appreciate it. I enjoy watching your videos a lot very informative, I have recent only just started to watch them at the start of the gsxr episodes as was looking for info for my bike that was purchased as a bit of a project like your self. Its the grey black and red colour fairings.
No bother at all :) Thanks! Really glad you like them, always love getting comments hearing they're actually useful :)
Dead right, you'll know the bike inside out then :) Ah nice, I equally like all the other colours but the gold and black is my favourite :)
Being absolutely honest I couldn't say I noticed any difference in the picture quality. Be aware I am watching on a 11 inch laptop tablety thing. Yes the investment was right. If you had bought a running bike you would still have to do work on it, and would have found problems along the way. You now know everything on this bike is pukka. Just need to use it now. Good job, Well done.
To be honest I think you would only notice on a full screen....which is where I edit so it's probably why I noticed in the first place :D That's ok though anyway once you still think it looks ok at minimum :D
Exactly, you always always have to fix something, I just had to fix more somethings than usual but got a pristine bike out the other side :) Once we're let out I'll be using it a lot...if we're ever let out :'( Thanks Stephen!
Good video 👍 nice to hear the breakdown 🙂
Thanks! Haha maybe for ye it made me a little ill :P
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It is as beaut mate! Well worth the money spent 🤘
Thanks man, I'm over the moon with it tbh :) Don't forget to message me your address to for stickers :)
I think it's worth it I ended up buying a newly restored 1999 gsxr 750 SRAD two years ago and still got it it looked clean as hell when i first got it but it got vandalized by some crazy people that came through the neighborhood but i still got my baby SRAD and straight piped her and thinking about adding abigger motor in her.
Oh it was definitely worth it! :) Interesting! I'd say it's extremely loud with straight pipes is it? Glad you got a nice SRAD :)
Dont do straight pipes unless u build a turbo. You will only lose power and it will sound terrible.
Youve done well GB, yes its worth the money and definitely the experience 😁👍🏼
Thanks G!! :) Yeah to be honest the cost of that type of thing pales in comparison to learning that stuff I think :)
Also yano....keeping me sane.
Ofcourse IT worth.
Srad is one of a kind bike.
Nice video bro!
Greetz
I agree :D Thanks :)
The video looks good the camera doing a project right now that came home and 50 boxes It is a 1981CB 650 Honda I don’t think I would ever done it without this lockdown can I have it almost ready to start
Thanks! :)
I'd actually love to do a project like that at some point! :) Yeah honestly without lockdown this would have definitely taken me longer! Fair play, I hope you get it out and about soon :)
Still have my Srad 750 WW .....since 2003....I've been through Fireblades, ZX10, R1s since then, but still kept my SRAD.
Power commander, Harris carbon can, TRE, K&N and a yoke mounted steering damper.
Still embarrasses newer bikes out there.
Nice! It will embarrass a lot of bikes out there especially since you know it :P It was always great fun on track for me too. I'd still love to buy a EFI model.
i'm scared to add up what I have spent on mine.. Hard to put a price on happiness.....:)
Haha I won't lie I wouldn't have done it if not for people asking 😂😂 You Def can't put a price on happiness eh 😁😁
U gave a rare piece of history a second chance at life...
I suppose that's also true! I just like the bike a lot :D
@@TheGorillaBiker that color scheme was only produced for one year here in the states and the introduction of this new model had people talking.
Well done
Thanks Alan! :)
What make is the new camera? Sony? Video quality was chase on two wheels good mate.
It's a canon m50 with a fancy sigma lens :) Oh god I dunno about that but thanks man! Glad it made a difference :)
Bike looks great, you done an outstanding job bringing it back to life god investment too. Just need some sunshine now and make some videos.
Thanks Jim :)
Sunshine and the restrictions to go die in a hole and I'll be making plenty of videos :)
Totally worth it without a doubt. She is a seriously sexy motorcycle! My favourite addition has to be that beautiful fuel cap. It is a lovely little piece of engineering. The stickers are awesome, thank you man. Stay Safe Brother. Can’t wait to see you get out on that beautiful machine so she can stretch her legs. 🙏🏻😎🏴
P.S. The camera definitely makes a difference. 👌🏻
I agree :) Jake won't like you calling him a she tho :P I agree tho I love looking at it 😂😂
Me too, it's actually hilariously nice to look at and open and everything 😂
Ah glad they made it to you and you like them :)
You too man! Hopefully it won't take too long until we can go out and about 😭
Hurray! Thanks man :)
Seeeee? I told you I'd comment today
Beard. I love
Millions of camera angles!
Background music!
4:23 thanks for the new notification noise of my phone
"the screw cappy bois that go onto your tyres" Dust cap. I have to keep reminding you of ENGLISH !
7:19 maybe this one will be my ringtone
2562. Ouch. You coulda just given me that cash dolla.
R.I.P CAMERA
Quality is muy fantastico (does that even make sense? is that spanish or jibberish?)
I liked the new outro
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My faith is completely restored
I am an avid fan of background music
Wow a year ago you started. Where does the time go. Any case sea what's happening with lucky luke rides. Has he given up on the channel?
Crazy isn't it! It flew by in a weird blur....not a good blur really. It's actually hard to think of this time last year feels like long ago!
Haven't spoken to him in a bit....I don't think he's given up permanently just taken a break. I'll ask him!
@@TheGorillaBiker yeah the last year has been a right wind up!!! Or children will be talking about it!!! And not for anything cool about it at all. Jesus I hope once this vacines gets shelled out a d we all have it in or systems it wo t be a I am legend film scenario ha.
Super nice bike!
Thanks, I absolutely love it :)
@@TheGorillaBiker me too! Got the same 1996 year. Greetz from Holland
Nice :) Ah I love Hollan hopefully I get back soon on the bike :)
Noticed you tallied up all the cost but I'm curious where the bike came from if it had been sitting with you for 13years? Was it your bike already mate? Did you buy it or was it in your family already? I was wondering why you never included the cost of the bike to begin with? Their not cheap to buy these days! I'm interested on the story of the bike and how u came to own it and decide to restore it? 👍🏼
Ah yes I didn't mention that :D It's in another video somewhere in the rebuild series, it was my uncles bike. He gave it to me last year after many moons of drooling over it. They're not cheap and I'd have never had the chance to own one otherwise tbh! So I'll be thankful of that forever :)
@@TheGorillaBiker well done! Nice score there mate...enjoy it come spring👍🏼👍🏼keep posting videos.
It is a beauty
It is indeed :)
Darn right you should be proud of what you have done to get it where it is. And if you take away the cost of the tools, the cost is vastly reduced.
Image from the new camera is great, have you added lighting too?
Thanks Pete :) Exactly!! Really not even bad then :) Thanks, no that's just the lens!! Bloody incredible what a bit of good gear can do!
@@TheGorillaBiker It is so dark in my garage even with the light on, and so cramped, am quite envious of your corner of the workshop! :D
Ah I won't be living here too long and man am I going to miss this garage space :) Its just made me sure I have to have one going forward! :) The f1.4 apparently means the lens let's in loads of light :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I really should get a "proper camera" for the off bike stuff, but am always knocking them over
Well worth the time and money. :)
Thanks man! Hope you're well and enjoying that new bike :)
@@TheGorillaBiker Doing well enough, and loving the AT. :)
Though, my last few motovlog attempts were thwarted by camera/audio/battery gremlins. But tomorrow is supposed to be partly sunny, so I'm going to try to get out for a bit and get a motovlog successfully recorded.
Your SRAD is looking real nice! Touching wood that we all get to get out this coming summer. Stay well :)
Can you make a buyers guide for this specific bike? I found one locally for sale with 11k km for 4500 Cdn with cover and front and rear stands. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'll add it to the list of videos to make but I generally try stay away from that kind of direct advice video as people get very angry :D I did do a video on buying a used bike though that honestly covers most of the advice I'd give for any bike, including this one!
Big hitters are check the plug to the rectifier isn't melted as that can happen, make sure it starts ok from both cold and hot, and listen for any rattles from the cam chain! Other than that they're pretty bulletproof bikes!
@@TheGorillaBiker thank you kind sir!
No problem :)
Does it make you smile? If so then it don’t matter lol. Cheers mate
Why yes, it does :D Thanks amigo :)
I got a 96 making it fuel injected as we speak simple return line and bending the lines inside the tank the rest is easy
Fair enough! Don't think I'd ever bother myself really!!
Yeah it’s worth it.
Chewie always knows and cuts to the heart of the matter :)
@@TheGorillaBiker such a beautiful bike deserves to be fitted out by a quality human with quality parts.
Anyone can go buy a newest baddest fastest shit. But half the fun. Taking a piece of coal turning it into Your Diamond. It's yours you know it inside out. Nobody's option can change that.
Haha I can't, I wish I could I'd have a nice new R1 as well in the garage :)
That's it tho, this is MY bike now as you said and I love it :)
@@TheGorillaBikerMe too I'd have 1000 xr H2 few j motor Kawasaki's few 3 and 2 cylinder 2 strokes. Just like you all me got is my 94. She's been a good girl to me.
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