GSXR 400 SP '90
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Balogiannis
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GSXR 400 SP '90
I'm slowly starting to restore my babygixxer, it's going to be long procesure since I have two more bikes to take care of,anyway.
As I akready said in the title,the bike is a 1990 SP model. It's currently striped to the bare frame. For now,my goal is to have a rolling chassis so I can take the bike to a bike wash and get it properly cleaned.
So far I have identified the following issues:
1) Forks are bent,and since these are the adjustable ones,I can't find another set easily,so I will need to straighten them and hope it's done properly.
I've already bought new fork seals and good 7.5w fork oil,but I can't do anything until the forks are straight.
Here are the forks disssembled.
The frame sits ont he floor for now,until I change the bearings in the swingarm,rear linkage and at the steering head, because all where rusty.
I have also removed the cylinder head and barrels and things aren't better there either.It has 2 bent vavles,one follower is broken and 1 cotter is missing,I removed the oil sump and I didn't find it in there,I hope it just flushed when I removed the oil.
So it seems I have a lot of work to do
As I akready said in the title,the bike is a 1990 SP model. It's currently striped to the bare frame. For now,my goal is to have a rolling chassis so I can take the bike to a bike wash and get it properly cleaned.
So far I have identified the following issues:
1) Forks are bent,and since these are the adjustable ones,I can't find another set easily,so I will need to straighten them and hope it's done properly.
I've already bought new fork seals and good 7.5w fork oil,but I can't do anything until the forks are straight.
Here are the forks disssembled.
The frame sits ont he floor for now,until I change the bearings in the swingarm,rear linkage and at the steering head, because all where rusty.
I have also removed the cylinder head and barrels and things aren't better there either.It has 2 bent vavles,one follower is broken and 1 cotter is missing,I removed the oil sump and I didn't find it in there,I hope it just flushed when I removed the oil.
So it seems I have a lot of work to do
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moforockband
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Re: GSXR 400 SP '90
All Bike engineering will sell you a pair of stanchions for £200 odd, I wouldn't re-straighten old legs, because you'd have to re-chrome which costs a small fortune, and a long wait.
The valve retainer may be lodged in the head somewhere? Be careful when yopu re-build the engine, you need to check every single oil gallery/feed that it is clear, and no debris (especially the HP feed from the filter to the mains. I blew one up, by leaving a tiny bit of silicone behind once!
The transmission oil orifice gallery can easily block, leaving to oil starvation to the box.
Good luck with the build.
The valve retainer may be lodged in the head somewhere? Be careful when yopu re-build the engine, you need to check every single oil gallery/feed that it is clear, and no debris (especially the HP feed from the filter to the mains. I blew one up, by leaving a tiny bit of silicone behind once!
The transmission oil orifice gallery can easily block, leaving to oil starvation to the box.
Good luck with the build.