Video: Live Suzuki GSX-R750F restoration

As part of Suzuki’s GSX-R thirtieth anniversary celebrations, Team Classic Suzuki were on hand at Motorcycle Live last year tasked with restoring an original 1985 GSX-R750F.

Team Classic Suzuki technician Nathan Colombi headed up the restoration, taking the machine from a bare chassis to a completed bike, which was fired up on the last day of the show. Beyond the anniversary celebrations, the build was used to demonstrate the wide availability of parts that can be bought through the Suzuki Vintage Spare Parts programme, which makes it easier to source parts for discontinued and classic Suzukis.

 

Colombi commented “there’s nothing here that the average guy on the street can’t do, with a little bit of time and care it’s possible for somebody with good skills, a bit of patience, availability of parts to end up with a result like this.”

Bikes currently covered by the programme include the RGV250, GT750, AP50, GT250 X7, GS1000, and GSX-R750, models F-H, and the GSX-R1100L – with more being added all the time.

If you wanted to see the live bike restoration, but were unable to get to Motorcycle Live, you can watch the video here, and find out more about Suzuki’s Vintage Parts program here. 

If live restos float your canoe, you should also head down to the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle show on February 12-14, where the National Motorcycle Museum will be restoring a 1979 Triumph T140D Bonneville over the duration of the show. For further information and for tickets, click here.