Katana Owners Club U.K.

Just noticed this at the NEC Bike show this year:

http://www.motorcyclelive.co.uk/feature ... cer-build/

Might be worth noting dates for the Endurance Legends event at Donington Park next May to see it in action...

Had seen that before on the pre-phoenix site. The dates clash perfectly with my next visitation to the North Sea, otherwise I would be there.

6th and 7th of May next year for the race

won't be going to the rip off NEC, which is a shame as it would be nice to see the katana build, but I think the endurance weekend would be good to go to. Racing and track stuff is always better than shows. Donnington classic festival every August is a great combination of both.

The guys from Suzuki who are building this did contact me and it was on the old forum.
Pretty sure someone will go and take pics ...

Quite pretty...

wonder where they got that tail piece / side cover combo from?

Frame is made from scratch so not an original...same with swingarm.
Fork tubes are 600 bandit with custom made legs complete with non-working anti-dive in keeping with the original look.
Nice looking dymag wheels and you can literally lift that racefit pipe with two fingers.
I went on the final day and they had one bike on display and another on the bench.
Maybe not evident from these crap photos but it had a fair bit of frame bracing behind the headstock.

As a footnote I think Nigel and Porky have better looking bikes.
As do Deanotek, FBJ, and Jimmy400

no idea why they stuck on that bit of braided line between the inlet and exhaust cam...