GSX-R750F-inished!

His quick restoration is done. Time to sample the goods, right Jeff?

- Jeff Ware

Last month I reached the point of having a stunning complete rolling chassis to admire, and admire I did. I even called all of my mates to come round with liquid refreshments and admire the bike with me.

So, it looked that good. But would it run? I was absolutely hanging to ride it… (Ed’s note: this is Aussie vernacular for ‘gagging for a ride’).

Well, with the oil cooler resprayed and refitted, a fresh engine full of oil and a new oil filter fitted, I hooked up a dummy fuel supply, and to my surprise the beast fired into life with no flooding or misfiring, straight into a smooth idle, and the throttle was ultra-crisp as well. That careful carb set-up paid off, not to mention the new spark plugs, perfect valve clearances and new air filter.

Once I ran the bike through some heat cycles to cure the exhaust and engine paint, I placed a fan in front of the oil cooler then let the bike idle for 20-minutes after running it through the gears. It ran perfectly. I was stoked. Sadly, the fan had mistaken me for Bertie and she was very annoyed that I’d asked her to stand in front of the bike for so long before signing an autograph that she didn’t even want anyway. She stormed off… (that’s a joke, Bertie.)

The following weekend I lowered the bike from the roof via the tie downs securing it and put it on its wheels for the first time, turning my attention to the bodywork.

The paintwork was touched up and highly polished. I painted the inside of all panels with a matt black, then fitted all using a new fairing fastener kit.