Crappy picture…I know.  The GSX-R arrived yesterday.  It’s worse off than I thought, but will surely make a great long term project.

I do have the tank and some of the body work, but it’s not on in this picture.    The back tire is a nice fattie!

So..I’m not sure where to begin with this thing.  I tried jumping the battery just to see if the lights and starter work, but it’s absolutely dead…so obviously a fuse or electrical problem.

All three calipers are frozen as well.

My immediate plan, aside from kind of chilling out for the winter, is to maybe get the calipers off and rebuild them over the winter.  I’ll poke around at the electrical issues, but not much until the spring (my garage is not heated).  The gas tank has no cap so it’s all rusted inside…another good winter task.  There’s really not much I can do I guess until it has a working electrical system and the ability to put fuel into it.

Another good task is cleaning out the carbs.  There is no way they’re not totally gummed up.  Does anyone know how to get the air box off of a 1989 GSX-R 750 so that I can then proceed to get the carbs off?

I almost forgot to mention – the guy told me this was a racing bike before he bought it in 1994.  That seems to be accurate since it has a racing seat, front slick, and little twisted wires through and around most of the bolts.  Supposedly the engine is build and has Wiseco pistons and some other crap and output is (was) around 130+ horsepower.

That’s too much.  If I need to do a top end rebuild, I’ll de-tune it.  I don’t need or want that kind of power.  The stock 102 HP is more than enough.

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