steve smiths creation

[paul doran]

Brent good luck with this project
You have an amazing piece of biking history there
so look after it

[neilbarrett]

as you can see ive been busy today,got some of it inside and washed. deciding how to get rest in,in bits threw door,or all together threw window.

fit some patio doors

[hillbilly]

cheers knut,for the mag,plenty of info in the right up. beers on me when we meet.

[dixiethedog]

Amazing bike,i remember it from superbike years ago. Ive got snippets of it on dvd,from ult streetbike videos!! Really cool.good luck with it.

[hillbilly]

Phil it will be around 84 85 it was jet black with dymags they were using it for early usb before they built an 1100efe.

was this the one?.... don't have the mag but found it on the pc...

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that pics in the september 86 superbike mag.

[buzzard]

a good pic of Mr Middlehurst on the Superbike mag project GS1000 dragbike in anger at Long Marston. Good bloke Tony M, I still keep in touch with him now and then. Hillbilly,hope the magneto cap is not damaged,(hanging off in pics) as that might be hard to replace!! BUZZARD

[hillbilly]

hi buzzard,its not damaged, its brand new,the piece that goes under that is at a lads not far from me ,being checked out,hope its ok,as a new magneto is about £500.its a mallory mag,been on their site to check them out.weathers to bad to do out yet but i have the side panels and tail piece tank and fairing to polish while i wait for sun shine. i believe you know the bike well,any info would be appreciated.

[buzzard]

Hillbilly, cant remember if the bike has an 8 plug head or not? if not I would think about that,(turbo/nitrous,needs plenty of spark!!) also I notice it has a seperate oil tank/electric pump for the turbo, does the pump still run? BUZZARD

[hillbilly]

i havent put a battery to it yet,im not sure turning the engine over without the mag on is a good idea,as the lad that took it off might have left it in a timed position,and i dont know what all the switches are for yet. the head is only single plug head,to much money in it to risk owt like turning it over on the battery and fu++ing it up. im taking my time for now so i can get it running without to much damage.

[buzzard]

when I worked on the bike it was owned by a guy called Richard Prosser from somewhere down in the west country, maybe Bath area, anyway I did a GPZ1100 gearbox conversion for him(same as my two bikes) as i think it had a Z1000/Z1R bottom end ,cant remember now, but they had a habit of blowing second gear apart as you got up near the 150ish HP point!! His best time on that bike was a very creditable 9.25 seconds @ nearly 160MPH and that was in the late eighties,and he got to the finals of the eliminations in USB knockout (1989ish) only to be beaten by i think it was Brian Emery on a turbo/nitrous Suzi GSX1100EFE. still the fastest Kwaker at Superbike's USB event, which beat my best time by 0.25 of a second,(mine was only asperated/nitrous) . BUZZARD. PS have to pull my finger out and get busy rebuilding!!!!

[hillbilly]

i believe thats the guy my mate bought it off,richard prosser.he give him £6000 for it.he run it on the road for some time,the last tax disc says it was taxed till 2 /98.in basildon essex.so its been off road since then.just collecting dust.

[Pigford]

Coooo..... this is all good stuff........ I should really copy all this text & set it out in a BOOK....

Can I be your publisher Brent (my spelling is better than yours )

[hillbilly]

well if i get it down to santa pod,you can do a full story on its life,and get it in the club mag if you want.with pics and all.

[dixiethedog]

Hillybilly,check your pm's!

[BRIAN S]

Just wanted to say seeing your bike has made my day.I can remember seeing it in superbike many years ago.and beleve it or not have been thinking about your very bike more recently,as i have always loved the big z and could not forget seeing yours in superbike.I have just bought a gpz1100b1 but that seems tame compaired to your beast .Do you plan to use it on the road? well whatever you plan i wish you all the best.p.s. can you tell me what issue of superbike it featured in as i would like to try and track one down.Cheers Brian.