Suxuki GSX1100S Katana, Tamiya, 1/12

this kit is getting on a bit, was new tool in 1983 and its starting to show a little.........theres some parting lines and even a little flash but i know it will build ok

i think this is the third time ive had a go at this........i know ive got an old one in bits waiting to transplant the 4 pot engine into a Revell chopper frame...once i work out the little problem of changing a left hand belt drive into a chain drive

this one im planning on doing almost standard......almost cos i never liked the idea of the 2 tone seat, or that the tail end of the body work is a different colour to the rest of it!.......and probably a black engine






should end up a bit like this....

The Bike lads over here call them Gixxers, was that the first one Paul?

dublin boy wrote:The Bike lads over here call them Gixxers, was that the first one Paul?

almost

gixxer comes from the GSX-R range which started around the same time as the GSX..........same engines (cost saving), different frames, body work etc.......one was the street bike, naked/semi naked bodywork......the other is full on sports bike

the Katana became a bit of a cult bike, even in Japan where it was, at the time, very difficult to get a license for anything over 400cc.....was in production for 15 years, almost unchanged