GSXR Buggy - M&B Welding's Junkyard GSXR 1000 Engine Swap Special!

Mark of M&B welding took a chance and purchased a "cracked case" '08 GSXR 1000 in late 2019, hoping we could weld any case cracks back together. The pictures we had of the bike showed a mess, the frame was snapped in half and the bike came in 2 pieces. Wires were everywhere. So I began the long process of learning how to rebuild the GSXR platform, as my buggy has a '09 750; how different are they really?

I meticulously remade the wiring harness and extended it for his buggy, and in the summer of 2020, it was time for MORE POWER. The new buggy frames we built are heavier than the original Black Buggy Mark had. He used the components from that Black Buggy to make the new 2 passenger buggy, and although the '03 750 was super reliable and a blast to drive; there was a 1000 in the garage.

Follow along on our tragic journey of the GSXR 1000; from when she goes to when she blows, we learn a lot along the way! We believe we cooked our oil by using an oil bypass hose (no oil temp gauge just water temp), then spun rod bearing #4. We also think all of the sand in the motor when we got it might have added to the bearing wear, as I did not split the case to clean out every component. We used a hot power washer to spray out everything we could, but that doesn't clean crank journals! Was that stupid? Possibly? Maybe it's because I put this motor under a ladder during a rebuild so I could suspend the cam chain and manually turn over the bottom end? Superstitious? Who knows...

Видео GSXR Buggy - M&B Welding's Junkyard GSXR 1000 Engine Swap Special! канала Andy Shear