Suzuki GSX 1400 FE Rebuild - The Video Story

This is for the GSX enthusiast really - lots of stills, come cool music and a few comic video clips.
The bike had suffered the common 2nd/6th gear fault, we decided that whilst the engine was out we should completely rebuilt the machine and bring it gleaming in to 2021.
I should add that we weren't aiming to create a show bike, hence some of the original patina and a few edges were left as found. We wanted a sound, smart and slicker looking machine than before, I think we achieved that.
Powder-coated frame, new paint, heated grips, new oil cooler, beautifully modded clocks, hugger, nickel plated cases, a new tail-end and some LED goodies, new shocks. Oh yeah - AND a sorted gearbox :-)
Thanks for watching.

[@user-qw9px6jq9i]

Gsx from Pompey...how much I miss mine... thumbs up from Greece my friend and thanks for the video

[@simonlucas6744]

Cheers man!

[@michaeltomlinson7245]

Best I've ever seen man, truly awesome

[@simonlucas6744]

Cheers Michael :-)

[@judeoko]

Love it, I refurbed the slave and master cylinder on the clutch on my gsx, in packet was a round 5p sizes metal plastic covered round seal with a hole in it. I thought mmm done everything might as well put this in. " big mistake!" It's the push rod seal that goes through engine. It wasn't leaking it was fine, it was in kit. Errrrrrrr. After pocking it for a couple of hours ( should have known better) ended up engine out of bike, upside down, split engine in half to replace a 50p seal. Errors don't any body make same mistake. Also banjo bolts on reservoirs different thread to calipers why? That causes problems. Great video

[@simonlucas6744]

Cheers!

[@phillstone3142]

Hi simon beautiful bike mate

[@henryharbison1548]

Brilliant. Love it. Jock.

[@simonlucas6744]

Cheers!

[@peterbrown5201]

Echoes. Pink Floyd 1971 🥰🥰🥰

[@dplorbl]

Proper background music for a proper Brit bike 😉

[@simonlucas6744]

lol - cheers! :-)

[@karlbuchel2438]

Unfortunately, you forgot to restore the fork's lower legs. Other than that, great work! Greetings from a GSX-1400-owner from Germany!

[@supersuermeli]

very nice gsx. have a cpl gsx1200 in my shed. scottoiler never again lol

[@simonlucas6744]

Cheers - amen that!

[@rz28channel72]

Nice

[@TheYounsooyong]

wow that's great I want to ask for my bike too

[@simonlucas6744]

Thanks!

[@phillstone3142]

Hi i own this bike now

[@StephenSpanner-lw9gc]

I now own it, it can with no history.

[@afrosentrix]

Looks great, love the tail tidy. Could you share a name or link please mate?

[@simonlucas6744]

Thanks - the rear under-tray is the standard Suzuki part carefully cut down following the profile. The light fitting is an Ebay fits all part. Hope this helps.

[@satan15151515]

Well done!

[@simonlucas6744]

Thanks!

[@jorisdanslain5667]

Superbe job...

[@simonlucas6744]

Merci!

[@GT380man]

Very unlucky to get a knackered box. The 14 is almost indestructible. Unless you hop it up.

[@bubbarossi4990]

Nice rebuild,looks the goods. Where’d you get the hugger. Mine still has the ugly rear guard.

[@simonlucas6744]

The hugger is by Powerbronze.

[@marcklein7017]

Great story. Who modded the clocks, especially the tachometer with the gear indicator Greetings from Germany

[@simonlucas6744]

Hallo Marc, here is a link to the guy who does the conversion in the UK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZvaeZqHrNlmiJY

[@GT380man]

@@simonlucas6744 A very clever & nice guy. I used to have a 14 (B&W 2006, reverted to twin pipes K2-4). Looked the dogs. Lucky new owner.

[@tonygiuliano5561]

why silver black the way to go

[@hugebig2711]

Where did you buy the parts?

[@simonlucas6744]

Mostly from Fowlers who are just brilliant, other bits like hugger and indicators from Ebay.

[@hugebig2711]

@@simonlucas6744 looks really really good man, hm did you spend for the rebuild

[@simonlucas6744]

@@hugebig2711 Cheers, parts, paint, blasting & powder coating around £2000. My time - pricelsss lol :-)

[@hugebig2711]

Very expensive i see,

[@user-bk4jf4wf9t]

لطفا صدای موزیک ببندید

[@rsc68er]

can i have it, you have 2 so give me one

[@gpzfan5272]

What’s with all the shouting and screaming man

[@tonygiuliano5561]

ALL THAT WORK MOTOR MOUNTS NOT PAINTED FRONT FORKS LOOK SHIT NOT PAINTED OR AT LEAST GET THEM POLISH

[@flibbertigibbet6200]

Why are you shouting all the time?

[@debbiewright2171]

2 different plates

[@andrewwoolley795]

Nice

[@simonlucas6744]

Cheers :-)