The Dance Commander

Icon's pristine 1990 Suzuki GSXR750, in all her Hypersport beauty. Sex executed in plastic and aluminum. Her multi-tone blue and white paint as clean and purposeful as a razor. Twenty years on, and now dressed in 750RR plastics, she is still every bit as stunning. 

The actual GSX-R750RR was fitted with a dry clutch, braced swingarm, and long stroke motor - only 500 were produced

The RR plastics have a slightly slanted nose with more recessed headlights - side panel venting is also different

We are suckers for solo race tail sections - the RR tail fits the stock GSXR subframe quite well with only a little modification needed to reinforce the seat pan

Purchased for $2000

Fitting the new plastics

Ernie Vigil performed the christening burnout in a North Vegas parking lot - period correct headlights & vintage Suzuki jacket

Justify My Love

The Magnificent Bastard went under the knife last weekend. New F4i rear suspension, increased ride height, rebuilt forks, and new Avon rubber got her back into sporting form. Then it was on to the much anticipated cosmetic work. It's always fun mounting up new fiberglass on older sportbikes - so immediately gratifying. We've been using Airtech for all our old school plastic needs for well over a decade. They make quality glass with more fitment options than you could use in a lifetime. If that's not enough, their website features tons of hot 80's chicks modeling the retro kit. It's always amazing how radically different a few hunderd dollars of plastics can make a motorcycle look. Of course the Magnificent Bastard is a long way from completion, but as they say, the first cut is the deepest.

The end goal - incredible 80's hotness - because chicks dig V-Fours...

...and endurance racers

Airetch GSXR Yosh Tornado tail section - $250 worth of awesome

Reglassing the tail to shape it to the VF subframe

Crude photochopping for concept validation - she's gonna be magnificent

Doomsday

For a few months now we've heard that three wheels is the new two. While we can't say we have come to understand these tri-wheeled steeds, we can say that they no longer make us vomit uncontrollably - Just a little burp-puke is all.

Another creation from the crew over at AFG - The Gilera Fuoco in Sacrifice livery

The Mayan culture believed the proliferation of three wheeled vehicles signaled Doomsday

F'in Savages

"Someday this war is gonna end" he muttered from behind the chinbar of his helmet. The sweet aroma of petrol slithered up from the increasing large puddle beneath the bike. Gasoline had never really smelled like victory to him. It's heavy bouquet usually indicated yet another rusted tank, failed hose, or stuck float. None of which remotely resembled conquest. But even the threat of a crotch full of gas was not sufficient to abort this mission.

Errand boys sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill - prepping the latest batch of team Icon bikes for the 2011 Spring collection street shoot

Heading up the river with a completely rashed silencer and a precariously mounted gun camera - some would find the Icon method unsound

Low Down and Shifty

A little something we started over what seems an eternity ago. One designer, three fabricators, two mechanics, two machinists, and one artist have contributed to this magnificent XS. Even Motoczysz was kind enough to donate a set of his C1 exhaust pipes - apparently he no longer needed them. Very soon our precious 650 750 will get her day in the sun (or more likely rain). It will be a day of glory and a time of heroes. Hopefully the frame doesn't crack.