In case you hadn’t guessed by now, I have a bit of an Oil Cooled GSXR fetish. Ever since I rode my first 1100 Way back when I was hooked. And Not so surprisingly there’s a huge cult of Oil Boilers out there that share my passion for one of the greatest machines produced by Suzuki. One such individual is Sven. Sven originally hails from Hamburg, Germany, but now resides in the Windy City. I’ve talked to Sven online for a number of years, and he’s always been a wealth of knowledge of all things GSXR. The man has an uncanny ability to rattle off the most obscure spec or swap at the drop of a question. No need to look it up, he’s got it filed away in a gigantic gixxer rolodex of a brain. I finally got to meet Sven during Fighter Fest 08 in Carlisle, PA last July. He’s one of the most Humble, down to earth and wity guys you’ll ever meet and generally a good guy all around. Last year he started building a GSXR1100WP Fighter that totally blew us away. Sven tends to keep some of his progress under wraps till he’s done, and it’s worth the anticipation. Totally clean, totally detailed and totally German. The entire bike was gone over with a fine tooth comb and the style was a perfect piece of German inspired engineering. We were so impressed with the bike we had to feature it in Custom Fighters Magazine #2. Well, he’s now posted the entire document of the build on his website along with some useful info for those of you that may be interested in some of the ideas he’s used or if you’re looking for some specs or swap charts, he’s got them up there too.  I definitely recommend you check it out and also pick up a copy of Custom Fighters Mag as well.

Sven Says So…  

Svenseman’s Streetfighter GSXR