'05 GSXR 1000 by Gregg's Customs

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Custom Under-Engine exhaust.

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Custom Billet plate bracket setup. These will be Gloss Black powdercoated and will be available for sale in a week or so.

Custom Mirror Cover turn signals. These are available to order now through McCoy Motorsports.

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the exhasut, swing-arm and rims are the niceest thing on the bike...other than that its still POS. IMO. :hellobye

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oh the chicken strips are quite shinny too! I will say it looks better than the stock bike. What kind of rims are those?

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Itz cool:dunno but i wouldn't own it.

It would look better if you would have left the frame black and powder coated the swing arm to match... :beer :beer

Looks awesome. :rock will have to get myself some of those flushmount indicators :thumbup

nope, not feeling that at all..... too much room between the rear wheel and tail. plus something just seems wrong about it. sorry, not impressed on that one. much prefer previous bikes.

sorry dude, but those sawed off exhaust sound like shiot

It's not a sawed off stock exhaust. I built that exhaust with mufflers under the engine. You can see the mufflers are sheet aluminum on either side of the oil pan. It sounds really nice actually. Like a Ferrari F50.

very nice I am working on a new under tail exhaust for my wifes 600rr because all the aftermarket pipes look like sh!t I will post pics when done

Is it for Sale?

Gregg-who does all of the engineering for your swingarms? What kinds of stresses are they put under, what loads are they made to handle, how is the shape-wall thickness-truss placement-etc. determined? What design programs do you use? Do you run a bunch of FEA calculations to give a design a thumbs up or thumbs down?

Pretty trick Gregg.... The "GC" ghosted in the arm is a really nice touch also. I'd like to see a small video of the exhaust also... The F50 sound on a sportbike would be trick I think...

I think it's the color scheme that puts it out of place. If it had the black and silver body work it would be a totally different animal.

Just in time for Cannery Row

If it's a road legal bike then why no mirrors and a make you deaf and melt your boots exhaust. If it's a track bike, why has it got indicators and a license plate hanger??

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs It's not a sawed off stock exhaust. I built that exhaust with mufflers under the engine. You can see the mufflers are sheet aluminum on either side of the oil pan. It sounds really nice actually. Like a Ferrari F50. Cool! Nice touch on the exhaust. Something does seem to be missing on the rear but I dunno, might just be a culture shock of not seeing the big stock can there or just a can period:dunno I know your custom exhaust must definately sound bitchin but what I really want to know is how does it ride after your mods!?!?

Gregg's does great work... but man that's still a dog ugly bike...

Originally posted by Wheatman It would look better if you would have left the frame black and powder coated the swing arm to match... :beer :beer :iamwithst :yesnod

Originally posted by Slickpitt Gregg's does great work... but man that's still a dog ugly bike... :iamwithst

i agree, powder coat the frame/swingarm black:beer

The swingarm/frame silver looks like crap... The black chrome wheels though are baddd

It's a streetbike. It's got a CRG barend mirror on the left clipon and it's got signals. The exhaust is just fine for the street. I've heard some d&d's that were louder. Everything works great. Handles great, runs great etc. Personally I'm happy with the way it looks. I think you have to see it in real life to get the full picture. This swingarm is 1.5 pounds lighter than the stock arm. It works great, you can't even tell it's there when you're on the bike. That's how they all work. I've built over 20 single sided arms now for all different sportbikes. They've been on stuntbikes, trackbikes etc. and never had any problems. Thanks for all the feedback. I'll be down on Cannery row this Saturday so stop by to say hello.

Originally posted by Slickpitt Gregg's does great work... but man that's still a dog ugly bike... I agree...and Im not just saying that because it is a Suzuki. In stock trim I don't think its all that bad...it's no R1 but it wasn't quite the eyesore that this one is. I have always been impressed with Gregg's work but this one is just :ugh

i could do without the single sided swingarm.. Not my cup of tea..but otherwise looks ok...

So Gregg's Customs its interesting that you have compared it to D&D's. I find D&D's to be extremely loud but just a notch annoying. Has a funky ring to it, hard for me to explain. If yours is a fine for the street version as you stated than I personally think its great! Not sawed off stock but Gregg's Custom made, Awesome!:rock Wish I could hear it in person, Oh well.

At least Lena likes it. Sorry the rest of you guys aren't feelin' it. We'll try again with the '06 R1.

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs :rock It looks like it should be a trike by the pictures from the side. I am sure it cost a pretty penny, but not my style.

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs At least Lena likes it. Sorry the rest of you guys aren't feelin' it. We'll try again with the '06 R1. lol! If it had a Yamaha badge on it they would be creamin themselves over it i reckon man :p They're just blinded by the brand name.:cool: I think it looks awesome man,keep up the top work! :rock :thumbup

Somebody "shop" it and make it all black or something. I'm with Budha "too much of a gap between the rear tire and the tail", or something. I'd say it would look better in black, or dark grey.

With the pitures that have been posted I bet that at least ten are for sale on Ebay with a Buy-It-Now price of 3900.00 dollars....... :boobies :boobies j/k

Ya, sorry man, nothing against you're guy's work/quality, but I'm just not feeln this bike. The tail seems funny, not sure about that swing arm, even the subframe doens't look right. Oh well....if you like that's what matters, especially since you are the ones that built it.

Greg i''m really not suprised you're getting a lot of negatives from a Yamaha site. They dropped 10k + for the bike they thought was the hottest and of course anythign different sucks :lol But I give you two thumbs up - awesome work. I'm going to send you off a PM about the braced stock swingarms for the 02/03s.

ok guess I won't :lol the site won't let me. Shoot you off an email.

Oh hell yeah I like it. Its not going with the "I gotta be a trendy fool I'm gonna follow what society says" theme. Its got a customized personalized in your face vibe to it. Now that is bitchin!:rock

I really liked it, the wheels and exhaust look sick, but like many others, i thought the silver frame looks bad, doesn't flow with bike design. Powdercoat it and the swingarm and the bike will be the best lookin K5.

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That looks even better :thumbup :yesnod :cool:

I think it looks bad a$$

Yeah 150, that's what i'm talkin bout:rock :rock :rock

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When you build yours, you can do the frame and swingarm black.

Is that Black Chrome Permastar on the wheels? Pat did mine a couple months ago.

This looks a bit better...

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs When you build yours, you can do the frame and swingarm black. fair enough:beer hey gregg, i just installed those clear flushies and when i signal right, the left sig. flashes as well (very dim though on left side). i followed the wiring from your website. my left REAR bulb burnt out so the front flashes fast. could this be the problem?

This is just going to happen to it anyway. :crash

Did you keep the factory dimension between the swingarm pivot and the axle?

Aside from the yellow, I think it looks great just because it is different. Sets u apart from other K5's.I am not going to knock it just because it ain't the R1!!I'm in love with yamaha hands down, but overall I love bikes!!!!. Give credit when credit due..

I think that bike with GC's mods are sick, not crazy about the colors of the bike but hey, that’s not Gregg’s fault. Paint that sh!t all black and it's :boobies :beer

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs At least Lena likes it. Sorry the rest of you guys aren't feelin' it. We'll try again with the '06 R1. Now your talking buddy!!! It looks like you do good work...Its just something about Suzuki that they haven't been aple to doing anything to make their bike astheticlly pleasing...trust me u made it look a lot better!! They might want to hire you!!! :thumbup

Sorry don't like it.

I like it.......big improvement over the stock looks. but i agree, with the frame and swingarm looking better in black .

Can't say I'm a fan of this one...

I think he's trying to go for a different look than what is standard. I prefer powder Black, but you can't under estimate the work that has gone into this. Nice work man.. Very Buellish. Definetly hot..

Hmmm Interesting but I finally caught on! You guys are saying he's gotta paint it black to make it faster and for the mods to work better. Duh:2bitchsla:lol Most of you are hard to please:crash I think that bike is righteous, even if it was painted pink!:rock

Originally posted by 150atwheel hey gregg, i just installed those clear flushies and when i signal right, the left sig. flashes as well (very dim though on left side). i followed the wiring from your website. my left REAR bulb burnt out so the front flashes fast. could this be the problem? :corn

Nice work and great job:thumbup :thumbup :thumbup

ya nice work! always enjoyed looking at your creations, although i agree with some of the negatives from various people and also do feel some pros about it as well. the gixxer is kinda ugly but yo uare right, it does look a little better in person as im sure your custom K5 looks :boobies in person as well

i think its looks cool though i am not a big gixxer guy and i also agree it does sit too high in the back if it was lowered some i think i would look a little nicer, and i love underneath exhaust thats what i am putting on my 03 r1 the mcm setup, and one of these days i will be orders the greggs flushmount front signales they look sweet!

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Noone caught my joke, huh? Slackers

Originally posted by fiveoh Noone caught my joke, huh? Slackers yes i did...

Originally posted by Corny Greg i''m really not suprised you're getting a lot of negatives from a Yamaha site. They dropped 10k + for the bike they thought was the hottest and of course anythign different sucks :lol But I give you two thumbs up - awesome work. I'm going to send you off a PM about the braced stock swingarms for the 02/03s. yeah that's it. not i actually like many of his previous bikes, just not this one, and i've got more than $10k invested in my poor little '03 and have no problems with saying in the hands of an equally experienced set of riders, on a track, mine will run with an 05 gix. so what? big deal? who cares? he asked for opinions, got them, and will probably file the constructive comments away for use at a later build project. or he will continue to do things his own way, hope people like it, and not really be bothered if they don't. either way, i'm sure he doesn't need you sticking up for him...... :fact

Originally posted by Corny Greg i''m really not suprised you're getting a lot of negatives from a Yamaha site. They dropped 10k + for the bike they thought was the hottest and of course anythign different sucks :lol But I give you two thumbs up - awesome work. I'm going to send you off a PM about the braced stock swingarms for the 02/03s. Its not that any thing differnt sucks, its just some don't like it but know he does good work, I on the other hand think the bike looks great....... :riding

While I can appreciate the design and fabriaction, I'm not feelng it either... It almost seems like yo decided to do a bunch of things and didn't consider the effect on the lines of the bike... it just doesn't flow well for me. But, I actually like the stock GSXR exhaust... I do like much of your other work on sportbikes. BTW, I'd hope you put some engineering into the single sided swingers... that's not something to just throw together. While it may seem good now, how about in 5-10 years? Fatigue is a funny thing, especially around welds/holes, and especially with Al. Not something I would trust to a person without the techincal expertise, but, hey, I'm one of those dorks who has the expertise...

Looks 100% better than stock. Great job, GC. Only a handfull of people could make that fugly bike look good, too bad none of them work for Suzuki.

Hey MOYZF. I do put engineering into the arms. They're not Aluminum, they are chromoly. I look forward to seeing your arm when you get it finished. Glad to know that you have a lot of technical expertise.

I think the arms look plenty sound. The load paths look good, but are the extended length?

Can you say OWNED MOYZF... I will.. :owwn3d Originally posted by Gregg's Customs Hey MOYZF. I do put engineering into the arms. They're not Aluminum, they are chromoly. I look forward to seeing your arm when you get it finished. Glad to know that you have a lot of technical expertise.

I appreciate all the hard work that took, but you can't polish a turd.:dunno

Not a fan of the GSXR, but awesome work as always Gregg. I hate to say this, but that gixxer almost looks.......good....;)

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs Hey MOYZF. I do put engineering into the arms. They're not Aluminum, they are chromoly. I look forward to seeing your arm when you get it finished. Glad to know that you have a lot of technical expertise. Fair enough... moly is much better and easier to use anyway... those doo look like good swingers by sight - couldn't see them that well on the bike. I'll put one together once I get out of grad school and get a shop together... you just never answered another guy's question about the same thing (ie what design package, did you run FEA on the design. etc.) Originally posted by sharkattack Gregg-who does all of the engineering for your swingarms? What kinds of stresses are they put under, what loads are they made to handle, how is the shape-wall thickness-truss placement-etc. determined? What design programs do you use? Do you run a bunch of FEA calculations to give a design a thumbs up or thumbs down? The lack of response seemed suspicious to me - as if it were never done. Hence my statement. Now that you have some engineering in it, what exactly was done? Just cause I don't have one together doesn't mean I can't make one. I don't have the luxury of spending my time designing moto parts... nor a shop in which to build them. (as much as I would like to). But, my lack of experience doesn't make you more of an expert - just as my engineeing degree doesn't mean I know more about that part than you... but on a part like this, I would like to know it wasn't just thrown together. There's too much to loose otherwise. I've seen the consequences of bad designs by people who genuenly thought they were making a good product. But, their lack of technical knowledge combined with their unwillingness to find it ended up hurting people. While it keeps the liability lawyers in business, it's not good for anyone. Anyway, enough rambling... I like your shop's work, and the quality has always looked good in the pics. And, I'm glad you put forth the effort to design your parts the right way. Who knows, maybe I'll be looking for that custom R1 in a few years - that is, if I don't do it myself :yesnod :beer

I cant say I am a fan of this project... this comming from a guy that actually WANTS a new GSXR 1K ! I can appreciate all the hard work it took to make it though... two thumbs up, I am sure someone will love it.

MOYZF has spoken like a true engineering grad student. I should know, I worked with thousands of them for a good part of my life. When you're in that schooling mode you just love to utter words and acronyms such as "fatigue" and "FEA" and "CALCULATIONS" and "STRESS" etc. etc. Don't worry about the arms. I'm sure you've heard of a little program called Pro-Engineer. The frame would break in half and the engine would fall out before the arm would fail. I don't get why you need to be so negative without ever having met me, or seen any of my work in real life. You honestly can't tell anything about these arms by any of the pictures that you see on here. You have to see how they are made, hold them in your hands and really inspect them to know anything about them. I've built over 20 arms now in the last 3 years. As I stated before, I look forward to seeing yours when it's finished. At this point you should definitely build one. You've run your mouth about it enough that if you don't build one, you'll just be all talk.

Originally posted by Gregg's Customs MOYZF has spoken like a true engineering grad student. I should know, I worked with thousands of them for a good part of my life. When you're in that schooling mode you just love to utter words and acronyms such as "fatigue" and "FEA" and "CALCULATIONS" and "STRESS" etc. etc. I've built over 20 arms now in the last 3 years. As I stated before, I look forward to seeing yours when it's finished. At this point you should definitely build one. You've run your mouth about it enough that if you don't build one, you'll just be all talk. :owwn3d

Originally posted by MOYZF While I can appreciate the design and fabriaction, I'm not feelng it either... It almost seems like yo decided to do a bunch of things and didn't consider the effect on the lines of the bike... it just doesn't flow well for me. But, I actually like the stock GSXR exhaust... I do like much of your other work on sportbikes. BTW, I'd hope you put some engineering into the single sided swingers... that's not something to just throw together. While it may seem good now, how about in 5-10 years? Fatigue is a funny thing, especially around welds/holes, and especially with Al. Not something I would trust to a person without the techincal expertise, but, hey, I'm one of those dorks who has the expertise... Those arms look great! You don't have the cred to be critical. Like he said, when your swingers are on the market let us know. BTW, most engineering students can spell or they are smart enough to hit the spell checker so we can understand him.

Originally posted by BLU99VETTE Can you say OWNED MOYZF... I will.. :owwn3d Uh....not really.:dunno

Originally posted by 155hpR1 Those arms look great! You don't have the cred to be critical. Like he said, when your swingers are on the market let us know. BTW, most engineering students can spell or they are smart enough to hit the spell checker so we can understand him. I can spell, I just can't type worth a damn... and most boards don't have a spell check. Besides, if you can't understand what I'm writing with a few mistyped words, maybe you need to go back to 4th grade and learn to read... Man, you are taking a bit of criticism a bit to personally, no? Just cause I questioned your methods doesn't mean you can get all high and mighty man... I was never an ass, nor was I saying your work was shit. But, you seem adamant on saying I have no idea what I'm talking about. You are being the ass here... By the way you are taking a bit of critisism, I'd think you may be taking it a bit personally for a reason... :dunno BTW, you have no idea what I have done, nor for whom I have worked, so don't pretend to know more than I do... I never thought I knew more than you, just wanted a bit more info on your methods. Anyway, if you want to look like a little child and throw around derogatory comments, that's fine. I'm done with this thread cause you can't seem to even have a conversation without resorting to name calling to anyone who doesn't like your work.

If you look back through the posts, you will see that I never called you names or made dereogatory comments towards you. You are the one that attacked my work in the first place. Then you went on to say that you had lots of technical expertise and you insinuated that I didn't. You are correct, I don't know who you have worked with or what you have done, because you haven't offered that information. You know what I have done. You've seen my work and you've made negative comments about it without having any real knowledge about my designs. You assumed that we had not done any engineering. You assumed that we didn't know about fatigue etc. etc. Like I said, for the third time now. I look forward to seeing your arm when you build it. If you have already done some great work, then post it up so we can all take a look at it. I'm always interested to see what people have made. Don't get all bent out of shape about it.....because I'm not. I've always been of the opinion that if you're going to run your mouth, you should be able to back it up.

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There IS a spell checker on THIS board though. Using it makes you somewhat credible when you are being critical of someone accomplished. Why are you back pedaling?

damn sweet :bow

really nice work I took a peak at your new site and not feeling the pea green look and backwards r1. logo. Logo is plain not as nice either. I'd love to have one of those swingarms.

I did not read all 5 pages.....so I may be repeating something. Why are you so interested in single-side arms in the first place? You do it for the looks....wheel removal...I know Ducati went away from that design a few years back!? I understand the shop is "Customs" and the bike is trick. Make an exhaust like that for my 10R...please! Don't worry about the other guy...we all knew everything when we were young!:)

Umm kinda fugly if you ask me..

Not only does Gregg do INCREDIBLE work he's a nice guy as well. Talked to him over the phone while he was out the door and he took the time to help me with my sprocket cover. Gregg, I never sent it out to you because my friend powdercoated it for me but thanks for the offer!!! Ruben

I think it would look better if the frame and swinger were powdercoated black. I actually like the new Gix. And was thinking of getting one. I really like Gregg's design. :thumbup

Oh MY GOD!!! Never was a Suzuki fan! But NOW I AM!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy shit i'd like to see a R-1 that is nicer than this!!