GTS1000 Italian Resilience – Custombike built during shutdown.
With the GTS1000 Italian Resilience, the Italian customizer Lorenzo Frugaroli has built more than a Cutombike, it should also become a symbol. The customizer was inspired by the corona crisis. He built the custom bike during the ongoing shutdown in Italy. Italian resilience means a psychological resistance, or the ability to survive difficult life situations without lasting impairments.
Frugaroli improved the stock suspension with a Yamaha R6 mono-shock absorber and built a new custom stylish front wheel welding a Honda NSR 180 SP interior on a Honda VFR rim. The rear end was subject to more radical changes, with the installation of a single sided swingarm coming from the above mentioned VFR, working in pair with a properly modified fully adjustable Showa shock absorber coming from a Buell Cyclone. The once-upon-a-time precious EFI was removed and a new set of four 1987 FZR carbs was installed instead, fitted with a Dynojet kit, breathing through four billet velocity stacks, and fed by a new Suzuki fuel pump. Together with the custom exhausts, the cure revitalized the engine which is claimed to be now capable of 130 HP. The radiator was custom rotated 90° and fed with an MV Brutale water pump. The headlight, coming from a Piaggio Beverly, with its custom made shell, is one of these details and matches perfectly with the lines of the bike.
Due to the larger space requirement of the engine and carburetor, the tank was removed and exchanged for a cover. The left side has a clear view of the carburetor. On the right side, the cover was also cut out in the upper area. This allows a view of the carburetor from the side and from above. A plexiglass pane serves as a cover. The fuel-tank moved to the stern and under the seat.
Underneath that design, the bike still has the original GTS1000 cc inline-four engine, only this time the electronic fuel injection (EFI) was replaced by a rack of carburettors taken from a 1987 Yamaha FZR1000. This means the power delivery remained the same – 102hp @9,000 rpm and a maximum torque level of 106 Nm @ 6,500rm.
