as far as i know, spondon kits came in a similar form, as well as the harris magnum IV and V. most that could afford the kit decided to spring for premium suspension and costs snowballed. but (as far as i know), the magnum 5 needed just a fireblade to complete.

a cool rebody is available for gsxr’s and cbr’s from airtech
http://airtech-streamlining.com/miscpages/secret.html
http://airtech-streamlining.com/miscpages/cool.html

but in recovering this link i see my favorite kit is no longer there… lack of demand, or someone sat on the moulds by accident?

(don’t mistake my input for criticism, just playing devil’s advocate and throwing out some references to cool bikes.)

it looks like vintage is the trend here (as in the car world…the cobra dates from the 60′s and the super seven has late fifties roots. caterham tried a modern kit (the 21) and it vanished into history. i want one, but everyone with money wanted a spartan car resembling a yellow loaf of bread (which luckily kept caterham in business)