Here's GIA012!! We'll hopefully have more pictures soon showing the frame on its wheels!

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This Factory style fabricated swingarm was made for Tom's Hayabusa, notice the difference in design - including a special sleeve for the exhaust. It is an extended 'sprinter' version.

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This Factory style fabricated swingarm was made in April 2010 for a GSXR 1000. It was lost on the website following the update so here it is again!

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Another Big Tube 7020 T6 Ally Hand made Chassis made bespoke to fit the TL engine....this one is made with a Big Tube 7020 T6 Banana Swing Arm, Hand Made Aluminium Petrol Tank made to fit around the airbox. Notice the suspension position!

Keep an eye out for the finished Streetfighter Special! We will update the project pages when we have more info.

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The Busa Frame kit is on it's wheels and ready for collection and to be finished......

Keep an eye out for the finished Streetfighter Special! We will update the project pages when we have more info.

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This beefed up Triumph Rocket Big Tube Aluminium Swingarm looks the business......

The proud owner wants us to keep this one underwraps as he's hoping for an exclusive magazine feature, so here's a few pictures of the finished swingarm in the studio..... watch this space for pictures of the finished Triumph Rocket Motorcycle!

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The Busa rolling chassis was collected today, now it's down to the boys at PJC Motorservices to get it ready in time for the NEC Motorcycle Show in November!

Well here it is! GIA's first Busa Motorcycle Frame kit. It is a Big Tube 7020 T6 Ally Hand made Chassis made bespoke to fit the Turbo Busa for our customer - Streetfighter Motorcycle Builders PJC Motorcycles. Big Tube 7020 T6 Banana Swing Arm with Extended Slots, Hand Made Aluminium Petrol Tank and Ducati Sub Frame, TIG Welded to the Big Tube Aluminium GIA Motorcycle Frame.

PJC Motorservices have collected the bike and now it's up to them to finish her off with lots of quality Streetfighter goodies, ready for the NEC Motorcycle Show next month! Here are the photos showing the rolling chassis before it left the workshop. - See the Project Pages for more info on the finished Special Streetfighter 'Hayacati'

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Our first GTEK (Reminiscent of the Martek Frame) Motorcycle Frame Kit for a Busa is currently being built, the kit will consist of an Aluminium Hand Made Petrol Tank, Big Tube 7020 T6 Banana Swing Arm with Extended Slots and Ducati Sub Frame, TIG Welded to the Big Tube Aluminium GIA Motorcycle Frame.

Our customer Nick is anodising the Frame and Swing arm Black, so this one won't be polished, just brush finished. Here are some pictures showing the Motorcycle Frame Tubes tacked into position and later welded.

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The long awaited pictures of Moriwaki's Honda Evo (GIA 001) published in this months Performance Bikes Magazine! Front Page coverage - Best naked ever!! Plus an in depth feature inside.

The GIA 001 feature has been a long time coming, we promised Steve (aka Moriwaki) that we wouldn't reveal too much about his special build until after it had been published. His inspiration was a thought he often pondered with.... If RSC (Race Service Centre - Honda's forerunner of HRC) was to build a bike for Freddie Spencer now, how would it look? And a few years down the line, lot's of blood sweat and tears! The Honda XR1157 Evo is on the road.

When Steve came to GIA we were just setting up, he heard about Gavin leaving Spondon from a mutual friend and knew he was the man for the job. He had previously had a one off chassis built for this project but just wasn't happy with it!...... this guy really is a perfectionist and when he commissioned us to build his Aluminium Big Tube, Duplex Twin Shock Chassis, Gavin knew it would be a real test of his skills and ability to create what the customer wants.

It was a real pleasure working with Steve, he had high expectations but was easily pleased by Gav's attention to detail.... we must have exchanged hundreds of emails and photos and Steve was buzzing with enthusiasm each step of the way. The end result was the frame and swingarm he had dreamed of and he sang our praises to anyone interested in Motorcycle Frame Building (and OSS members) which resulted in lot's more business for GIA. So thanks Steve, it's been a pleasure working with you, we look forward to the next build! :)

There has been no expense spared with this Special Build, Dymag Wheels (16 inch front) YOSHIMURA MIKUNI 40mm TMR MJN SMOOTHBORE FLATSLIDES (Only ones in the UK to best of our knowledge) Motec dash (£2k) Brembo GP-Spec master cyclinders, one off rear shock units (made by Works Performance in California) One off 'Racefit' exhaust system and every fastener is titanium including engine bolts and wheel spindles!

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Well here it is.... GIA 003. Another G-Tek frame for our customer Tom. He wanted us to fit his MV Augusta single sided swinging arm to the custom made 'big tube' trick frame. The Aluminium Petrol tank was hand made to fit the frame and seat unit. GIA Aluminium Fuel Tanks come complete with Fuel cap and are custom made to fit the frame kit.

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Good old Reg has finished GIA002 (ahead of GIA001) and visited the Streetfighters Mag Studio for his photoshoot on the same day that he got her registered!

The GIA Guinness has got front page coverage in Streetfighters Mag!! Plus inside numerous page feature on the build and pull out pin up poster! So look out for it in Septembers issue! Thanks to Dave the the editor who came across to see us the other week, we couldn't get rid of him! (He locked his keys in his car) :P

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The GSXR frame kit is now at rolling chassis stage with only the bespoke aluminium petrol tank left to fit

We fitted the sub frame and the customer's Z1 seat unit, made some spacers to fit the yolks and cover the bearings (to keep the dirt out). Finally we put the shiny new aluminium frame on it's running gear and fitted the dummy engine ready to fit the petrol tank and battery.

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GIA003 is coming together now, the frame-kit for the GSXR 1260 engine and MV Augusta swingarm is taking shape.

Previously the tubes were fitted and tacked into position. Since then the Sub Frame has been made and both the Frame & Sub-Frame were TIG Welded. The welding took a good day....perfect welds are not optional but essential for these projects and no corners can be cut. The CNC Billet Gussets were fitted and tacked into position.

A good few days were spent working with the suspension points for the MV Augusta Swingarm, making sure we were happy with the set-up and positioning. The brackets made to fit were machined and lovingly finished by hand with the file and a good polish.

Not too much more to do now, expecting this one to be out the door this month.

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We're back on track now and on with the next frame build from our list of bookings :) The current project is a Big Tube Aluminium Frame, Sub Frame and Hand Made Aluminium Petrol Tank for a GSXR 1260 Engine.

The customer is using a Zed Tail unit, MV Augusta Swingarm, MV Augusta Forks & MV Augusta Wheels (190 Back Tire).

This is the second Martek styled (we named it G-Tek) frame we have built and the first job was bending and shaping the tubes, next the tubes are polished to a mirror shine before being fitted and tacked togther in the JIG.

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Well, our first entry in this new blog marks the first singlesider to leave the GIA stables! We are snowed under with work right now, which is great!

We were in the middle of moving whilst making this singlesider and there really wasn't enough hours in the day!

So cheers to Mickey @ Biketec for his patience! The arm has been cleverly developed from 7020 T6 Big Tube Aluminium, it is shaped and made with no joins in the tube (in the same way top Motorcycle Builders like Spondon Engineering make them). Needless to say Mickey from Biketec is chuffed to bits with the arm, which is fitted to Biketec's Suzuki K2 1000

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