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Ninja79 has entered his extensively modified 1990 Kawasaki ZX10 in Britain’s Got Biking Talent with Carole Nash, and so far his amazing Kawasaki is one of the most heavily modified and original machines entered.

According to the owner, the bike started as a bare frame purchased from a bike breaker in 1990, and now boasts a hybrid engine using a blend of ZX10 and ZZ-R1100 parts topped up with aftermarket tuning goods – most noticeably the turbo with a massive exhaust pipe winding up the right side of the bike!

The T28 Garrett turbo requires toughened internals including Carrillo conrods and a lock-up clutch to ensure the clutch plates continue gripping as the turbo’s power is put through the transmission.

The chassis is geared towards road riding and the 1980s endurance racer style, so instead of a drop in ride height and a long swingarm, the ZX10 has a standard Kawasaki swingarm and WP forks holding three-spoke Marvic wheels, AP racing calipers grab cast iron discs.

The period look is carried right through the bike – from the cut-down front mudguard to mimic race bikes designed to allow fast wheel removal, the ZXR race fairing without headlights, right down to details like the functional rather than sexy rearsets.