it is a nice build ... he even managed to "fix" the Suzuki engineers lack of design aesthetics with the belt/chain guard - made it puuurrrdier ...

Having done some building and fabrication I can appreciate the job done. I think it's rideable, but, not My style of riding. It'll get ya there, as long as it's not challenging traffic or too far. You ain't gonna be hauling anything home with it, unless you can get a bag on the sissy bar and not wreck the signals. It's pretty and if I saw it somewhere I'd spend time gawking at the details. Everything on it was labor intensive. I would never spend that much time and money on something that I was basically just gonna look at and show off, but that's just me.
On the upside, wouldn't hafta look down much to see the speedo.

Mannequin, with sound effects.. that's good.
Unless there is something inside the exhaust that we can't see, it probably runs like crap.
I expect the tires to dry rot.

Hey, at least the existence of wiring indicates that it runs and therefore maybe it could be ridden.....cool, that's cool.

I'm with you jcstokes ...

It's purdy, but no way I would drop $12,000 NZ ($8277.42 U.S.) on that 400cc bike.

I'm sure the frame is as solid as a rock but every time I look at it, it looks like the bike would break in half. I guess it's the angles or something.

How long do you think those chain rollers would last? A spring loaded roller on the bottom would be bad enough when you back off, but one on the power side would just throw chain lube & self destruct.
Rollers belong on derby girls skates!
A friend built a ''show'' sportster and gold plated the front disc. Looked great, but when he wanted to ride it later asked me why the front brake didn't work worth a crap? DUH!!!
Again, gold belongs on girls piercings, not your brake disc.