‘Sticky Matt’ Coulter, the proprietor of Sticky’s Speed Shop, is no stranger to an oil-cooled Suzuki. But despite a back catalog of Bandits, Slabsides, Slingshots, Harris frames, and drag choppers, all utilizing the iconic inline-four, Sticky Matt had long craved to build one Suzuki in particular. His Holy Grail of production bikes; the 2007 Suzuki GS1200SS.
Though plentiful on the shores of Japan and New Zealand, the Suzuki GS1200SS made it to the UK in very limited numbers, with even fewer surviving today. So when Matt eventually tracked one down—disassembled and spread across multiple boxes—he made it his. A self-confessed hoarder of rare, race, and rare-race parts, boxes of bits are something of a Sticky’s Speed Shop specialty.
On a mission to build his ultimate oil-cooled Suzuki, Matt dug deep into his hoard, reaching for prize finds that had long been earmarked for this particular project.…