?The Suzuki GN400 is a very overlooked bike on the custom scene,? they tell us. ?It has everything you want from a base bike. It has a big single engine that sounds beautiful, it?s simple in its construction, and it has nice lines off its frame.?
?We could go on all night, but long story short, the Ventus Garage team loves using the GN400. We?ve already built two bikes based on the GN, and we decided to put all our knowledge and experience into this third one.?

The biggest upgrade happened to the chassis. Ventus pillaged the remains of a wrecked custom Aprilia RS 250 to upgrade their little GN400: On went the Aprilia’s upside-down forks, along with its triple clamps.
They’re matched up to a pair of aftermarket rear shocks, fitted with custom bushings.
Bizarrely, the Aprilia also came with a pair of 18? spoked wheels?perfect for what Ventus had in mind. So they repainted the rims, chromed the spokes and fitted the wheels. The front brake was converted to a single 280 mm disc, before the guys got to work on the back.
With an upgrade from the Suzuki’s stock drum to a disc setup, the guys had to install a Nissin master cylinder, and modify the rear brake lever setup. A full set of braided stainless steel brake lines from Hel round out the package. Other pleasingly OCD details are the turned foot pegs, and there’s a stylish braid wrap on the kick-start lever.

Equal consideration went into the motor, which was stripped down for glass blasting, to...