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1981 GS450 Kickstart conversion?

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Hey everyone, my first post on this forum. Was wondering if anyone has done an electric start to kickstart conversion on a GS450? if so please tell me what parts are needed to do this.
 
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No.
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None, it can't be done.
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If you want a kick starter, you will have to find an older bike.
Suzuki stopped providing kickers in '80.

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I think it could possibly be done, BUT you would need to split the cases.
 
Suzuki_Don said:
I think it could possibly be done, BUT you would need to split the cases.
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No Don BC is right.Don't belive the 450/400(Canada and some other markets got TSCC 400's)ever had a kick starter.Had a 79 400,81 or so400 and a 86 400 at the same time.Earlier cases are completely different,nothing would transfer.
 
Reading between the lines of a few posts on this topic over the last 6 months or so makes me think it could be done... *but*... it looks to me like you'd need the right cover off an earlier 400 or 425, you'd need to sacrifice the oil pressure switch in the ignition cover (400's and 425's don't have one), and you'd need to work out where you'd need a hole in the upper and lower crankcases for the shaft.

Of course I'm completely ignorant on the subject and am only surmising from earlier posts and what others have reported... while I'd love a kick starter on my 450 there's no way I'm up to that much of a challenge and there's no way I'm pulling it down again just to try... I don't want a kick starter that bad!
 
Not to steal the thread..but would it be easier on an 84 550l?
 
No that engine is not made for a kicker at all.Nothing of the previous engine design left.
 
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