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Hi help this is right place to post this ,, i just picked up a 2004 gs500 , has a cracked frame , dose any one know what years frames will work ??
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This forum is primarily focused on the vintage Suzukis, but the GS500 was sort of a throwback, so there's a little overlap. And several of us have some experience with the GS500.
I know there was a decent dedicated GS500 forum out there, but I don't know whether they're still available, active, or all that helpful nowadays.
The same frame part number was used in the 2004-2009 GS500.
You can research these sorts of things by using one of the online parts fiches to find the frame part number. In this case, that's 41100-01D90-ENM.
https://www.onlinecycleparts.com/oemparts/a/suz/508b0603f87002353072347a/frame-model-k4-k5-k6
Then punch that part number into the part number search:
https://www.onlinecycleparts.com/oemparts/c/suzuki_motorcycle/parts
Click "where used" and you'll get a list of all the models that use that part number.
Earlier or later frames may or may not work, or might have some difference that doesn't matter like paint color or an extra tab or something, but it's impossible to say for sure without having them side-by-side.
You could also just transplant your engine into a dead GS500 from any year (lots out there cheap; people just love to run these things out of oil), although you'll need to account for the oil cooler if you use a bike that didn't come with one. The engine and oil pan castings are a bit different on the oil cooler bikes, so to use an oil cooler engine in one of these you'll need to plug the inlet and outlets in the oil pan and drill a passage in the oil pan between them so oil can flow. (Or, of course, find a way to use the oil cooler on the earlier bike.)
I know there was a decent dedicated GS500 forum out there, but I don't know whether they're still available, active, or all that helpful nowadays.
The same frame part number was used in the 2004-2009 GS500.
You can research these sorts of things by using one of the online parts fiches to find the frame part number. In this case, that's 41100-01D90-ENM.
https://www.onlinecycleparts.com/oemparts/a/suz/508b0603f87002353072347a/frame-model-k4-k5-k6
Then punch that part number into the part number search:
https://www.onlinecycleparts.com/oemparts/c/suzuki_motorcycle/parts
Click "where used" and you'll get a list of all the models that use that part number.
Earlier or later frames may or may not work, or might have some difference that doesn't matter like paint color or an extra tab or something, but it's impossible to say for sure without having them side-by-side.
You could also just transplant your engine into a dead GS500 from any year (lots out there cheap; people just love to run these things out of oil), although you'll need to account for the oil cooler if you use a bike that didn't come with one. The engine and oil pan castings are a bit different on the oil cooler bikes, so to use an oil cooler engine in one of these you'll need to plug the inlet and outlets in the oil pan and drill a passage in the oil pan between them so oil can flow. (Or, of course, find a way to use the oil cooler on the earlier bike.)
