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Project GS550

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Smoke-dog

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Hey folks, i was ask by one of your members (well our member,i joined up LOL) to post the work i've done to my GS550. I figured what i'll do is paste a link to the previous work then post the rest as i go. I hope everybody likes what i've done so far and thanks.

http://www.bikedogz.com/roadhouse/viewtopic.php?t=61&start=0

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Looks like that'll be a first on here. Keep up the good ideas. Lets see it when it flows better. How'd you mod the subframe to accept the tail?
 
Cool!
I want to know all about that front end swap! I want to do that to My550.
Can I pic you're brain when the time (and the $$$)comes?
 
Nice mods! Do you know you have to lubricate your chain sometimes? :wink:
 
I am with 8track, I would like to know how much effort the front end swap was. It is such a neat idea. Once again when the time and $$$ come together. And I don't even have my bike back together yet. A katana 600 swingarm would be nice too.

Looks cool.

Dave
 
Dude, your bike rocks!!! I'm not sure I like the GSXR tail, but we will have to wait and see when it is done. The Katana front end looks like it was made to be there, and the beefy rear swingarm and extended wheelbase looks awsome.

Did the Katana front end bolt right up or did you have to modify the tripple tree? I would love to have that setup on mine, just for the braking alone.
 
Thanks again everybody, i appreciate all the positive and negative feed back!!! Now for questions......

Did the Katana front end bolt right up?
Yes, the only thing i had to do make it mesh was removing the lower cup on the neck and replacing it with the Katana bearing assembly the upper half works just fine.

As for the tail section.......
I was gonna go with the traditional cafe tail section and it looks like some of you guys look at the same site (www.omarsdtr.com). But then i got to thinking what about a sportbike tail section, cause really nobody has that set up, at least not yet. And it's starting to wear on me the more i look at it. But trust me it looks alot better in person LOL!!!

I have no problems chatting with everybody about bikes, it's my passion and don't hold back with anything you want to say. Thats why im here to talk bikes. And this is a awsome site with awsome members.
 
robinjo said:
Nice mods! Do you know you have to lubricate your chain sometimes? :wink:
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HEY!!! You were'nt soppose to see that LOL!!! :lol:
 
Smoke dog, Looks like you have the skill and eye to turn out a nice looking bike. That thing is going to be /smokin'. Ray
 
I am a little confused on the rear wheel fitment. I haven't taken any measurements on my bike, but if I stretch my stock swingarm I should have room for a five inch wheel? How hard was it to line up the sprockets? BTW I LOVE your bike.
thanks for the motivation and inspiration.
 
8trackmind said:
You got a pic of that '75 GT550 to share???
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Actually these are the only pics i have of my GT550 and it's my first street bike!!! I had just bought the Katana when i took these pics. Right now i have the motor apart, tore up a lower rod bearing. So i figured i would get the crank lightened and balanced.
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1quik6 said:
I am a little confused on the rear wheel fitment. I haven't taken any measurements on my bike, but if I stretch my stock swingarm I should have room for a five inch wheel? How hard was it to line up the sprockets? BTW I LOVE your bike.
thanks for the motivation and inspiration.
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I guess i got lucky on the sprockets cause i thought for sure i was gonna have to space out the frame. As for the front sprocket i just welded two sprockets together. Actually there is another member who did exactly what i did on the front sprocket. I would say that the sproket alignment is off by only a 1/16 of an inch or less. And thanks for the compliment. 8)
 
Smoke-I am sorry for all of the questions, but I am really interested in what had to be done to make the wheel fit in the swingarm. I have not looked on mine yet, but I didn't think that they were wide enough to fit the wheel, sprocket and brake with out widening it. It looks like you just extended it. Is that correct?
Thanks for the help and sorry for the rambling.
 
No problem buddy, i'll answer any question i can. For the swingarm what i did was extended it three inches. The main reason why i did that was so the tire would'nt rub towards the front of the swingarm. If you cut the swing arm where it tapers you can just move the rear of the swing arm til it looks like it's enough to fit the wheel and not rub. Thats how i came up with the three inches, just eye ballin it til it looked like it would work LOL!!! If you click on the link on my first post it will take you to my cycleworld post and i have pics of how i did it. Feal free to ask what ever you want im willin to help. 8)

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I almost forgot, i did space out the front sprocket cover about 1/4 so it would'nt rub.
 
I see now. That is awesome. You are the F'n Man. Love your bike, do you know what color are you gonna paint.
 
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