The bug has bitten me to start another project, so I'm finally going to build the café racer I've always wanted to build and the prefect platform (for me) is the GS550.
I considered the GS400 & GS450 parallel twins for their light weight, but they don't give/have that inline-four sound that I love.
Having said all of that, I've searched hi & low for a company that sells a big bore, high performance kit for the GS550 and it looks like Wiseco discontinued the one that they used to sell.
Yes, I've seen all the posts, write-ups, and chatter about grafting the 650 head on, but I really don't want to go through all of that.
I did find a couple of company's that sell slightly larger pistons for the GS550, but 0.56mm to 1.0mm more isn't much and isn't going to give much of a horsepower gain that you would really notice.
Is there, or is there not a big bore kit out there for the 550 that I can use to gain more horsepower, in addition to maybe a hotter cam, slightly larger carbs, and better exhaust system, without having to go the "grafting on a 650" route?
Any & all answers are welcome, thanks in advance.....
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