GS850 Extended swingarm

[trinitysj]

I actually posses an extended swingarm for the 850, came with a project that I bought. It has been extended by 6" and has had the shaft and caliper carrier extended as well. Never fitted it to the bike though but might one day just to see what it looks like

do you have any pics of it.. and would you be willing to sell it to me?

just curious... thanks

[Hammered]

Its a simple matter. Any driveline shop can cut and balance a new driveshaft. The driveshaft housing is simple to extend as well. Just a matter of cutting DOM of the same sixe, fit and weld in place.

[trinitysj]

I saw a thread around here somewhere where a guy did it with pics too.. was looking for that thread..

[NotAnOldFart_gs850]

if he wants an extended swingarm then he should have one

I think everyone should stop bashing him for wanting to put an extended swing arm on his 850. Yes the bikes are vintage but not everyone has the same taste and want to keep things classic. I love my 82 gs850 but i don't plan on keeping everything on it with a vintage look. In the last forums a guy asked how to change the shaft drive and the response was to change the bottom end to a gs750 that bolts onto the 850 top. This would allow u to add another swingarm, chain drive and a different rear tire. (An extended swingarm if u like) So if thats what he wants to do then don't bash him for being unique.

[trinitysj]

I think everyone should stop bashing him for wanting to put an extended swing arm on his 850. Yes the bikes are vintage but not everyone has the same taste and want to keep things classic. I love my 82 gs850 but i don't plan on keeping everything on it with a vintage look. In the last forums a guy asked how to change the shaft drive and the response was to change the bottom end to a gs750 that bolts onto the 850 top. This would allow u to add another swingarm, chain drive and a different rear tire. (An extended swingarm if u like) So if thats what he wants to do then don't bash him for being unique.

Thanks for the support on this. The tail of the bike was chopped off before I got it as someone tried to make a bobber out of it. I think I have done a pretty good job on it so far.

[Tim Tom]

It can be done. I found this on some street fighter forum, not really sure exactly what site it was but the guy had done a nice job of totally re-vamping the looks of an 850G.

He also found a way to weld up the splines / pumpkin assembly to the more modern and wider gsxr wheels. I think the end result is a very cool GS.

EDIT: It looks like it would handle pretty decent too. Modern sticky tires and updated suspension. I think this type of swinger extension would work well for your bike, as opposed to the draggers and posers who extend it by 6+ inches.

[trinitysj]

This is what i was looking for.. I found a pic of a newer version that he did as well... looks even better than the first one that he did...

This is kind of what I was thinking.. looks great on an 850 I think.

[bellucci]

Back in the 80's I bought a xs1100 built up with a turbo. It was a shaft drive with about a 4 inch longer tube and shaft. It was made by Strange engineering and was a blast to ride. Of course it ran 9.20's at the drag strip so that made a lot of fun. I think the cost of the tube and shaft was about $1000.00 back then. I still have it hanging on the wall.
Curt