Shaft to chain swap

[blowerbike]

OP doesn't know the exact year...no 1000cc in 82 except for a katana.
post a pic and someone will tell you what it is................

[dstygg90]

Im going to look at it tomorrow.i was looking at a car for sale and seen the bike and the guy didnt.want me.lokking at it since owner wasnt there. Vin says js1, its a four cylinder its white build date 2/82 and guage cluster says 6 speeds.

[Steve]

I just am not a fan of shafts.

Your sig says this is your first bike. How do you know that you are "not a fan of shafts"?

Suzuki happened to get it right when they came to the shafty game late. Virtually all of the magazine testers of the time admitted that they had to look down occasionally to make sure they were on a shafty, because it handled so ... right.

If you have other reasons for 'not liking' a shaft, like changing gear ratios, keeping the ULTIMATE in light weight or building some sort of 'custom' that just wouldn't look 'right', that's another thing, but the bike will work and ride just fine with a shaft.

Steve, you've experience along those lines in Ohio, don't you?

Experience in title issues or parting out?

Actually, neither one.

Vin says js1, its a four cylinder its white build date 2/82 and guage cluster says 6 speeds.

JS1 tells you that it's from Japan, and a Suzuki.

The white paint is not original.

A build date of 2/82 puts it in the middle of the '82 model year production.

The gauge cluster may have 6 spaces, but only 5 of them will light up, because there are only 5 forward gears.

As mentioned in post #3, Suzuki used that same gauge cluster on MULTIPLE bikes, some of which DID have 6 gears.

Pictures will be necessary to identify the bike in question, but don't give up on the 850. I have not seen any other posts of yours that I can remember, so please tell me ... have you ridden the bike yet? At all? Much? If you haven't ridden it, wait until you do, before condemning the shaft.

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[dstygg90]

I bought my850 in may in boxes and in pieces. Ive worked all summer on it. Adjusted float heights doing the fork seals. Im building a cafe bike. Bikes runs great, cold blooded son of a bitch tho. Yes suzuki got the shaftie right tje first time. But i hate the profile from the left. Just want a chain.

[salty_monk]

You'd have to cut & weld the frames to do the swap. Not recommended especially without an alignment jig.....

[Steve]

I bought my850 in may in boxes and in pieces. Ive worked all summer on it.

With this, I am hearing "...but I haven't ridden it yet".

Adjusted float heights doing the fork seals. ... Bikes runs great, cold blooded son of a bitch tho.

Have you done anything else to the carbs, like strip them down and soak them overnight, then replace all the o-rings and put them back together? If not, it's no wonder you think it's so "cold-blooded". When the carbs are clean and the valves are adjusted, you almost don't hear the starter turning, because the engine starts so quickly, it drowns out the starter. 20-30 seconds on half-"choke" and it's ready to ride off. By the time you are in third gear, you can turn off the "choke".

If that's not the way your bike runs, you need to do more than just "adjust the floats".

Yes suzuki got the shaftie right tje first time. But i hate the profile from the left. Just want a chain.

Most people have something in mind when they buy a bike. Evidently you had a cafe in mind, which is fine. However, if the look of a shaft bothers you so much, why did you buy it?

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[BigD_83]

Experience in title issues or parting out?

Actually, neither one..

Apologies. I was thinking sorting out title issues; something I recalled from an earlier thread, but I have obviously misinterpreted something you wrote, or I am thinking of the wrong member.

[dstygg90]

It was stuttering on corners and checked float height and it was off. Ive unganged thrm cleaned them all new orings. Ive had every part removed. Ive put over 2k on the bike this summer so yes ive ridden it quite a bit. And as far as purchasinf it, it was 400 with a clean title. And i knew i could make it run. But im never satisfied with stock. I love my 850 runs great very reliable powerful. Ill post pics. Ive taken "along the way" pics and documented my project build. Its my first project. Im 24