GS Scrambler, Possible?

[Colorado CJ]

And one turned into a (heavy) trials bike.

[GregT]

I like that last XS650 - reminds me a lot of my old SL350 Honda.
Weirdest Dirt changeling I've seen was GSXR1100L, naked, long travel USD forks from late dirt bike, longer Ohlins shock, Knobbly tyres etc.
Set up for beach racing at the Burt Munro meeting here in NZ.
They've now banned full knobblies as things like this just dug out the beach.
Lost the photos when our last computer crashed sorry.

Greg T

[pete]

I love your idea, in fact it's what I'm planning with my 450, but I have a lot of work to do before getting anywhere near making it a scrambler type bike.

I have a mock up on a thread here somewhere, will attempt to find it.

[pete]

Ok, forgot I canned my photobucket account and created a new one due to a username/password compromise so my old thread's pic's no longer work.

Anyways, here's the mock up I did, but I'm probably not going to paint the spokes black.

[Griffin]

I like it!




If you could find some spoked wheels for it, that would be even better, I think. Save some weight too.

[salty_monk]

Looks very close to the triumph one... I would actually like something like that myself.

Shame Suzuki didn't build a twin in the 650 sort of range. I'd want to load mine up with panniers & the like so a 400 would probably be a bit sluggish at that stage! Seems like the only really cost effective option along those lines in this country is the older KLR. I suppose you could get one of the XL's or DR's & dress them up the same way....

Dan

[Nessism]

Looks very close to the triumph one... I would actually like something like that myself.

Shame Suzuki didn't build a twin in the 650 sort of range. I'd want to load mine up with panniers & the like so a 400 would probably be a bit sluggish at that stage! Seems like the only really cost effective option along those lines in this country is the older KLR. I suppose you could get one of the XL's or DR's & dress them up the same way....

Dan

They did Dan, it's called a GR650.










And link to tons more GR650 offroad photos... http://photobucket.com/images/gr650/?page=1

[mistertoadie]

Also known as the 650 Tempter.

[pete]

I will admit a blatantly obvious Triumph Scrambler copy there... but I like my 450's size and being a twin found it not too hard to maintain with synch'ing carbs and the like also.

Now if only I could get the engine painted and put back together... then I could think about starting it for real

[salty_monk]

Hmmm - will have to have a look at that. Were they popular? Were they as reliable as the GS's?

Dan

[donimo]

I wonder if a 650 twin could be shoehorned in a 450 frame...

[tkent02]

Basically I want to turn my GS into an all around machine.

Sell it and buy a nice tight KLR 650, DR400 or Yamaha XT something.

By ruining a GS you will gain a very crappy excuse for a dual sport.

Think about it, just the fact that the engine is two feet wide should tell you something.

[nvr2old]

This '72 Honda XL250 that I put on the street sure has turned out to be a fun bike. It's got a 300 big bore kit, a slight cam, and a CB500 front end. It'll do 75 on the freeway, but it likes 65 a lot better. It only weighs about 300 lbs..a total blast to burn around town on. If it had dual sport tires it could probably return to it's roots pretty easily, but I promised it it's dirt bike days were over..

[tejasmud]

Very nice.

I love small displacment bikes for putting around town on.

[crag antler]

Very nice.

I love small displacment bikes for putting around town on.

very nice???
That thing is friggin sweet