750/850 project hits another snag...

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We raced a gs 750 with the 1000 motor. None of the motor mounts lined up. However they could all be made of flat stock If I remember correctly. Not a big job. Just remember to make sure the countershaft sprocket needs to line up with the rear sprocket.

Good luck, Paul

No problem, I can make it all, I just understood they would all fit.
The front sprocket is in line with the rear one, no worries there.

The one bolt that just goes through the back of the engine into the frame directly without any mounting pieces keeps the sprockets in line.

[tkent02]

This is taking forever!!!

Got the spare GS1000 engine in the 750, rode it around a few minutes. It runs great, smooth and powerful as far as the engine itself goes, but it's got a bad bearing in the countershaft. A loud growling, you can hear it and feel it, only under load. No noise in neutral or when riding along at steady speed, just when accelerating. Could be something else I suppose, but it sounds like a bearing.

Never heard this before in a GS, is it very common?

Looks like the 850 conversion will happen after all, probably easier to finish assembling that than to fix this bearing.

Got the correct rings for it now, Z1 got them to me quicker than they said after three months fighting with the morons at RideNow.

If this was my only bike I would have ****ed away the entire summer.