1984 gs 550 L

[con lawler]

I have a 1984 gs 550L with an engine problem (compression). I have tracked down 2 engines. one from a gsx 550 and the other from a 1980 gs 550 L. The engines on the two gs 550 Ls are different as they changed around 1980. The gsx 550 engine looks more like my engine. My question is has any one ever fitted either of these engines onto a 84 gs550L, which fits bette/easier.

[skreemer]

any pre-83 GS550 engine will NOT bolt right up and will require you to do some figuring and fab work to make it fit.

Any GS(X)550(E, ES, ED, ESD, EF, L) motor from 1983 to 1986 will fit... Same square "tube" double steel cradle...

Though keep the old motor long enough to check and see if there are spacers on the front sprocket if you get an E, ES, ED, ESD model engine...

[con lawler]

550 l

cheers skreemer

[MelodicMetalGod]

What Skreemer said. Also, Skreemer and others clued me in on this, the 83-86 GS550's were named differently in the US as opposed to overseas. In the states my bike is GS550ES while overseas it was considered a GSX550ES. Same engine, different marketing.

Best of luck!


PS: Check out my signature for a link to the 83-86 GS550 owners group.