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[dan_man838]

Money isnt my concern. I enjoy working on bikes and i plan to purse a career in motor sports as a mechanic i think a built and raced drag bike would look good on a resume lol. so i still must insist on building my self
when i say that money isnt a concern keep in mind that im still on a budget and just because im eighteen doesnt meen im some rich boy spending mommy and daddys money. i work a full time papermill job and all the money i spend will be out of my poket.

oh one more thing i found a cheep 1981? GS1100 for sale but it is shaft drive. i was woundering if the frame and transmision are the same and if so how hard would it be so switch output on the transmision to a chain drive? i will be running a diffretn swing arm and rear wheel so that dosnt matter. thanks for the feed back

[Baatfam]

No...I believe you need a chain drive...cases are different...

Listen to these guys....buy one ready to go and use the money to buy your support stuff...
Trailer, nitrogen tank, tools, leathers, etc., etc.,....

Don't worry about the enjoyment of building a bike....
Buy a used bike and you will most likely have to rebuild most of anyways....
And change a bunch of stuff to your liking...

Also, with a ready to go bike, you can get out there and try it.....you may find you don't enjoy drag racing...some don't.
You can always build your own later...after you try it and know what you want....

Later,
Bob

[dan_man838]

Well.. with years comes wisdom. I geuss i can look into buying a bike does anyone know of some one who is selling one or a place to get one and what set up/bike you guys prefure. keep in mind im new to the sport and i have no drag experience so no twin turbo stroker bored cam lifted low 7 second hayabusas for me lol not saying im not considering a hayabusa just no bikes that are far beyond my capabilitys
thanks

[Baatfam]

Well.. with years comes wisdom. I geuss i can look into buying a bike does anyone know of some one who is selling one or a place to get one and what set up/bike you guys prefure. keep in mind im new to the sport and i have no drag experience so no twin turbo stroker bored cam lifted low 7 second hayabusas for me lol not saying im not considering a hayabusa just no bikes that are far beyond my capabilitys
thanks

Small tire, bar bike with a slider clutch....IMHO....

That's what I started on with no previous bike drag racing experiance.....
I did however have several years of car drag racing experiance and 30+ years street/dirt bike riding experiance...

Check the classifieds at dragbike.com and e-bay....

[rosco15]

http://sell.dragbike.com/catalog.asp?catid=179

[lecroy]

Well.. with years comes wisdom. I geuss i can look into buying a bike does anyone know of some one who is selling one

What happened to the 600? Haven't even rode it and already looking for a new bike, kids now days..... LOL

What state are you in? I know of two that are for sale right now near me. One is a small tire Kaw. Freshly rebuilt. N2O w/ Schnitz controller. Bike has not really been tested yet (previous owners project that was not finished). Guess this is a mid 9 second bike without the nitrous.

The other is a GS car tire w/ lockup. Guy is selling the starter cart, bike, riding gear, trailer. I have seen this bike run 8.60s with a big rider. They rebuilt the motor last summer and it slowed down to the 8.90s. I think the owner ran into $$$ problems.

Not sure on the price, but if your interested I can put you in touch with them.

[dan_man838]

what happend to the 600?

i bought the 1993 gsx 600 f to swap the front end to my 81 650gs but im not sure if that is even posible? ive searched this site and learned you can swap a 90's 750-100 style gsxr front end to a 750-1000 GS but is my swap posible? and also is it posible for me to run the gsxf rear on my axle?

After much consideration i have decided to buy a bike. im going to wait to april and buy a hayabusa or gsx 750 or 1000 with an air clutch and street size tire. that way if i do not like the sport i can sell it as a street bike or ride it.
secondly i would like to race my gs650 at a local ICE drag event yes ice like on a frozen lake (I live in wisconsin to answer previous ?)
I figure it would be inexpensive and it would help me get experience and would be much fun. it would also help me out with a posible sponsor
who said he may sponser me if i do ama drag bike but he would like to see me race first not to see if i would win just to see if im comited

thank for feed back once again

[dan_man838]

by the way to all the senior member answering my questions. im sorry. i did search the page first. and here is a pic of my 650



i bought it with 4,537 original miles for $300 it was in a barn and the guy pulled it out of the barn and with a new batery and i little starting fluid it started right up but only ran on two cylinders so i pulled the tank lol pluged the coil pack back in and drove it home... i had little money this summer so it was my main form of transportation until the end of summer came and would you geuss what i now have only 11.95 volts of charge but i have visited the stator pages and it on the road to rehabilatation and mabye some racing but mainly my rider it looks way difrent now new pics soon to come

[madjack57754]

If you really want to build, I know of a big tire chassis with all Beasley bodywork. No motor or wheels - set up for 8.20's GS11. Comes from a former VHR crew guy. it's good stuff