retrofit kickstarter?

[mike_of_bbg]

Also, a couple of members claim to have retrofitted the 70's kicker onto 80-82 GS550s. Not that this helps the OP with the twin...

[davidduarte]

I'm with ya' David, would be nice to have something bigger for fun, but when the 450 was my daily, I never had a reason to think of upgrading. Only issue I ever had was wind on a couple of rides to sticksville for work in the pouring rain...

Mind you, if budget was to allow for a 750 pop-up Katana, that's a different story... but I'd still keep the 450 too

I'd definitely keep the 450.

From what I understand, the transmission on the 450 is the same as on the GS400/425, and that being the case, if I could find the right side case from a 425, I'd be in business.

[pete]

Hmmm... me thinks some parts fiche searching is in order... surely it couldn't be that simple? How awesome would my scrambler be with a kicker...

[mike_of_bbg]

I'd definitely keep the 450.

From what I understand, the transmission on the 450 is the same as on the GS400/425, and that being the case, if I could find the right side case from a 425, I'd be in business.

On the 80-82 550 Suzuki never changed the casting for the crank case after dropping the kicker, so the internal mount was still there - though the holes were not tapped. I have no clue if that was the case on the twins or not.