Nik

Most people fit DOT heads to Bandit 1157s (with their different cam chain setup, with hyvo chain and no idler). It may be that the DOT head's got a slightly different geometry, and maybe the Bandits are more forgiving and the difference doesn't get noticed when fitting them to Bandits. Just a guess.

Did Suzuki ever use cast rods on any engine with a substantial displacement? I have never seen a stock GSX-R/F rod that wasn't forged.

I don't write this to be mean, but there seem to be a major misunderstanding on your side concerning gearing. Normally I couldn't care less, but in this thread, too, you make comments like you know what you're talking about when others don't. In the other thread you refer to, Dot head Swap On The G Bike, you state that you cruise at 80 mph at 4,000 rpm with 16/48 gears, and others claimed it couldn't be correct. It doesn't really matter, but then you imply that your engine is tuned, and therefore your gearing is different. You ridicule comments by @Gixer1460, @coombehouseand @Dezzawhen they correctly point out that your reasoning is wrong. If your engine makes 40 hp or 240 hp, the revs at 80 mph (or any speed) are the same (everything else the same). The power doesn't change the revs at a set speed, only how fast you get there! Please, stop ridiculing people who actually know better, calling them/us "The I know better lot", when you are the one who has misunderstood power vs gearing. It can happen to all of us, but sometimes you have to wake up and learn. Merry Christmas

I need several of them, and couldn't imagine they'd be impossible to find anywhere.

Bumping this thread. I have searched everyhere, but I can't find a drive chain slider/guide for a 750 slabby. Item no. 61273-27A00. Any suggestions on where I may find it? What do you guys use when the original guide is worn down? Any help would be appreciated.

If you're referring to various sites' microfishes etc, where the G cams might have the same item no.s as F cams, it says nothing about the original specs/item no.s. Most are superseeded and streamlined and refers to only one spare part no. Since the G sold little, it most likely refers to the F cams for spares, which could fool people into thinking they were the same originally.

I seriously doubt that the G has the same cams as the F. The G has the same 1127 cc, same C/R, same valves, 36 mm carbs but only 100 hp. The F had 34 mm carbs and made 130-ish hp, all else the same. I'd go for F or R cams.

That was my guess too, and I was curious how it unfolded.

@kiwisuzuki1100nz; how did the trouble-shooting go? Did you find what was wrong with your engine?

I am fitting an R6 swingarm to a 750 slabby just now. Do you mind sharing some more info/photos?

There you go! Clear, isn't it!? That was an unusually faded part no.

Show us a photo of the left-hand side. There should be a part no.

OP; I ran a 750 CDI on an 1127 for many years. It works very well, but as@Dezzawrote, the rev limiter is higher (13,000+ IIRC). When I raced a friend, I found a neutral between 3rd and 4th gear and at full throttle the engine quickly revved all the way to the limit and the crank split in two. Expensive! Since then, I always use the correct CDI.

Some time during 1986, the factory added a welded triangular reinforcement to the lower side of the rear frame. I have 1986 frames with and without the reinforcements.

Sorry to say, but you cannot replace only one of the cases. The upper and lower cases are machined together, with specific tolerances per crank bearing etc. You'll have to replace the cases together, or repair the engine mount on your current case. Concerning the gearbox, I'd guess that the dogs on your 2nd/5th gears are rounded off so badly that 2nd gear is slipping out of position when you increase load. What likely happened too is that you tried to keep it in place and your gear shift forks were therefore bent too. Hence the in-and-out-of-drive action. I'd guess you need to replace 2nd and 5th gears (they are locking into eachother) and check up on your gear shift forks (and possibly the gear drum).