Motovalet Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I like the idea of fitting an air cooled GSX750ES motor into a GSX550ES frame. Both frames are visually similar but I think the 550 might be too narrow and too low between the top and bottom rails? Does anyone know if it does or better yet anyone done this swap? I know an oil cooled motor is smaller but I’d like to stay aircooled! 1 Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaos Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 someone in the projects section (can't remember the name now) is installing an oilcooled lump in a 550 frame and apparently it's very tight. I would think that the 750 ES engine does not fit. Quote Link to comment
Ronny Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) Hallo mate, just saw your sweet looking bike on t’other thread I can tell you it’s a bloody tight fit, still haven’t got it all measured up properly yet, (horrible virusy thing making me feel like crap) but hope to make a bit of progress tomorrow... After much mocking-up (loosely) of rear suspension components, it’s gonna be easier to use a twin-shock setup (the official line is that it looks more period ). Of course that means extra bracing, but no harm in that. A lot of things I’ve come across have been annoyingly close to fitting, but dont, ho-hum. I think (could be wrong) that 750 frames are larger, so you could probably save a good bit of hassle if you had one of them to start from, but where’s the fun in that? Sorry, mis-read your post as fitting GSXR750 motor! Told you I was ill! Edited October 15, 2019 by Ronny Man-flu Quote Link to comment
Hardassfunk Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 It's a fecking heavy engine! 1 Quote Link to comment
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