wraith Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 (edited) I've been thinking about swapping the 5.5" rear wheel in the kat to a 6" one for some time (be for looks more than better handling) So got a bit of time today and as I he'd the wheel out any way. I tried the 6" srad wheel, no will not fit in the gsxr 750 wr swingarm So, I've now got 3 chooses, 1. Just keep with the 5.5" and don't piss 2. Fit a gsxr600srad swingarm and put the 6" in that 3.fit the gsxr1000k1 swingarm and put the 6" in that O what to do If I do fit a new swingarm to the kat whichever one I don't use, I'm going to fit to the gsx1157et Pics are of the 6" wheel Edited October 12 by wraith Add pictures Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 Is it broke ? (You know the next line). 1 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 14 minutes ago, bluedog59 said: Is it broke ? (You know the next line). And the next one A project bike is never ..... (You know the next line ) 1 Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 Touche ! Somebody will no doubt suggest you "put a turbo on it" soon enough. 2 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 14 minutes ago, bluedog59 said: Touche ! Somebody will no doubt suggest you "put a turbo on it" soon enough. @clivegto probably 2 Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 6" real looks the buisness on a Kat. SRAD 600 swingarm does not have a brace, so A SRAD 750 braced arm will look better in my opinion. I widened my frame, drilled out the pivot points and used the SRAD pivot bosses when I installed mine, so the chain clears easily. Taking your bike apart to notch the frame now is going to be a lot of work 1 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 13 minutes ago, rodneya said: 6" real looks the buisness on a Kat. SRAD 600 swingarm does not have a brace, so A SRAD 750 braced arm will look better in my opinion. I widened my frame, drilled out the pivot points and used the SRAD pivot bosses when I installed mine, so the chain clears easily. Taking your bike apart to notch the frame now is going to be a lot of work That's the one thing that's putting me off from doing it, well this year anyway Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 you just can't leave them alone can you wraith put a set of standard skinny wheels back in 2 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 41 minutes ago, TonyGee said: you just can't leave them alone can you wraith put a set of standard skinny wheels back in Some build and sell, I just build and keep tinkering The more I think about it, yes the 6" will look good but I think for this year I'm going to keep the 5.5" in. As I've got some work to do on the miss bike and respray the et etc and at some point I do need to finish the Hellcat gsx 2 Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 18 minutes ago, wraith said: Some build and sell, I just build and keep tinkering The more I think about it, yes the 6" will look good but I think for this year I'm going to keep the 5.5" in. As I've got some work to do on the miss bike and respray the et etc and at some point I do need to finish the Hellcat gsx busy busy busy 2 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 Yes, not really done anything on the bikes apart from the odd bit for over a year with the house move, so hopefully will be getting back to it this winter Quote Link to comment
baldrick Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 i wouldnt bother tbh, it looks fine as it is, why bother, i mean its a fair bit of work for very little if any advantage i doubt anyone will notice its half an inch wider. 2 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 13 Author Share Posted October 13 1 hour ago, baldrick said: i wouldnt bother tbh, it looks fine as it is, why bother, i mean its a fair bit of work for very little if any advantage i doubt anyone will notice its half an inch wider. Yes I'm thinking the same, I was hoping the wheel would fit in the swingarm and take it from there but as it's going to involve a swingarm swap frame work etc I'm thinking more leave the 5.5" in Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 And it's a lot of work to probably make it handle worse. 1 Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 5 hours ago, bluedog59 said: And it's a lot of work to probably make it handle worse. Nope. My Kat handles way way better with the 6" rear, braced frame, modern forks and brakes than it did with the factory bits. 1 Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 11 minutes ago, rodneya said: Nope. My Kat handles way way better with the 6" rear, braced frame, modern forks and brakes than it did with the factory bits. Worse than with the 5.5" rim currently fitted. Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 13 Author Share Posted October 13 I've fitted a 6" to my gsx1157et instead of the 5.5" it did have in it. I must say I like the way it handles with the 6" I found the 5.5" always seemed to be a bit twitchy. For me and the way I ride, but each to there own. This is one reason I started to look at the 6" for the kat. But I thinking I won't do it with the work involved till I'm stripping it down to have the frame powered coated, probably next winter Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 It's not "twitchy", it's "agile". 1 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 14 hours ago, bluedog59 said: It's not "twitchy", it's "agile". Quote Link to comment
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