Motor swap?

[importslife]

Just wanted to ask has anyone seen or done a motor swap in a GS? If so what did they put in it? I'm talking about a motor not from another GS something else.

[007brendan]

I've seen a number of projects of people putting the GS motor in something else, but never the opposite.  The GS frame is already pretty crowded, I doubt you'd be able to fit anything larger than the current motor, you'd need to choose something smaller than the stock 487, and who would want to put a smaller motor in the GS?

[jeremy_nash]

IIRC buddha swapped a gr650 motor into a gs.  other than that, swap your steering neck onto any other bike, and you have a motor swap!

[burning1]

The GR650 engine is the same basic design as the GS500, so it's not really a direct swap.

To be honest, swapping in any other motor is a silly idea. The benefit of the GS is that it's reliable, common, well known, and has been around forever. Once you start doing obscure 1-off stuff, you loose most of those benefits, and you'd be better off buying another bike.

[werase643]

GR650
DR650
and i think either a ex500 or a GS500 in an EX frame

why piss up a rope?