Gsx400r front end swap

[The Buddha]

Holee effing hell. Well we received in the US an 92 only 600 version of that same thing. Heavy as the dickens for a 600, almost in katana 600 territory but had a lot of good stuff on it. Good forks, wheels, pretty much the 91 GSXR 750 which was considered by many as the best of the 750's till 96. I like those twin cradle frame ones but prefer air oil cooled.
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[sledge]

So you never got the slabsides in the 80s?

Look at the frame and swinger, I am convinced they were the inspiration for the GS5s

[The Buddha]

Oh yea first gen GSXR's were slabsides. 85-87 750, 86-88 1100. But never had upside downs forks on those.
In fact 90 1100 still ahd the right side up forks. IIRC 90 750 and 91 1100 were first years of upside down forks.
I have a 90 1100. Not a slabside and no USD forks. 1127 long stroke motor and threaded valve adjusters.
But it had eyelet on top and clevice on the bottom rear shock.
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[Henrico123]

Holee effing hell. Well we received in the US an 92 only 600 version of that same thing. Heavy as the dickens for a 600, almost in katana 600 territory but had a lot of good stuff on it. Good forks, wheels, pretty much the 91 GSXR 750 which was considered by many as the best of the 750's till 96. I like those twin cradle frame ones but prefer air oil cooled.
Cool.
Buddha.

I have actually had the chance of riding one of the little 400's. They are amazing little bikes, and they perform quite close to the 600's.

[The Buddha]

What was the last year of the 750 air oil cooled. 89 ? or 90 ? One of those was super short stroke with longest connecting rods of all of them. That was lightning quick, and in many cases outran the 1052 both on paper and the real world. The 1127 theoretically out performed it on paper but 1127's were torquey in the mid range but ran out of revs @ 11K, that one short stroke 750 revved to 13.5K.
The only 400 4 cyl to ever appear stateside was the 92 Bandit 400. As we all know the GS was responsible for it going nowhere, and I'm guessing the Honda CB1 and the MZ 660. MZ kept at it past 2005 in fact mainly due to the fact they were never put in the same space as the GS. All the foo foo euro ones stuck together, and compared to an Enfield Bullet, and a porky and $$$ Guzzi, MZ sure looked cheap. They were damn fine bikes IMHO. Like a GS with every part upgraded.

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