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Title: Question about motor..
Post by: pizza on May 07, 2008, 08:25:02 PM
I was wondering if an 06 kawi 500 motor would fit in an 06 gs500??
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Post by: mach1 on May 07, 2008, 09:06:55 PM
with some modification I will. use the search It has been done before
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Post by: RevvinKevin on May 07, 2008, 09:38:04 PM
What happened to your '06 GS motor?
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Post by: pizza on May 08, 2008, 12:15:49 AM
floated a valve
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Post by: littleblackjeep on May 08, 2008, 12:42:24 AM
If your gonna go to the trouble, why not swap something bigger in? 600, 700?
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Post by: mach1 on May 08, 2008, 06:10:22 AM
because an Inline 4 will not fit nor will it balance well
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Post by: TreeFiddy on May 08, 2008, 07:31:01 AM
Quote from: mach1 on May 08, 2008, 06:10:22 AM
because an Inline 4 will not fit nor will it balance well

SV 650?
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Post by: pizza on May 08, 2008, 10:57:47 AM
Lol Pretty sure only thing I could fit in there would be a single, or parallel twin..
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Post by: ben2go on May 08, 2008, 01:34:51 PM
Sv will fit.The ninjette 500 has been done.You'll have to search for it.There's a chinese knock off that uses the GS frame and a motor just like the SV but it's rated at 250cc.Can't memeber right off which brand it was.Hyosung maybe?
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Post by: mach1 on May 08, 2008, 05:12:42 PM
how would an SV engine work? Im curious?
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Post by: qwertydude on May 08, 2008, 07:02:11 PM
The bike with our frame is not a chinese bike it's Hyosung, Korean. But it's still a cheap buzzy bike. I don't know how you can make a 90 degree v-twin buzzy but the koreans have managed to do just that. It looks amazing though, and if you wind out that engine it makes a sweet exhaust note since it's a v-twin.
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 09, 2008, 01:33:21 AM
a gr650 engine would fit,(http://members.tripod.com/tcmcstuff/images/GR650/StockBlue3.gif) although ne would have to change the head, ( exhaust exits at an angle. this is/will be my next project. ive got a gr650 in my workshop
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Post by: ben2go on May 09, 2008, 12:23:40 PM
The GR 650 is the easiest but they are rare in the US.The GR650 Tempter was only imported for 2 years.Also the GR is a 5 speed engine and max rpm is around 8000 rpm.The GS head allows the engine to spin up to 11000 rpm.