Hey guys,
i was wondering has anyone attempted or did and Kat's 600 motor into the GS? now don't bash on me with this question, i'm not a noob when it come to fabrication/swap/etc..i just wanted to know if or has anyone done or attempted. Reason being is that i have a somewhat complete 94 Katana 600 bike that i'm parting out. of course i'm using the F/E from that and i was debating on weather i should do that mods. well if no one has done it or attempted to do so then i guess i'll be the first to do so. but tell me what you guys think.
thanks
-Nickel
A kat's a longitudinally mounted inline 4... a GS is an inline twin... where were you gonna make space in the frame for the extra 2 cylinders?
Yup ... besides a kat is over 100 lbs heavier and stuffing it in the GS frame will result in a 100 lb extra more top heavy motor with another 20 horsies ... a GR motor swap will give you ~15 of those horsies and only a 20lb weight gain. A GR also fits in the frame more or less, its a twin, and is almost got the same motor mounts as the GS. I know I stuffed one last year. Here is pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/srinath.the.man/GS500PartsIMadeModified?authkey=OwG2s0koY9A#
Remember my focus for that set of pics is the katana front end. So you may have to look around and see what you need to see.
Cool.
Buddha.