I have a bobbed tail on my bike and want to fab up a passenger seat, Question is how difficult is it to do a tail conversion? I have my eye on either a gsxr 750/1000 tail or a sv650 tail. Has anybody on here done either? and If so has anybody done it with a wire feed? or is tig my only option?
Before someone says use the search I have and haven't found too much... aside from this:
Quote from: werase643 on November 18, 2009, 06:01:05 AM
yes, weld tabs to the frame and then bolt sub frame to tabs
not sv but you get the idea
(http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv170/luvdanriver/DCP41724.jpg)
and
Quote from: Jim Knopf on November 04, 2009, 04:56:17 AM
servus,
i think, the rear end is too long!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/jeremy_nash/gs500/sv%20tail%20swap/DSC00997.jpg)
shorter is looking better. my opinion.
If anybody else has done this just cutting and drilling and bolting on, how does the width a gsxr750 or 1000 subframe fit compared to the gs frame?? and any tips?
Level of difficulty is relative to your ability and tools available. To me they are not tough, just time consuming.
The frames are steel. Mig is the easiest, that is what I have.