Yes, I did a search....  I know I saw a picture of a GS with an EX500 engine in it here at one point.  It had cbr wheels on it.  Can't find it now.  My friend bought a former ex racebike and has a spare built top end he'll give me.  I'm still going to try to get the gs engine working right (its pretty close, a little lean on the low end with 125/40/1shim/3turns though, gonna fiddle with the pilot screws more.)  It's just an idea that's been dancing around in my head...   Anyway, I'm mainly trying to find a pic of that one, or any one, or any other information.

Thanks,

Nik

Don't know anything about the GSEX, but is your tank rusty at all? 

I etched it out with some phosphoric acid, so not really.  I can see some sediment in my fuel lines but its not getting past the low point, and even if it did, it wouldn't get past the filter.

What kind of filter?

Is this pronounced GS-EX or G-SEX? sorry..i'm rocka nd rollin

Quote from: Egaeus on June 30, 2007, 06:39:10 PM
What kind of filter?

Clear plastic cone with a sintered bronze element.

That won't catch the small particles.  Believe me, I fought with this same problem for months.  There are rust particles that can get through the filter and cause problems.  It runs lean unless you open the throttle all the way open, then it runs fine. 

Try this: don't turn the carbs upside down!  Take them off, and drain the bowls through a coffee filter.  Set it aside to dry in the sun.  Then, still without turning the carb over, take the bowls off and check the bottom for rust particles.  Check the coffee filter after it's dried.  If you see any evidence of rust, that's probably your problem. 

I got a big-ass purolator cellulose filter for carbureted vehicles to filter the rust out until I get the new plastic painted to match the new tank.

hmm.. now that I think about it that could be it since I don't recall it behaving this way when hooked up to the plastic "bike IV" I made from a coolant overflow tank.

there's been a few GS/EX setups...I consider them the ultimate in ghetto cool rides.  You get a bike with a 75rwhp breaking point on a far superior chassis.  i really wanted to pick up a GS with a shot motor to put my built eX500 race engine in.  I think 70 reliable wheel horsepower is exactly what theh zooki needs.

I guy on here named   BLONG   has it.
Search ex motor
There is a lot of work to itcutting the frame, welding new motor mount tabs, aligning the chain.
If you are in San Diego, I can give you some numbers of a fabricator who has already worked on one.

Quote from: makenzie71 on June 30, 2007, 10:22:19 PMI think 70 reliable wheel horsepower is exactly what theh zooki needs.

Yeah,  Suzuki should have come up with a GS-ish bike with slightly more robust specs

*cough*Katana*cough*SV-650*cough*Bandit*cough*

Katana's weigh 500lbs.  SV650's are V-twins.  bandits are I4's.  As it is, the gS can't compete with the EX just because of power, despite having a superior chassis...hell, a little wrenching and the EX is every bit as quick as the SV. 

The GS needed 20 more hp, at least.

All personal opinion, of course.

Quote from: ratz on June 30, 2007, 10:36:02 PM
I guy on here named   BLONG   has it.
Search ex motor
There is a lot of work to itcutting the frame, welding new motor mount tabs, aligning the chain.
If you are in San Diego, I can give you some numbers of a fabricator who has already worked on one.

Thanks, that found me the pic of the one I saw before, and I actually am in San Diego.

The GSX-650F is coming out in '08. Inline 4 to replace the Katana. Looks good too.

Quote from: makenzie71 on July 01, 2007, 08:03:45 AM
Katana's weigh 500lbs.  SV650's are V-twins.  bandits are I4's.  As it is, the gS can't compete with the EX just because of power, despite having a superior chassis...hell, a little wrenching and the EX is every bit as quick as the SV. 

The GS needed 20 more hp, at least.

All personal opinion, of course.

I would have kept my GS if it had had more power, but the extra power would ruin its new-rider rideability, in my opinion.  No bike will be *exactly* like a GS, but then again, neither would a GS if it had all that extra torque (btw, extra torque on a 1-front-rotor bike is a bad idea)

Katanas carry their weight a lot like a GS does...  long wheelbase and narrow rear tire.  Its not quite as flickable as a GS, but its close.  The torque on the low end is also quite close.  In terms of shape, riding position, aesthetic and nakedness, the bandit or the SV is as close as you're going to get.

As for the EX-500.... they (and their 80's fairing) are ugly, ugly ugly.  The extra ~10hp they generate is a semantic difference.  They would be way more popular if Kawasaki would get off their butts and design a new fairing.

...EX650.  The 500 is going to phase out.

the only thing the EX ever needed was a US-bound no-faired version.

And I assure you...it's more than 10hp.

ummm you mean EN650 and the stats on it are VERY similar to the SV

EN was originally introduced as "EX650R"...never broke the habbit...sorry.

And, like I said, an afternoon of wrenching and the EX500 will walk an SV...for a little less money, even.  Admittedly I had a little head work and no headgasket, but mine was grazing 80rwhp.  65+ is well within reach without really stretching.

Dunno......the EN is a very competent machine though

Your giving me expensive ideas Mak