I'm building a custom bike for a friend and my foundation was a 1980 GS550 motor. Thinking I had found a good donor bike-I bought a complete bike that was GS550E frame with a GS450 motor (roughly 1980)
Finally after dealing with the 1980 GS550E frame from the donor bike I bought, I scrapped it for now, none of the mounts worked, someone had actually swapped mounts from left to right side...talk about a discouraging headache-
So, I went ahead and bought a 1982 GS550L Frame-thanks Ebay!
And thanks to a particular member on here...last night I got the motor to slide into the frame!
Now I need a new swing arm and front end-
I'm calling a Suzuki shop today to see if a 1980 GS550L front fork and trip tree will mount to my 1982 GS550L frame...I think it will-
Soon I will have a roller!
Here is a pic of the motor in frame...its a phone photo (sorry about quality)
Finally after dealing with the 1980 GS550E frame from the donor bike I bought, I scrapped it for now, none of the mounts worked, someone had actually swapped mounts from left to right side...talk about a discouraging headache-
So, I went ahead and bought a 1982 GS550L Frame-thanks Ebay!
And thanks to a particular member on here...last night I got the motor to slide into the frame!
Now I need a new swing arm and front end-
I'm calling a Suzuki shop today to see if a 1980 GS550L front fork and trip tree will mount to my 1982 GS550L frame...I think it will-
Soon I will have a roller!
Here is a pic of the motor in frame...its a phone photo (sorry about quality)
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