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    1980 GS450 piston/cylinder question (for Saffas)

    Hi Guys, in a bit of quandry here.
    Have a 450 that obviously had a bit of piston slap.
    Bought a new cylinder from Ryans and then when I sent it for honing engineers picked up that my pistons are 9000 out. Ryans has 450 and 500 pistons for R2000 per pair.
    Heres the challenge, I have ordered and am awaiting the arrival of a full 450gasket set and was about to order rings but cruzin image doesnt seem to have gs500 rings. (The 450 rings are$24 per set
    If I swap the 450 cylinder for a 500 cylinder anyone know where to get a ring set for less than R2000 which is what suzuki south will charge me to get from the factory? Or know of which rings and pistons may fit a 500 cylinder?
    The first question you are going to ask is why not overbore the 450cylinder and get oversized pistons, cruzinimage has no stock
    Old Biker
    Newbie Restorer
    Currently working on 80 GS450 Caf Racer

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    I've done the swap and found a set of GS500 pistons with the original rings in them on ebay. Runs great but if I were doing it again I'd get the OEM rings since you're forking out for all of the other gaskets anyway.
    1980/1981 GS450 - GS500 Cylinder + Piston Swap - "De-L'ed", custom seat, CB350 bits, 18" rear, etc.
    1977 GS550
    1977 GS750 - Cross country trip thread

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