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1980 GS 550E Engine and suspenion mods

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This season I bought a 1980 GS 550E for a hundred bucks. Now... after doing 20 years worth of maintenance and turning it into an investment I am already getting ready for the next winter tear down and make over!! Money is not really an issue , so I want it to be what I want !! The questions: 1) When I rebuild the engine, it has the infamous " cam walk ". Will a later model TSCC head/ top end work and is there any advantage to that? Also is it possible to tell if a used head has " cam walk " without hearing an engine run? 2) will a GS 650 top end bolt up to the GS 550 bottom end? 3) Will the GS 650 front end bold up to the GS 550?

Thanks!!!!
 
Glad its running, but 80 mph top seems way slow,

My GPz550 goes waaay faster than that!
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Well I am not sure where you got that from? My 550 does well over 80MPH and with all do respect, you only have a Kawasaki, but I won't hold it against you!!

Brian
 
Gateway said:
This season I bought a 1980 GS 550E for a hundred bucks. Now... after doing 20 years worth of maintenance and turning it into an investment I am already getting ready for the next winter tear down and make over!! Money is not really an issue , so I want it to be what I want !! The questions: 1) When I rebuild the engine, it has the infamous " cam walk ". Will a later model TSCC head/ top end work and is there any advantage to that? Also is it possible to tell if a used head has " cam walk " without hearing an engine run? 2) will a GS 650 top end bolt up to the GS 550 bottom end? 3) Will the GS 650 front end bold up to the GS 550?

Thanks!!!!
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I can answer a few questions.

2)yes: this is a popular and very good swap. It will give so much more power. You will have to split the cases and do a bit of grinding but nothing major.
When the cases are split you can also retrofit a kickstart if you like.
3)yes: If you get your hands on some 650 forks or even just the fork lowers it opens up a whole new world of braking options and upgrades

I suggest you take a look through my build or toasty's build.
PM me if you have any other questions.
 
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