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GS550 tank "adjustment"? Opinions?

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I've never really liked the "front-up" tank setup on my '79 GS550 .. reminds me too much of the GN models (which personally I dislike, but each to their own).

I'm attempting to make my GS550 look more like my GS750 and one of the quick fixes I think ill be to modify the tank to sit more level .. I can't do anything much about the longer (better looking GS750) tank .. but adjusting this and possibly modifying to use GS750 side covers might help?

Here's the original setup .. notice the tank it up at the front, down at the rear ..
gs550-tank-normal.jpg


Here's the tank with about 1.5" up at the rear to level it out .. I think it would be easy to reconfig the tank mounts for this. Opinions?
gs550-tank-adjusted.jpg
 
OzJavelin said:
.. I think it would be easy to reconfig the tank mounts for this. Opinions?
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Personally, I don't see enough change to warrant the effort, but it's not my bike and I won't be looking at it. :o

If your tank has a single bolt at the rear, it shouldn't take much to add some length to the tab on the tank.

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Wont that effect the way the petcock picks up on an emptier tank? Would suck to need that last bit and not have it available.
 
I've run my 550 with the triple dropped 1.5" over the forks (you need clip-ons to do this), about the same change in the angle of the tank, with no evidence of fuel starvation.

I like the idea of lifting the rear of the tank a little - gives more room underneath for any additional relays or other wiring you might add under there, and may allow replacement of a broken throttle cable without removing the tank.
 
A very subtle difference but I like it and may do the same on my 78' 550E.
Let me know how you do it.

Bruce.
 
brslk said:
A very subtle difference but I like it and may do the same on my 78' 550E.
Let me know how you do it.

Bruce.
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Note also that I've already straightened up the Suzuki badge on the tank .. It doesn't point down the the rear of the tank as usual.
 
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