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Longer swingarm to a GS450?

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Hi all, my first post here

I have a -82 GS450 project bike. I'm not 100% sure of the style I will be aiming to, but possibly something in the lines of a scrambler.

One thing I am sure about, I would like to have a longer swingarm, and increase the angle of the rear shocks related to horizontal direction. I know this will not improve handling - probably make it worse - but I want to do it just for the looks. Does anyone know if there is a straight swap, or a swap doable with reasonable amount of work?

Thanks!
 
There's been some discussion about this in other threads. I think a Ninja 250 swingarm swaps in pretty quick with some grinding.
Look up Rich Graver's GS450 that bike had a longer swingarm with a monoshock but I'm not exactly sure where it was sourced from.
 
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sam000lee said:
There's been some discussion about this in other threads. I think a Ninja 250 swingarm swaps in pretty quick with some grinding.
Look up Rich Graver's GS450 that bike had a longer swingarm with a monoshock but I'm not exactly sure where it was sourced from.
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Thanks! Do you know more specifically what age Ninja would do? I guess it would ne a GPZ or a GPX in europe.
 
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