Swingarm swap

Hey guys how much modification would it take to swap a gs swingarm on to my 80 Ltd 1000 b???? Be specific ..I'm learning as we speak..lol

Hey! Imagine meeting you here! :laugh:

There's been quite a few guys here that have done this kind of mod. Both front and rear actually.
Here's a quick link about a GS1100 swap-in on a KZ.
[ GS1100 Swingarm Swap ]
Should make you feel a bit easier

Tirefire Pat wrote: Hey guys how much modification would it take to swap a gs swingarm on to my 80 Ltd 1000 b???? Be specific ..I'm learning as we speak..lol

Depends on which GS...the 750/1100 aluminum arm from 80-83 is a straight - in swap at the front, as far as I can remember. Can't remember what it needed at the wheel end, though. I had to machine frame spacers for putting one of those in a CBX (Honda frame is wider), but remember seeing many KZ's with that arm in them back in the mid - 80's. That doesn't buy you much more tire clearance, though....about the same as a GPz900R swing arm (the original Ninja 900). I think max tire would be a 160, maybe a 170 if you are lucky. 170 is about as wide as you can go without the 630 chain touching the frame near the front sprocket anyway. You should / need to use an offset sprocket set up at both ends for anything wider than 150.

It's to stiffen up the rear end. Direct swap. I was watching one and mentioned to one of our members. It sold. It didn't matter, I was doing my own. If one of us got it, I'm glad.
Steve