4 cyl GL with s.s.swingarm

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4 cyl GL with s.s.swingarm

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Has anyone successfully done this conversion?
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stainless steel?
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Single shock I'm guessing. Yes, that has been done. Do some searches.

Single sided maybe? None that I know of off hand.

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single sided, sorry.
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Few did a 1800 single side onto a 1500 custom with a lot of effort, but not seen one on a 1000, 1100 or 1200. Seems like major frame work is required due to the load shift from distributed to single side.
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IIRC, Winston's Bonneville Wing used an 1800 swing arm, or at least he was investigating it...
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The Bonneville bike does have a single side from a 1800, also a custom back half frame to support it.
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Stay tuned anything can happen...


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Re: 4 cyl GL with s.s.swingarm

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The gl1800 swingarm is much wider at the pivot points than the gl1000. See pic below.

However, it would allow you to run a 17” wheel from a vfr1200 giving you modern tire options. Matched with the vfr 17” front setup off course.

I dont wanna butcher my gl1000 frame so I’m doing the gl1800 swingarm on a kawasaki gt750 shaft. Its a lot of frame modification.
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Found this as well.


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