If it ain't f*cked don't fix it. Theres sod all wrong with the 400 (as long as it starts!!!!!)
I've dispatched mine for 15 years and only now and 110,000 are we having isssues.
Best get another that don't go and tinker with that oher wise you end up with another one in bits that did go.
In honesty the 400 is indicative of modern things bike wise short stroke rev happy , just like bigger GSXR say .
The 400 is happier over 5-6 grand but if you need torque not speed alter sprocket.
Big bore 400
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Fred
Re: Big bore 400
"if it ain't broke don't fix it" good words indeed 
I just can't help it
I will only end up regretting it
But it fun trying
I just can't help it
I will only end up regretting it
But it fun trying
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bobster
Re: Big bore 400
johnr wrote:which brings us to harry hawkins again!!!stubber wrote:Has anyone tried squeezing in a 600 engine for example?
gixxer 1100 engine will fit in the 400 chassis with no frame mods, theres pictures of it on here or in the old forum somewhere!
Err WRONG! I was talking to Harry last week!
Harry had to cut his frame and jack it out and fit extra wide frame tubes to get the 1100 oil bolier motor to fit in the 400 frame!
So its not as easy as you may think!
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Fred
Re: Big bore 400
Sounds pretty extreme to me Bobster.I was hopeing a 600 would just be a case of new engine brackets 
The 600 looks alot smaller than the 1100,but still bigger than a 400
The 600 looks alot smaller than the 1100,but still bigger than a 400
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Fred
Re: Big bore 400
WOW 
Purely on a personal note i'm not sure about the tail unit.But you just can't please some people
Purely on a personal note i'm not sure about the tail unit.But you just can't please some people
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Re: Big bore 400
bobster wrote:johnr wrote:which brings us to harry hawkins again!!!stubber wrote:Has anyone tried squeezing in a 600 engine for example?
gixxer 1100 engine will fit in the 400 chassis with no frame mods, theres pictures of it on here or in the old forum somewhere!
Err WRONG! I was talking to Harry last week!
Harry had to cut his frame and jack it out and fit extra wide frame tubes to get the 1100 oil bolier motor to fit in the 400 frame!
So its not as easy as you may think!
well im only going by what he told me when i saw him, i couldnt believe it, but he was insistent when he said that he hadnt made any mods to the frame, so what was i supposed to believe?
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bobster
Re: Big bore 400
No probs john
I just thought i'd get the facts straight before someone went and bought an 1100/1200 oil boiler motor thinking it is a straight swap.........and then finding out they have to get the grinder and welding set out !
I just thought i'd get the facts straight before someone went and bought an 1100/1200 oil boiler motor thinking it is a straight swap.........and then finding out they have to get the grinder and welding set out !
Re: Big bore 400
Nah, but I'll have ya Yoshi cheap if ya want?callyboy wrote:Bugger it. Anyone want a 1100 oil boiler engine cheap ?
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I'm not a complete idiot...................... some parts are missing!!!!!!!!
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GSX750S3 ANATAK, GSX400SSN, GSX400 MK2 Impulse frame & an almost complete pile of 400 Kat parts to build a hybrid!! GS650G x 1 3/4...........
to be continued
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