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Message started by DesertRat on 05/17/16 at 12:38:57

Title: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by DesertRat on 05/17/16 at 12:38:57

back in the 70's and 80's -
did Honda and Suzuki share the same parts manufacturers?

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by Gus on 05/17/16 at 15:11:28

Interesting question. This I know for sure. I have an old Honda ft500. There js a certain gear that waxes weak in the gear reduction starting sequence. Honda, of course, no longer carry's it. Doing some research, I found out that this gear was made by, get this, none other than Fords Motorcraft division.
Sooo I suppose anything is possible[ch55357][ch56844]

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by DesertRat on 05/17/16 at 16:20:05

I've been on the hunt for old school motorcycle build parts and have run into Honda and Suzuki parts that are identical except for OEM markings ... bearings, hubs, wheels, kickstands, rotors, gas tanks, etc. It was the GS and VF gas tanks that sealed it for me, they're identical to the Honda tanks of the same period. They had to be stamped at the same factory, but with different OEM numbers.

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by Dave on 05/17/16 at 18:04:37

I'm not saying a word..........I don't respond to "Old Coot"!

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/17/16 at 18:13:30

407B7661707C67617A727F60130 wrote:

I'm not saying a word..........I don't respond to "Old Coot"!

And yet, ...,,,, .......,,,,,, ... you did respond.
I , responded to Your reply.

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by DesertRat on 05/17/16 at 18:27:34

0B303D2A3B372C2A3139342B580 wrote:

I'm not saying a word..........I don't respond to "Old Coot"!

not looking for speech input ... text entry will do fine ;)

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by verslagen1 on 05/17/16 at 19:38:36

you might find some yami parts, at least it's the same petcock hole.

Title: Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs
Post by Gus on 05/18/16 at 06:12:17

5A7B6D7B6C6A4C7F6A1E0 wrote:

I've noticed a few things on different bikes that surprised me. . . . I took a tank from a 72 Honda 450 & put it directly on the FT500. It slipped right on and with very mods. would have worked nicely.

The from tank mounts on a Savage seem very strange. The Savage tank is very strange; for that matter. IMHO of course!