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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	old coots, clean out the cobwebs 05/17/16 at 12:38:57 back in the 70's and 80's - did Honda and Suzuki share the same parts manufacturers?
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Reply #1 - 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��

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Reply #2 - 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.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs Reply #3 - 05/17/16 at 18:04:37 I'm not saying a word..........I don't respond to "Old Coot"!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs Reply #4 - 05/17/16 at 18:13:30 Dave wrote on 05/17/16 at 18:04:37: I'm not saying a word..........I don't respond to "Old Coot"! And yet, ...,,,, .......,,,,,, ... you did respond. I , responded to Your reply.
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs Reply #5 - 05/17/16 at 18:27:34 Dave wrote on 05/17/16 at 18:04:37: I'm not saying a word..........I don't respond to "Old Coot"! not looking for speech input ... text entry will do fine
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: old coots, clean out the cobwebs Reply #6 - 05/17/16 at 19:38:36 you might find some yami parts, at least it's the same petcock hole.
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Reply #7 - 05/18/16 at 06:12:17

DesertRat wrote 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.

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!

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