Engine Swap

Hi Everyone ,
Can you put a GL1500 engine into a 79 GL1000 ?

i could not find anything about this swap...is it possible? has anyone attempted or it is impossible?
thanks!

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imposable ??? Nothing is imposable if you have the time and money and patience and skill, tools, space and a desire to warp your mind. After all they have put a VW engine is a Harely.

I wouldn't say that it can't be done, but it would take a whale of amount of work doing all the cutting, welding and modifications that would have to be done. I know joedrum has installed a 1200 into a 1000 frame and although both are flat fours there were physical size differences. I don't know if the 1000 frame in it's stock form could handle the extra weight and torque of the flat six 1500 . Anything is possible with the right amount of engineering, skill and money and it probably would take a whole lot of all three to do that swap.

As long as you are prepared to lengthen the frame. I believe if you try real hard you can fit a V8 into a bike!

Welcome to the forum! That would be one heck of a build!

I've seen pics of a couple, but it involved stretching the frame of a bike which already suffers from frame flex.

thank you all guys. feel very good here already as a new member.
let me see what i can do...will keep you posted.
thanks

A 1200 swap is much easier.

1500 or 1800 in a 1000 frame impossible ..no way .... oh2: if there was 1500 or 1800 in my doghouse id show you how no way works :smilie_happy: and be riding it

if you have the part im sure it can be done to work ....Ive look into it but don't have resources to do it :crying:

the frame concerns are not a big deal .....steel is the easiest thing to stiffin up ...I think the frame of an oldwing is rather stout ......worst thing about pifwing frames is what bolted to them shocks with weak springs forks the same ......

im guess here but lengthening frame for the 2 extrs cylinders between motor mounts and removable frame picec modified ....and fitting 15 00 or 1800 swingarm is about it iseems to make it work and forks that are beefy enough ...that just might not be to much work

like I said if I had the big 6 id be doing it

ican tell you the 1200 works fine ...im in the last stages of finisnhing it ....the stsrter took a dump yesterday sheeesh :fiddle: :mrgreen:

I think Honda already did this........they called it a Valkyrie! :doh: :yes:

That would probably be a great candidate for a trike conversion. A 1500 in a 1000 would take a lot of stretching.

Welcome to Classics!

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I just saw this again in the random image gallery and I just had to comment on it, it's beautiful. The random image gallery is one of my favorite features on these forums.

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Man I bet that thing is fast stripped down like it is.

You would need a back rest, just to keep you on the bike :smilie_happy: