$6000 katana+$3000 turbo= busa power without the looks or the handling. in other words....
katana 600 turbo?
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hayabusa99b/w
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Had a '93 kan-a-tuna 600 as my first bike that I modified but would never dream of putting a turbo on it, you could never get it stopped if you did waste someone!!! If you do it make sure the bike you run against is worth it because death will soon follow after!!!!
turb06LE240
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I had a katana 1100, had power windows
, funny stuff, went OK -for its time, and very comfy, but soft in the turns, and not fun to stop when you got her rolling.
But anyway my reason for posting is this, a freind of mine had a kat 750 an wanted more speed, but liked his riding position and said the busa was to heavy {although I think a kat 750 is like 485lbs vs. a busa with a good exhaust replacement is 510}, so after every one talked him out of dumping $ into the Katana- he ended up going with a gsxr 750 and hasnt stopped complaining about it since,
so if you like it, turbo it, add some rear tire to it what ever makes you happy, but remmeber if a turbo adds 65 hp, the 600 isnt the best handling machine to begin with so you may want to put stainless brake lines, better rotors and pads as welll as send out your suspension and have it worked a little.
But be careful the bike you love may start to rapidly dissapear
But anyway my reason for posting is this, a freind of mine had a kat 750 an wanted more speed, but liked his riding position and said the busa was to heavy {although I think a kat 750 is like 485lbs vs. a busa with a good exhaust replacement is 510}, so after every one talked him out of dumping $ into the Katana- he ended up going with a gsxr 750 and hasnt stopped complaining about it since,
so if you like it, turbo it, add some rear tire to it what ever makes you happy, but remmeber if a turbo adds 65 hp, the 600 isnt the best handling machine to begin with so you may want to put stainless brake lines, better rotors and pads as welll as send out your suspension and have it worked a little.
suzuki4life
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Thought about this for my next project....here's whatca need
katana
03+ 1200 Bandit car kit (they're fuel injected
) and you want EVERYTHING!!!!!
kit will pretty much bolt in with minor tweaks.
GSXR front end (buy an entire one and mod the steering stem)
Mcxpress, RCCturbos, and NLR can make you a turbosystem for the bandit motor.
Any kind of swap like this requires big inital $$$$$'s to get started but many times you can resell and recoup a lot of your costs back.
Do a search on my name....I put a gsxr 1000 motor in a Kawi ZRX frame.....tons of guys said it couldn't be done either.
katana
03+ 1200 Bandit car kit (they're fuel injected
kit will pretty much bolt in with minor tweaks.
GSXR front end (buy an entire one and mod the steering stem)
Mcxpress, RCCturbos, and NLR can make you a turbosystem for the bandit motor.
Any kind of swap like this requires big inital $$$$$'s to get started but many times you can resell and recoup a lot of your costs back.
Do a search on my name....I put a gsxr 1000 motor in a Kawi ZRX frame.....tons of guys said it couldn't be done either.
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