Hi, I wonder if some major parts from the injection bikes can fit the carby bikes? such as: Forks Swing-arm Engine Exhaust I have my eye on a very clean injection bike, but prefer the styling of the earlier 900ss (i'm sure i'm not alone!). I'm thinking of buying the injection bike to ride for now and using it as a parts bin for a tired earlier 900ss (when I find one). Is that feasible? Phil
have had the same thought myself did think about frankenstiening two together but told no more projects till I sort some I already have lol but I think a lot of parts are interchangeable I think the engine should fit a carby frame but air box for injection setup may be an issue with carby frame I am sure somebody has already done this on here seem to remember it mentioned before sure someone else will have more hands on info on here
A million and one complications await....I am thinking of getting someone to do a bottom half fairing design for my ie and then having it made in carbon fibre. The bikini, the tank and the seat unit on the ie are all very nice.
I have ie cans and link pipes on my 91 750. I seem to think there was talk of converting a carby to fuel injection and possible a 1000DS engine in to a carby 900. There's a very nice turbocharged 900 on you tube, dose a quarter in just over 9 seconds, it is one hell of a bit of engineering.
There are lots of interchangeable parts between the two bikes Phil and anything can be made to fit, some a lot easier than others ; ) Alloy swing arm, tank and fork legs are all a straight swap but this is where it gets tricky. Fuel pumps are different, early clip-ons won't fit the later forks, speedo' drives are different as are the front wheel spindles. Have a search through the super sport section on here as there's lots of info on using older parts on the IE bikes... If you can, go for the later 2002 model 900IE, it came with lighter five spoke Marchesini wheels and a lovely curvy alloy swing arm and they'll all fit on an early carby SS. : )
