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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2009, 08:32:13 AM »
Dunno....

On this website, look at page 154 to 156, it mentions shell bearings needed for the big end of the rods for the given diameters of the crankshaft diameter.
http://books.google.com/books?id=U331HAv2b4cC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=GSX-R1000+connecting+rod+measurements&source=bl&ots=NZ4eoWg-0o&sig=h7Hw76ukndNIy-cwoJPdQvi1ius&hl=en&ei=_JbPSYW1NqHaswP8roGhAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA155,M1

From the pics, I am not too sure on whether they are interchangable(from honda rods to suz rods)


But I got my money to clear through paypal, and have a day or so before I (hopefully) win my GSX-R 1000 rods.

I will post pics when I get them.


Plastiguage...
Hrmm, I bet they have that on feebay as well......


ARGH.... I weighed the cb650 rod... wrote it down, and left it at work.. AGAIN!
Mabey this weekend i'll sneak into work, and get it.



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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #26 on: April 03, 2009, 08:47:37 AM »
Oh... you mean $$ for the shell bearings sets....

13.80 each... not per set for the cb650 shell bearings.
Thats the cheapest I can find locally.

However the GSXR1000 shell bearings are only 7.62 each half, not per set...
So nearly 1/2 the price for the newer goes with the rods bearings for the GSXR.

I'm guessing availability is the main reason.



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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #27 on: April 03, 2009, 03:23:31 PM »
Quote from: Soos on April 02, 2009, 06:54:36 PM
Yup, the domes are quite a bit taller on the 650's pistons, the stroke is 55.8mm and the rods are roughly 5mm longer.

The 550 has a stroke of 50.6mm?
So yeah there would be problems unless you found a modern day sports bike that had pistons with a 5mm shorter deck height than the cb550.
Or a set that could be machined to the needs of the 550 using longer rods...


Not much is truly impossible with enough determination/time/money/ingenuity.....


l8r

did you actually measure the 550 rod length? because the 5mm (or so) stroke difference is in the crank. i assume you know that, but i'm just checking to make sure you didn't brain fart.... i also remember measuring the 650 rods as longer, but don't remember for sure.
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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2009, 01:17:07 AM »
That 5mm was from memory offhand....
But gimme a second, i'll doublecheck and measure the 550 rod you sent me paul.


38mm big end, 15mm pin bore, center to center 106.5mm is what I'm coming up with.
Too bad, I was actually hoping I was wrong, and they were closer....
550 rods are actually 4.5mm shorter than the 650 rods.




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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2009, 07:27:24 AM »
Well I won the GSXR 1000 rods I was bidding on...



Now the wait begins.
I might have to split the case of my "mock up" motor so I can pull the rods(or at least 2 of them) to test fit these buggers.
I don't wanna put these on the crank they will probably end up on quite yet, just in case.



That reminds me....
I need to read up on paulages polishing of the trans gears thread...


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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #30 on: April 15, 2009, 06:57:27 AM »
Quote from: ttr400 on April 01, 2009, 05:03:37 AM
Interesting, just checked my specs on the GSXR 1000 rods.

Length C to C = 111.0 +-0.1 mm
Big end Dia 38.0mm x 20mm thick
Small end Dia 15.0mm x 16mm thick
Weight = 343g +- 15g
Part code: 12160-41G00

Kevin


I finally got my rods in my grimy hands!!
The gsxr 1000 rods I have weigh:
2 @ 350 grams
1 @ 349 grams
1 @ 351 grams.
Those weights are for the rods without bearings.


I also did a end weight check as well.
I set up a 14mm pin and slid the 15mm pinbore over it, and weighed the big ends, and they all were within 2 grams, same when using the big end as the pivot.
Nice looking rods overall.


The cb650 rod I weighed came in at 311 grams.


So thats 39 grams heavier for each rod!
156 grams total... 5.5 ounces.
Not that much of a difference, but at 10k rpm it might add up quite a bit.




Anyways, they are less than 0.001 off from what the cb650 bores are center to center!!!

I did find that the cb650 shell bearings will not work with these rods, ad the tang cutouts in the big end between the 2 are not in the same locations.
But with the GSXR 1000 bearings being quite a bit cheaper and available, no problem there IMO.


l8r



OH yeah..... I noticed the rods are 16mm wide  at the 15mm pin bore.
The cb650 rod is 20 mm wide where the 15mm pin bore is.
I figure if these rods pushed 72(?)mm pistons in a bike redlining at what 14,000 rpm?
they should be just fine pushing the 66mm pistons I got without a hitch.


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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #31 on: April 15, 2009, 04:02:59 PM »
Wow, almost 40 grams heavier, that seems like a lot to me. I would only consider it for a really big bore motor since I haven't seen a problem with stock rods even in race motors. Can you post pics, are there any places for obvious metal removal? A lot of times you can trim a lot from around the bolt bosses without affecting strength.

I have a set of the aluminum Yoshimura "Super Rods" for the 550, I'll have to weigh them when I get home next month.
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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #32 on: April 15, 2009, 04:09:53 PM »
Oh yeah, the narrow pin bearings bug me too. How do they get away with that, are todays oils that much better, is the pin a lot harder? Maybe we can use the GSXR pin too and just shorten it? I have a set of Yosh piston pins and they're taper bored from each end and super thin. I always wondered if they were just lightened stock parts, or better metal too?
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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #33 on: April 15, 2009, 05:21:25 PM »
I was thinking of either getting the pins from the GSXR(too bad i didn't get any with my rods :( ) or getting a set made of tool steel.

APE makes tool steel pins that look tempting, I'm sure they offer something that is the length that will work.
If I have to get longer ones, I can always cut them down to the length I need.


And as far as the pin bore being a narrower width, I think the material the rods are made out of is definitely better than what the cb650 rods are made out of.
From what I have read in '05 suzuki went with better material for their rods.
They are even shot peened from the factory.




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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #34 on: May 09, 2022, 09:48:39 AM »
dropping a marker so I can more easily find this thread at a later date.
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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #35 on: May 09, 2022, 10:28:58 AM »
Need to keep us posted for sure. Pretty much all sources for CB650 crank bearings have dried up, so this could be the solution when time comes for a bottom end rebuild. Its a lot to have to replace rods too if only bearings are needed, but until someone fires up a replacement assembly line for all 4 original sizes, a cobbled together bottom end is what we'll have to use.

Great detective work so far!
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Re: Heavy Duty rods for the cb650!!!
« Reply #36 on: May 10, 2022, 10:17:51 PM »
Sign me up for a reliable source for CB650 bearings!  :D

I have a stock '82 CB650 case open right now if you want some measurements taken
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