1982 Katana manual

[79XS11F]

Can someone tell me where I might find a shop manual (Factory or after market) for the 1982 Suzuki Katana?
Rob

[tomatao]

Try this site,

http://www.themotorbookstore.com/

Type in a seach for your Katana and about half way down the page one come up for a Haynes manual.

[79XS11F]

Thanks I will check that out
Rob

[79XS11F]

Well ... no luck there for a manual that covers this model. This leaves me with no written information what so ever about the bike. Sh*t Bike Bandit doesn't even have a parts fiche for these 750 "S" models.
SO .. can someone maybe tell be how the battery comes out? I will guess it comes straight up after the air box element compartment is removed?
Any input would be appreciated because I must charge this battery so I can run the engine and do a HOT oil change.
Thanks
Rob

[MacMcMacmac]

If it's like my 1100, the airbox will have to come out, then the battery will come straight up. It's a bit of a pain. You might have to loosen the rear brake reservoir as well. Be damn careful when putting the oil filter cover back on as well, as it is very easy to strip the small studs when trying to hold the filter cover against spring pressure, and trying to start that first tiny acorn nut. I stripped one last spring and spent a very frustrating, sweary afternoon extracting the stud. I drilled the entire thing out with a left hand drill bit and the damn thing never did budge. This is probably the one design flaw in this engine, as it is otherwise bomb-proof.

[79XS11F]

Thanks .. That's sort of what I was expecting so I'm happy to not have to pull the fuel tank. I don't want to do a whole lot until I have a manual and the torque specs. I have never owned a Suzuki in the past so I have no experience with how they did things on their bikes.
Rob

[MacMcMacmac]

You might drop the guys at www.thegsresources.com a line. I just downloaded a full service manual from repairmanualclub.com for a 1983 GS750E. I believe the engine is identical to yours, but I can't vouch for this 100%. The 750 16 valve engine looks identical on the outside from the years 80 to 86, but I do know they got a revamp during those years (84 I believe) where they got up to nearly 90hp. These higher output motors were the first Suzukis to start using oil cooling inside the motor, though nowhere near as extensively as in the later GSXR/Bandit/Katana motors.

[79XS11F]

Thanks yet again for the links MacMcMacmac. I still can't find a model specific manual but did at least find a PDI and assembly manual. I think i may have no choice but to just get myself a GS750EDS manual and hope the specs are very similar and as your pointing out the engines are likely very similar if not the same. It's the torque specs I really need. The bike as it turns out is also not a 1982 ... it's an 1983 as best as I can discover.
Rob

[79XS11F]

Some Photos ....

Here's a few shots of the bike after a good wash and fast de-greasing. She looks pretty good but needs some loving :-)
Rob

[Guy_b_g]

Funny how "what goes around comes around"....

That bike looked just plane weird when it came out...now it looks right...

I had a Moto Guzzi Centauro for several years...they couldn't sell them in 97 when they came out... they looked weird, now everyone loves 'em...they look cool.

Wish I still had it...the prices are going up.

[MacMcMacmac]

Rob, do me a favour. Get down in front of the motor and look behind the rightmost header pipe. There should be a small flat area just at the joint between the block and the crankcase. It's easy to find, you will see a gap in the cooling fins. Tell me what number you see there.

[79XS11F]

The number there is 747cm Engine serial # R701-106490

Rob

[MacMcMacmac]

Thanks. That engine is a dead ringer for an 1100. I was hoping you got lucky(er).

[79XS11F]

Well from what I gather and it may even be yourself who told me this ... the 750 uses the 1100 bottom end with 750 barrels and head. I have no used if this is true or not. The bike is running good and sounds AWESOME with that header on it. She is heavy for a 750 however and somewhat smaller then the 11.
Rob

[AlanB]

Hi SF,

If I remember correctly, the 750 is a shell bearing motor; the 1100 is a roller crank.
The 1100 bottom end is a straight swap into the frame, but the top end is taller.

If the frame is the same as the 11, the bigger motor is a straight swap, and the oil-cooled ones (GSXR!) are smaller, and make a great swap!

AlanB