old style ported pistons

CJF · Post by **CJF** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:39 pm

Does anyone know why Suzuki switched from the older style T500 / GT750 ported pistons to the newer non-ported style they have available now? Do they provide different performance? I know the first year of two for the T500 used these and that happened to be the highest HP years for bike.

diamondj · Post by **diamondj** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:32 pm

Supposedly, the bottoms of the port windows on the pistons tend to break with ugly consequences.....

CJF · Post by **CJF** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:10 pm

Good to know...I hadn't heard they had this problem. No doubt that would be a major issue.