Kichigai GS1100ESD

kichigai,
Any progress to tell (and of course post pictures) about???
Great work; good idea coming here for advice, eh??? I'm doing the same thing for the same reason...these guys do know their stuff.

For those that might be interested in doing the GSXR front end upgrade, I learned from Katman that the GSXR steering stem bearing and dust shields are a direct fit. Thanks Rob for the Info! \\/

Question: for those who have also done the 750 front GSXR fork upgrade, did you use the bearings from a GSXR or GS? Just wanted to make sure!

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Nice Job

It is extremely valuable for you to put all these details into your thread is stead of a big "look what I done". Thanks for the extra effort. :-D

If you don't document it on the way, then you usually forget all of the options that you had to consider when "customizing".

Posplayr

Beautiful Job!!!!:-D

Thanks Isleoman!
I have done some research yesterday. Check out what I found on U tube. These guys make it look easy.

http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=PD8HE5zehgo&feature=related

Fellas, I am considering ordering me a set of RaceTech fork springs for my GSXR 750 forks but wanted verify that I need to get springs rated for my weight plus the 22 pound difference in the bike weight. (195 plus 22). Does this sound right?? Also how hard is it to change out the springs, oil and fork seals?? Any special tools required or should I just take it to the dealer to have done? Please advise.

Kichigai based on what I've seen you do with your bike already, R/R of the front end will be a piece of cake for you. There is a special tool for getting the cartridge nut loose but you can make up something your self to do it. Pull the fische off of bike bandit and do an internet search and you find others that have posted how to do it. Its not hard.

Fellas, I am considering ordering me a set of RaceTech fork springs for my GSXR 750 forks but wanted verify that I need to get springs rated for my weight plus the 22 pound difference in the bike weight. (195 plus 22). Does this sound right?? Also how hard is it to change out the springs, oil and fork seals?? Any special tools required or should I just take it to the dealer to have done? Please advise.

I did it myself when converting my GS1100EZ to gsxr stuff. BUT, I have damper rod forks, not cartridge forks. If your gsxr components are modern cartridge forks (and 93 USDs should be cartridge forks IIRC), I would look up Cogent Dynamics in Asheville NC. www.motocd.com. The owner's name is Rick Tenebaum. He is a Racetech dealer. Suspension guru, Ducati Freak, track fiend, and all around heck of a nice guy!! Give him a call. He will HOOK YOU UP...much better than dealing with Ractech's tech support, in my opinion. And his prices are competitive. You can send the forks to him and he'll do it for a fee, or he can just sell you the stuff.

Wet weight of the 83 GS1100 is 549 pounds, wet weight of the 93 Gixxer 750 is 527. You might want to consider revalving/respringing the 750 forks you've got to account for the extra weight especially if you're over 180 pounds or so yourself. The other thing to consider is ride height - how long are the new forks compared to your GS forks?

Fellas, I am considering ordering me a set of RaceTech fork springs for my GSXR 750 forks but wanted verify that I need to get springs rated for my weight plus the 22 pound difference in the bike weight. (195 plus 22). Does this sound right?? Also how hard is it to change out the springs, oil and fork seals?? Any special tools required or should I just take it to the dealer to have done? Please advise.

In order to make the Hayabusa master work, I had to make an extension out of a barrel nut and a piece of all thread and a jam nut.




I had to improvise a bit and had to offset the mounting point to the stock pedal assembly using a harden steel bolt and jam nuts and a lock nut.



Once everything was hooked up, I had to fabricarte a new mounting bracket for the reseviour since it wouldnt fit in the stock location.


All I had to do after that was to install the brake line to the caliper and bleed the brakes.

Rear Brakes

Here are some pixs of the rear brake mod I had to do on my GS1100esd/GSXR upgrade.

I found out after I installed the Bandit 1200 swingarm, I no longer had clearance for thr rear master actuator arm between the frame and the swingarm. After doing some research, I found out that the master had to be relocated. I got some tip and ideas but couldnt get a clear idea on how to do this. Anyways, here is what I did.

I picked up a Hayabusa rear caliper on ebay which indicated that it was for a 03-06 which also came with master cylinder so I decided to use it.
As you can see in the picture it is much smaller than the GS unit and the mounting bolt threads are in the master unlike the GS which the bolt goes thru the master.

A custom fab bracket was needed to attach the master onto the frame. Dont knock the weld job, it was my first time trying out the mig welder!

I have finished putting my bike back together and am having a good time being back on my GS. As some of you have warned me about, I soon found out that I have some ground clearance issues though. It not too bad if I take it easy but the bike scrapes at times on the exhaust when I make right hand turns. I still have the 959 Honda trees that would gain me about 1 inch as one option but would prefer not using them after all of the work I put into getting everything working perfectly with the GSXR 750 tripples. There has to be another way!! For reference, I weigh 195 and and a bit on the short side. Please dont tell me to just lose weight either! :-D I need some helpful suggestions fellas!! I will get more updated pictures up soon. Thanks!

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Paint the silver lever black??? [/QUOTE]

Painting would work, thanks for the suggestion.

Isleoman, Wow nice looking setup! I originally thought of using the GS master cylinder mount that has the mirror hole which looked liked it would work, but then I thought, now what do I do about the clutch side. The levers would be miss matched. How did you get your levers to match??

Right now my levers don't match color wise. They are both dog legs, but ones silver and ones black. One of these days I'll find a new one that will match the other. Would like both to be black but its not critical to me they could both be silver too. .[/quote]


Paint the silver lever black???

Isleoman, Wow nice looking setup! I originally thought of using the GS master cylinder mount that has the mirror hole which looked liked it would work, but then I thought, now what do I do about the clutch side. The levers would be miss matched. How did you get your levers to match??[/QUOTE]

Right now my levers don't match color wise. They are both dog legs, but ones silver and ones black. One of these days I'll find a new one that will match the other. Would like both to be black but its not critical to me they could both be silver too. .