converting1979 suzuki gs1000g from geardrive to chaindrive,What kind of rearswingarm?

[Guest]

What is wrong with the shaft drive?
G

[Steve]

... Plus early 1000G models use an 18 inch rear wheel and later 1100GL models use a 17 inch. ...
1000G with the 18

same 1000G with the 17

Rick, I think your finger slipped when typing.

The G models had 17" wheels (not 18), the GL models had 16" wheels (not 17).
I don't know of any GS shafty that came with an 18" rear wheel.

The only exceptions that I know of were the 1980 850GL and 1000GL, which had a 17" rear wheel (later models had 16" wheels) and the 450GA that only came with a 16".

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