?83 GS850GL Cafe style build help?

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  • Dirtmod
    • Jan 2026
    #1

    ?83 GS850GL Cafe style build help?

    Hey guys, looking for recommendations for front caliper upgrades and any other things I could do performance wise on my build?
    So I chopped the frame in half and and did my own design for a hoop and such and my own foot pegs, shortened the forks and added clip ons along with some other odds and ends
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    • steve murdoch
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      Past Site Supporter
      • May 2004
      • 8489
      • St. Catharines, On.
      #2
      Welcome to the site.
      If you are doing your own frame mods you must have some fab skills so that puts you ahead of most of us.
      I like the knee scallops in the tank. Is that your work or is that one of those pre-fab cafe tanks?
      Anyways, you could contact SaltyMonk about a set of brackets/set-up for his 2 piston caliper upgrade.
      Twinpot Brake upgrade on 78 Skunk - The GSResources Forums
      https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?140253-Twinpot-Brake-upgrade-on-78-Skunk&highlight=salty+monk+barake+upgrade
      EDIT 1/1/2023 - Yes I have a few sets of brackets/spacers/hub spacers left - Price is $104 shipped Priority in the USA. Most other countries tend to be around $125-$130 shipped 1st class package. Newest brackets also allow the new Ninja EX650 Tokico calipers to be fitted as well as SV650 & DL650. Just some pics of the
      2@ \'78 GS1000

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        • dorkburger
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          • Jan 2013
          • 10769
          • Stupid Freehold Boro NJ
          #3
          Welcome.
          Looks like some nice fab work on the shock mounts and footrest structures.
          As Steve noted, the brake upgrade is a good way to go if you're planning to keep the orignal frontend.
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            • Dirtmod
              #4
              Yeah that?s all my doing, that?s a stock tank I?ve been working on, it?s not finished yet by any means but thank you guys for the reply?s!

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                • Dirtmod
                  #5
                  Here is a better picture of the frame work

                  Here is a closer look but not the finished product
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