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  • Rob S.
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    Very little swing arm flex with the "built-up box section aluminum swing arm" on the '82 11E (the quotes are from the July '82 Cycle World review). And no high speed wobble (it's not one of the old Kawasaki 'Widow Makers').

    I've never had mine over 120 mph, but even there she plays 'look Ma, no hands!' with no complaints.

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  • salty_monk
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    It’s the width of rim rather than dia but a 160 would be stretched on a 5.5 rim so I guess high have the 4.5. It still may have new slightly stretched out to help with clearances.

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  • eldevigo
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    Originally posted by salty_monk View Post
    You may find that the swingarm has been slightly “stretched” to fit that wheel/tyre combo as well.. it’s possible.
    what wheel/tyre does it have on it? Assuming 4.5” wheel and a 160 profile tyre? That’s about the max without more work…
    yeah looks like it's a 160/60 on a 17 inch rim

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  • eldevigo
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    I'm not certain of that, I thought I was careful to get one off the E but I don't remember what the ebay listing said now haha

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  • bonanzadave
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    I was in the camp that thought 82-83 were the same except the finish. 82 chrome - 83 black. looking at the rear foot peg / exhaust hanger casting its obvious those are different parts that makes me wonder if the mount point on the exhausts are different.

    On a side note - I notice scratches on both swingarms in the pics, Mine has that too. ??? Is there that much swingarm flex? I've often thought that's where my high speed weave comes from. Yes, I have changed the swing arm bearings.......


    Originally posted by eldevigo View Post
    Originally posted by Big Block View Post
    Last one for the 82. exh3.jpg

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  • salty_monk
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    Are you sure you have the "E" exhaust and not the "G"? I mention because your fix is the same thing that had been done to my G when fitting 1000E Mufflers to it.

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  • eldevigo
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    I'm not much of a tire knower and I haven't checked the spec. I'll try to get the numbers off it tomorrow.

    I ended up just picking up a pair of 2" galvanized mending plates and used that to hang the pipes below the stock mounting holes. I'm a little concerned they might drag if i hit a corner *really* aggressively, but otherwise they look pretty good. I'll post pictures!

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  • salty_monk
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    You may find that the swingarm has been slightly “stretched” to fit that wheel/tyre combo as well.. it’s possible.
    what wheel/tyre does it have on it? Assuming 4.5” wheel and a 160 profile tyre? That’s about the max without more work…

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  • Rich82GS750TZ
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    Originally posted by LAB3 View Post
    Or you could go the "primitive Pete" route and use a hammer to make a dimple in the muffler to make it miss anything that's poking out too far.
    That's where I'm at. It can't need much of more a dimple. That aftermarket shock bottom and bolt can't protrude THAT much further than stock. I'm not sure what the best technique would be to deliberately and precisely place a dent in a chrome pipe without cracking the chrome, but the dimple is already in the right place, just needs to be a bit deeper. At least that's what it looks like to me. I'm not suggesting anyone take a hammer to their exhaust pipe. But that's probably what I would do.

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  • LAB3
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    A guy could always go to the Partzilla website and use the parts fische and compare various parts numbers to see if they're the same between those two years

    Or you could go the "primitive Pete" route and use a hammer to make a dimple in the muffler to make it miss anything that's poking out too far.

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  • Rob S.
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    Although the '82 and '83 11E are in many ways identical, they do have different passenger foot peg mounts. This may affect the exhaust. Swingarms and rear shocks are, I believe identical.

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  • eldevigo
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    definitely a much narrower lower lug!

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  • Big Block
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    Last one for the 82. exh3.jpg

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  • Big Block
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    2. exh2.jpg Another one.

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  • Big Block
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    Better shots of the 82. exh1.jpg

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