Busa suspension

[Guest]

Sorry no time to search. Would the wheels and suspension from a 2007 Busa work as an upgrade for 1983 GS1100e?

[RichDesmond]

Sorry no time to search. Would the wheels and suspension from a 2007 Busa work as an upgrade for 1983 GS1100e?

If you don't have time to search, you don't have time for that project.

[bwringer]

If you don't have time to search, you don't have time for that project.

Agreed.




Of course, anything is possible with enough explosives, a full welding, fabrication, and machine shop at your sole disposal, and a mechanical engineering degree.

Adapting late-model suspension to a GS is always a major fabrication project. You've got a monoshock rear you want to somehow graft onto a dual shock frame, plus sportbike forks are much shorter so you have a lot of geometry to sort out, maybe fabricate some extensions, etc.

I don't know of any information for or against the 'Busa forks specifically for this sort of project.

This page may prove helpful in sorting out whether it's possible bearing-wise to adapt the 'boooooosa triples to the GS:

https://www.allballsracing.com/forkconversion/

[Guest]

Thanks for the feedback bwringer. I had forgotten about all balls. They are a great resource.

I was at a cycle swap with spotty service. Turns out the guy wanted too much for the parts.

Mr. Desmond.I am sorry I that I took up forum space with a quick question. Didn?t mean to bother you.

[RichDesmond]

Thanks for the feedback bwringer. I had forgotten about all balls. They are a great resource.

I was at a cycle swap with spotty service. Turns out the guy wanted too much for the parts.

Mr. Desmond.I am sorry I that I took up forum space with a quick question. Didn’t mean to bother you.

No bother at all.

[bwringer]

I don't know that there is much consensus on what sportbike forks are used for grafting modern suspension onto a GS. There have been a few such projects, but not a lot of consistency in how they're carried out. One common factor is that sportbike forks are a LOT shorter than GS forks, so if you ever want to go around corners you need to figure out extensions of some sort; that's some pretty advanced lathe work.

Forks from taller modern bikes like V-Stroms or Bandits might be more workable, but they're also not enough of a functional or visual upgrade to be worthwhile. And a lot of this is driven by aesthetics, so people tend to want the flashiest possible gold upside-down forks with full adjustment, phat tires and brakes, etc.

[dorkburger]

As I say here from time to time... for heavily modified and cross generation mods on old GS bikes, check out Old Skool Suzuki.info.

https://oldskoolsuzuki.info/

[slayer61]

^^ Very wise advice from Glen. ^^ The guys on OSS have monster talent and aren't afraid to use it.