• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

79 GS1000 slotted rotor

  • Thread starter Thread starter oldtimer
  • Start date Start date
O

oldtimer

Guest
Does anyone know of a slotted front rotor that has the correct offset to fit a 79 mag wheel? The bike is actually a 78, but is now sporting 79 mags. I found one to fit the rear, but I'd really like one in the front as well. I see tons of them on fleabay, but no one bothers to mention the offset or bolt circle. Just the year of the bike it came from.
The front rotor lines up perfectly with the new wheel. I just don't like that uninterrupted mass of real estate. It just looks wrong.
Direct replacements?
Oh, as you already know, the 78 GS1000 has a single left front caliper.
 
Suzuki released the slotted rotor in 1980, and the 1978 GS1000 came in both single disc and dual disc configurations.
 
Yes. Just get a pair from an '80-up (to '84?) 850, 1000, 1100, etc.
Perhaps the 750's also.

This is a '79 with them on it...

DSC06454.jpg


Daniel
 
Be careful.... your single rotor is a larger diameter (296mm) than the newer 80+ dual rotor slotted models (264mm).

I believe there is one T model or something that has a slotted larger dia (296mm) rotor but that is the only one... Tkent knows which bike it is I believe as he used a pair of them (running one backwards) for a brake upgrade.

:)
 
The bolt patterns are all the same, as are the offsets on the Suzuki disc rotors

I can't tell from your post if you just want a slotted rotor to replace your solid one, or if you want dual front discs

AS SM notes, the single rotors are larger than the duals, so you have to change the fork tubes of you want to go dual disc
 
Hoping someone will respond to this old thread. I'm looking to replace my solid rotors on my '79 GS1000 with some slotted ones. It's a single disc front with spoked wheels. Can anyone tell me what will work? I'm finding some good deals for them on eBay but not sure if they are the right diameter.

Would these fit?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUZUKI-80-...124381?hash=item35b3760add:g:8nMAAMXQjWtRQPGk

I'm looking for a direct swap. I've seen that you can put on a bracket and all that but I'm not looking to do that.
 
So do you know if I have any options for slotted rotors if I don't want to change anything else?
 
Back
Top