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