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i need to know the fork dimensions for the 1977 to 1982 GS850. i hav the 83 and i want to get a fork brace here. mine are 37mm but i dont know the distance between forks(center to center). all i need to know is the diameter and the distance center to center. thanks!
 
37mm 'ish dia
148mm 'ish inside to inside
148mm+37mm=185mm 'ish center to center

I only have a meter stick at work.
 
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My digital calipers read ?36.9 on the tube and 147.9 between the tubes. That would be 184.8 on centers. Calipers not being the most accurate things in the world, nominal numbers should probably be ?37 tubes at 185 mm centers.

Edit: Good eye, Rustybronco!
 
Could have cut a piece of cardboard to fit between the tubes then measured, and killed that 0.00787401575 inches
 
Hmmmm, don't the fork braces attach to the fork lowers? The CTC measurment would be the same but the lower tubes are larger in diameter than the upper tubes. Or was that what you guys were measuring? On my GS550E, the fork brace actually clamps around the slider rubber.
 
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yea it does attach to the lowers but if the measurements are the same, which they are, i know that the fork bottoms are the same. its just easier to measure the stantions because they HAVE to be round, unlike the fork lowers.
 
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