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GS1100G (1982) Fender

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I didn't yet snap any pics but I have two fenders. The paint etc is the same but one is visibly wider & the way it is built (the support underneath) is different. Any one seen that before & can tell me which was the original? They both have minor damage so I guess it doesn't matter which I use, I'd just prefer to use the right one... :)
 
The 1100G front wheel was wider (and the tire wider) than that of the 850G (and most other GS's.) I suspect the wider fender is the right part.
 
Yeah that was my guess too. The narrower fender looks more like the older bikes construction underneath. :)
 
1100GK fender is about 3/4 inch wider than 1100G.

Paint and stripes are same, so could look the same in ebay picture, just to pick some random example . . . . or maybe the specifics of my experience.
 
Aha that sounds about right in difference... so you're saying I may have the original 1100G plus a GK fender? :)

I'll have to get them down & measure them. I did take one of them off the bike, I'll see if I have pictures to work out which one. Aren't the GK forks 41mm and wider between the fork legs?
 
salty_monk said:
Aha that sounds about right in difference... so you're saying I may have the original 1100G plus a GK fender? :)

I'll have to get them down & measure them. I did take one of them off the bike, I'll see if I have pictures to work out which one. Aren't the GK forks 41mm and wider between the fork legs?
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Yah
suggesting thanmaybe the wider one is from a GK (if you don?t know where it came from).

yes GK has larger diameter forks and they are further apart, and the fender is then wider also .
 
I have an 1100E fender on my 850 - same spacing and width, so obviously not a GK.
Reason I picked it is I like the look of it and there's a bloody great brace under it, which means I don't need to fit any additional bracing.
 
Yeah I would expect the 850 to match the 1100 as it also matches the 1000E and 1000G (I've run an 1100E fender on my skunk for a while now - ever since I buggered up the paint job on the cut down stock one!)

:)
 
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