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GS1150 suspension upgrades

  • Thread starter Thread starter Colin Green
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Hey Colin
I really like the look of Baz.
As for the other one, that model looks cool with the big arse train headlight and no fairing.......
I hope you get a chance to get and and put some miles on them soon, 'cause time flies. It was about this time a year ago that Baz was down south..........
 
KiwiGS said:
Hey Colin
I really like the look of Baz.
As for the other one, that model looks cool with the big arse train headlight and no fairing.......
I hope you get a chance to get and and put some miles on them soon, 'cause time flies. It was about this time a year ago that Baz was down south..........
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Cheers Shane. The more I look at them the more I'm leaning toward stripping the fairings off and running naked. It just looks soooo much better.

I guess as long as I have an original looking naked model I will have satisfied my lust for the real old school low slung muscle look that I find so appealing and I won't have any cause for regret in performing mods to Baz. Solves the dilemma if I make the interloper a naked jobbie.

What shall I call him/her/it? I can't think of any more zook tie ups.

And Yes. I need to pull finger or I'll be mistaken for a southern rider or somesuch;)
 
I put the spare discs on Baz's front wheel then swapped it for the interlopers. She rides a heck of a lot better now but the front forks still bottom out on a 1.5" bump. The seals are the most leaky I have ever seen so am picking that is the problem.

Back to Baz's modification ideas.
Funny how dumb a person can be. I looked (for ages) at how I could alter Baz's seat to footpeg set up to make my legs more comfortable. First I considered alterations to the frame to lift the top rail (seat and tank) and eventually dismissed it due to how complicated the frame alts would get. Then hit on the idea of an alteration to the bottom of the frame (changing the angle of the lower frame brace and peg assy) to move the pegs lower and further forward while putting a bigger wheel on front and a longer shock on the rear to jack it up and regain ground clearance to the pegs. This option is/was likely to test clearances between the rocker arm and shock itself so I had grave doubts as to whether the rocker arm could actually be made to work when the top of the longer shock (VTR1000) sat up 15 - 20mm higher.

Finally when looking at it again last night, I realised how dumb I was. All I have to do is use another monster shock (same sizes as the 1150 oem shock) and lift the bottom bolting point for the shock where it fixes to the swingarm. That will give exactly the same result (pushing the swingarm down about 40 to 50mm at the axle) Way easier to physically alter and as there is no change to the configuration of the shock and rocker arm at the top everything should still work fine as is.
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I had about 2" added into my seat & a firmer foam upgrade to achieve what you are trying to achieve (i.e. longer length in the leg). They also changed the angle a little too.

Before (Stock seat):

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After:

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Don't start using logic on me.:) That is far too easy an answer.
 
It all served to bring me closer to the front of the bike which I wanted & helps bring more weight up front.

All in all a very comfortable bike now.
 
Bad Kaw said:
The no-fairing is sooooooooo bitchin'! Nice seat, too.
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I sorta agree but feel that the front wheel seems to take on a chunkier appearance without the fairing. Though it could just be the angle my head is on. Hic!;)
 
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