I own two GS 1000 ST's
The first one is almost standard and the second one has been modified to take 1st generation GSXR 750/1100 components (18"wheels, brakes, fork and monoshock suspension).
I like them both but...when I ride the std bike, it takes me at least a quarter of an hour to get used to the way it handles
I'm not sure why there is such a difference but I believe it comes from:
a) the front fork that has no cartridge
b) the crossply tires
Fixing "a" is not difficult with "Gold Valves" from Racetech ( used on my GSXR fork) but fixing "b" is a big issue at least on the front if you want to keep the original fork!
As I had the two bikes side by side, it was easy enough to determine if the GSXR wheel would fit on the GS 1000 fork?
The good news is that the very first GSXR 750/1100 front wheels came with a 15 mm spindle.
It will thus slide right in ...without the disks that stick too far out!
Not to worry, a quick search through the disk suppliers shows that Kawasaki used the same size disks ( 300 mm ) with the SAME pcd but with a smaller offset on their ZZR 600.
Again that should slip in easily
Next the calipers!
Initially, I thought: let's go for the calipers Salty Monk uses in his twinpot conversion but as I didn't have them handy, I decided to try and fit the 4 pot GSXR 750 calipers.
Well believe it or not it can work and the very good news is that the caliper hanger can be manufactured from a single 8 mm thick aluminum plate provided 3 mm spacers are placed between the hub and the disks to get everything in line while keeping the calipers away from the spokes
I need to prototype it to see if it really works but I have already drawn the caliper hanger and it looks OK.
In the end what would we get?
A very light 18" front wheel that can take radial tires, 4 pot calipers on modern disks and worst case the possibility to upgrade to a GSXR front fork.The rear end can also take a GSXR wheel provided you use the GSXR caliper and sprocket carrier.
On the downside, you loose the speedometer pick-up...
Is it worth it? I don't know yet but it's worth a try I believe
Here's the GSXR wheel and caliper I'm talking about:
The first one is almost standard and the second one has been modified to take 1st generation GSXR 750/1100 components (18"wheels, brakes, fork and monoshock suspension).
I like them both but...when I ride the std bike, it takes me at least a quarter of an hour to get used to the way it handles
I'm not sure why there is such a difference but I believe it comes from:
a) the front fork that has no cartridge
b) the crossply tires
Fixing "a" is not difficult with "Gold Valves" from Racetech ( used on my GSXR fork) but fixing "b" is a big issue at least on the front if you want to keep the original fork!
As I had the two bikes side by side, it was easy enough to determine if the GSXR wheel would fit on the GS 1000 fork?
The good news is that the very first GSXR 750/1100 front wheels came with a 15 mm spindle.
It will thus slide right in ...without the disks that stick too far out!
Not to worry, a quick search through the disk suppliers shows that Kawasaki used the same size disks ( 300 mm ) with the SAME pcd but with a smaller offset on their ZZR 600.
Again that should slip in easily
Next the calipers!
Initially, I thought: let's go for the calipers Salty Monk uses in his twinpot conversion but as I didn't have them handy, I decided to try and fit the 4 pot GSXR 750 calipers.
Well believe it or not it can work and the very good news is that the caliper hanger can be manufactured from a single 8 mm thick aluminum plate provided 3 mm spacers are placed between the hub and the disks to get everything in line while keeping the calipers away from the spokes
I need to prototype it to see if it really works but I have already drawn the caliper hanger and it looks OK.
In the end what would we get?
A very light 18" front wheel that can take radial tires, 4 pot calipers on modern disks and worst case the possibility to upgrade to a GSXR front fork.The rear end can also take a GSXR wheel provided you use the GSXR caliper and sprocket carrier.
On the downside, you loose the speedometer pick-up...
Is it worth it? I don't know yet but it's worth a try I believe
Here's the GSXR wheel and caliper I'm talking about:
