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gsxr forks for my 1150 efe

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Dink said:
Gerry I seem to recall you mentioning you had a custom made fox shock in the rear of your 1150? if I am remembering correctly can you give me somemore details please.
Dink
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Hey no problem.

The fox shock I have is off a 1990 GSXR 750. It came with two springs, I installed the heavier of the two. Put in 15 wt oil and had the shock recharged.

The shock was adjustable so I adjusted it to match the height of the 1150 original shock.

The mounting of the shock I did with little modification. One end had an eye and matched the mounting of the 1150 (lower). The upper Part of the shock had a "u" mounting bracket. I had to grind the outside edge to fit the "u" and then had a spacer welded in the center. THe remote canister I mounted in one of the holes that held the old shock adjuster. The canister is mounted on a "L" shaped piece of metal with hose clamps to hold it to the "L" shaped metal.

Hope this helped.

On an other note, I went to finish up my roll of film on the finished upgrade to the 1150 only to find the film was installed wrong :oops: :evil: :evil: . All the pictures of when the bike was apart------GONE----. I've only had this camera 15 years. Think I would know how to load the film in it by now. Time to upgrade the camera.

Gerry
 
mmedyna9629 said:
These are 38mm mikuni flat slides.

*** I forgot your carbs aren`t stock.

Are the Kat wheels three spoke? And did you have to make the two spacers or are they from the kat rim?

*** They look exactly like GSXR, but are slimmer front 3``, and rear 3.5``. From 1998 they are 3.5 and 4.5`` so are ideal for our application.
These new wheels have different spokes like newer GSXR.
I used some spacers from my bike and Kat rim and made them shorter.
The inner spacer between sprocket carrier and a wheel was original Kat spacer.
Adam M.
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Thanks for the tips.

Gerry
 
Gerry said:
On an other note, I went to finish up my roll of film on the finished upgrade to the 1150 only to find the film was installed wrong . All the pictures of when the bike was apart------GONE----.
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I did that same thing once, and it really ticked the wife off. She had won front row and backstage passes to a Jon Secada concert. Cmaeras were allowed so I took my Nikon. I was busy snapping what would have been great shots. It was a 24 exposure roll and I started thinking, "Is this roll ever going to end?" Turns out I didn't have the leader started right. Boy was I in trouble. Fortunately he came back through on Valentine's Day last year and we went. I got some great shots including one of her kissing her on the cheek.
 
It was a 24 exposure roll and I started thinking, "Is this roll ever going to end?" Turns out I didn't have the leader started right.
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:lol: :lol:

That's what happened to me as well.

Gerry
 
I just wanted to give you a quick look of the 1150 with the 89 front end.

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Gerry
 
Very nice Gerry. The ride heighth adjuster on your shock is going to come in handy when you get a new wheel out back.
 
I sent off a request to one of the local bike salvage shops today for a quote on some parts:

90~91 GSXR 750 forks (inverted) complete with wheel and brakes
88~91 GSXR 750 rear wheel with brake
90~91 GSXR gauges (in case I cannot use the GS1150 gauges I'm getting any day now)

If this will not work at all on my bike, please - somebody - stop me. Shiiiiny inverted forks :mrgreen:

I will use bar mounts and a tubular bar (crosser style), as I do not like riding with clip-ons. Hopefully this will allow me to drop the forks enough to avoid the worst clearance problems.
 
Use the 4.5" wheel off of an '88 or '89. After that the wheels got wider. Unless you plan on swapping swingarms the 4.5" is as large as you can use. Even with a swingarm swap you'll have other problems to solve.
 
Billy Ricks said:
Very nice Gerry. The ride heighth adjuster on your shock is going to come in handy when you get a new wheel out back.
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Swanny said:
Wow - nice - excellanto!
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Thanks For the thumb's up guys!!!!!

I'm real happy with the upgrade. Only logged on a few hundred miles so far (working too much) but I notice a big difference in the way the bike handles. The old 1150 forks worked like a worn out shock compared to the gsxr front end and I thought the old forks were great. I put 20 wt oil in because of the weight of the bike. I think this might be overkill, might try 15 wt later when I have log more time on the bike.

I will post a link to more pictures when I get them on to my website. And once again thanks for all the help. This would not have been done had I not found this great site.

Gerry
 
D|sElMiNk said:
90~91 GSXR gauges (in case I cannot use the GS1150 gauges I'm getting any day now)
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The only reason I couldn't use my gauges is because I didn't find a gsxr spedo cable long enough.

Gerry
 
'91 would have been the first year for inverted forks.
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On a 750? If it is then I'm cunfused - although I don't rule that out in the least.
 
'91 would have been the first year for inverted forks.
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On a 750? If it is then I'm confused - although I wouldn't rule that out in the least.
 
Billy Ricks said:
Use the 4.5" wheel off of an '88 or '89. After that the wheels got wider. Unless you plan on swapping swingarms the 4.5" is as large as you can use. Even with a swingarm swap you'll have other problems to solve.
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Oops - I meant to write 88~89. I am pretty sure that is what I wrote in the mail to the salvage yard.

Billy Ricks said:
'91 would have been the first year for inverted forks.
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This is where I have my info from :
http://www.suzukicycles.org/GSX-R-series/GSX-R750_b.shtml
I will of course ask the salvage yard if the forks are inverted or not.
 
Swanny said:
On a 750? If it is then I'm cunfused - although I don't rule that out in the least.
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That was the way I remembered it so I dug out a comparison of the 750s from that year. Sure enough it had the inverted front end.

D|sElMiNk said:
Oops - I meant to write 88~89. I am pretty sure that is what I wrote in the mail to the salvage yard.
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Don't get an '88 front end, it was the shortest of the bunch. The '89 or '90 gives you extra clearance and the 1100 should be a little longer.
 
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