GSXR1100 swingarm dimensions

[Fjbj40]

What was the source of the info on the fork lengths?
It's most valuable but the fork lengths are wrong

John, could you add some corrections for the lengths? Or a link of more accurate lengths? Ultimately if we could get a sticky produced with this info it would be awsome.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=91604 is a good source of info also. I plan on doing the swaps eventually.....when I do I was going to give a detailed list and dimensions of the whole job to help others.

Cheers,
Daryl

 

[John Kat]

Here are the forks I measured personally.
All dimensions are from the spindle center to the top of the fork tube at full extension.

Katana 1100 SD/SZ : 800 mm
GS 1000 E/S : 775 mm
GSX R 1100 G/H (RSU 41 mm) : 767 mm
Yamaha YZF R6 98-03 (RSU 43 mm) : 760 mm
Kawasaki ZZR 1100 90-92 (RSU 43 mm) : 760 mm
GSX R 1100 K (RSU 43 mm) : 745 mm
GSF 1200 Bandit 96/02 (RSU 43 mm) : 775 mm

Another piece of info: the spindle diameter went from 15 mm for the GS models including the first GSXR's until 1987 to 17 mm for the 1988 model.
From 1989 onwards the GSXR's and the Bandit's had a 20 mm spindle.

 

[Guest]

One quick question to anyone who may know the answer. Will the shock and linkage from a 06/07 GSXR600/750 work on a '93 GSXR750 swingarm?
Thanks,Bix

No. Linkage is totally different. Shock would if it were long enough, i think the spring would be too weak for your heavier bike. One from a '97 750 was too weakly sprung for my 750es. The hayabusa shock on mine is almost too stiff, but i like it that way. I'm 220lbs dressed and only ride solo on it.

 

[bix49]

No. Linkage is totally different.


Drat, For $29.00 it would have been nice.

 

[bix49]

OK, I have another question. Will the rear shock linkage from a 1988-'92 GSXR750 work on a 1993 GSXR750? I looked around elsewhere on the internet and only got a lot of conflicting answers.
Thanks,
Bix

 

[jimb12]

Here are some specs I got for the bandit 1200 arm (not sure the specific year but looks identical to the gsxr arm posted previously)
Width at pivot 227
width at wheel 244
pivot diam 20 or 21mm
max length pivot centre to wheel spindle centre 600mm
min length 582mm

I suspect that those figures are from the one-year-only 2006 Bandit 1200. The lengths shown are noticeably longer than a 1997 Bandit 1200 swingarm that I have. Plus the pivot is wider. All of them from 1997-2005 should be the same swingarm as I have for a US model I think. Here's what my 1st Gen one measures, using a tape measure for lengths and a caliper for ID:
Width at pivot (without tophats, just the aluminum) 8-3/8" (213mm equiv)
Width at pivot (with tophats in) 8-5/8" (219mm equiv)
Pivot inside diameter of tophat 0.790" (20mm equiv)
Axle hole in slider inside diameter 0.793" (20mm equiv)
Pivot to axle (c-c) in shortest position 20-3/4" (527mm equiv)
Pivot to axle (c-c) in longest position 21-5/8" (549mm equiv)

 

[Guest]

OK, I have another question. Will the rear shock linkage from a 1988-'92 GSXR750 work on a 1993 GSXR750? I looked around elsewhere on the internet and only got a lot of conflicting answers.
Thanks,
Bix

Bellcrank yes, dogbone no, you need the one piece dogbone for the "banana" style arm. 600/750/1100 all the same part.