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Play in the front forks of my new 83 GS750E

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The front forks can be stiffened by removing some coils. Get rid of some of the soft progressive ones. You can cut more than shown, but I'm not positive at what point coil bind would be experienced - maybe if you cut more than 6". If you want to ditch the anti dive, you need to groove the block off plate or the forks will feel like the andi dive is on all the time.


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New Forks

New Forks

Well, new bushings and I've still got some lateral play in my front forks, so it looks like my tubes on each fork are worn. This isn't surprising as everything internally on the forks was pretty ugly (it doesn't look like the previous owner changed the oil in at least 10 years). Anyways, I might have a couple leads on GS750 forks, but it also looks like its possible to upgrade to the GSX setup with the 17" wheel. Anyone care to provide some details on that possibility? I've seen a couple posts about converting to the newer GSX USD forks, but nothing about what's involved in switching to the RSU '86-'89 GSX forks. I really appreciate any advice that can be dispensed.
 
Did you replace the bushings inside the fork sliders as well as those on the fork tubes themselves? Sucks if the forks are worn out internally.:(
 
worn fork tubes

worn fork tubes

yup, replaced all bushings, still has play so I guess the tubes are worn out. Picked up another set of forks off a parts bike... exactly the same, worn tubes. Is this a common problem on these bikes? And if so, how would I go about getting "un-worn" fork tubes?
 
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