suzukinstein

[suzukinstein]

So I am new and I have read through these old forums a lot and can seem to gather enough facts to put together this bike I have a 1980 gs 750 and it currently has a 2002 gsxr 1000 swing arm and a 1995 gsxr 1100 engine and I have no front forks that's where my problem lies I want newer gsxr forks or at least that style rather than my old gs forks I have seen the conversion bearing you can buy but what forks do I get what ones will fit without major work

 

[Guest]

I have a 93 gsxr750 front on my 82 direct bolt on same bearing. It is shorter than original front. You have a 95 gsxr1100 engine in a gs750 that is a watercooled correct?

 

[Chuck78]

Honda superhawk vtr1000f forks. They are the same height as gs1000 forks, 41mm, full on true cartridge forks. The springs are soft & the rebound valving isn't quite prefect, but you can diy mod the guts a bit or buy $300 in racetech gold valve kits for separate compression & rebound dampening mods, plus $80 in springs. Plus the typical rebuild parts - bushings & seals. The cartridges may take some specialty tools to dismantle also. This is all a lot of work, but will get you the most top notch setup possible. No handlebar mounts on the triples, you can only run clipons under the triples to keep proper ride height on a GS. You can mod the upper triple to take handlebars with some handlebar riser blocks milled flat & the top clamp pieces off GS triples. Thru-bolt them through the triple.

93-94 gsxr1000 forks I believe are the ones that are the correct height for our bikes as well. This is what most people recommend swapping on.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Uh, as asked above: You have a water-cooled motor in your GS?