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vtr 1000f front end swap

Thanks for fork tube info, stem on vtr is too short. so back to bandit upper might be able to use stem out of current triple.LoL this has become a project. But i will know what works and keep track of it . to possible help someone late. I have owned a hawk and very familiar making front work.
 
Okay gentleman here is what i have found easiest superhawk fork conversion. 1# is to use 82- 84 gs 1100 gk triples a bolt on . minor spacing on brakes , . # 2 bandit upper 01 bandit 600 upper with 99 -06 750 lower katana this option requires some spacing in stem. area . all the input was greatly apricated . onto next area complete engine tear down lol.
 
double check the 600 upper 750 kat lower. Put together one for a buddy like that don't remember any spacer just new bearings. Got a bike now with 750 kat stem in 1200 bandit triple just new bearings stem pressed in not a knurl or anything like socks on a rooster.
 
update on the swap almost finished, what i had to build. Front axle from the hawk axle too short by 21mm . Bought a 1-inch rear Harley axle lol,the machinist is turning down axle to 20mm for hawk front wheel and plenty long will end up being 245mm long.
 
Okay guys after extensive work here what i ended up with 1200 bandit front end min. machine work .To make triple tree bolt on, then modified for rear bandit 1200 rear swing arm. Will now have 17 ich wheels (good tires obtainable) . also, this is a 1979 gs 1000 L. so in am researching rake and trail of the gs 1000 standard model . I believe someone here mentioned the L has 1 degree more rake so i will use longer rear shocks. the motor is almost finished will post pics soon. any comments are welcome.
 
Looking for any ideas about longer rear shocks and how much will now start with rake and trail dimensions stock i believe is 28mm rake ? would like to end up at 27 to 26 any thoughts on this ?
 
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Okay guys after extensive work here what i ended up with 1200 bandit front end min. machine work .To make triple tree bolt on, then modified for rear bandit 1200 rear swing arm. Will now have 17 ich wheels (good tires obtainable) . also, this is a 1979 gs 1000 L. so in am researching rake and trail of the gs 1000 standard model . I believe someone here mentioned the L has 1 degree more rake so i will use longer rear shocks. the motor is almost finished will post pics soon. any comments are welcome.
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I believe that the "L" has more rake only because the forks are longer. Give that you're now running a 17" front wheel, and likely shorter forks, you probably have less rake than stock, not more.
That said, what matters is trail, not rake. What is the offset difference between your old triples and the new ones?
 
Good point, I will measure the train tonight . appreciate the input did realize but yes the forks are close . I will find the lenght on stock offset axle forks also .
 
Also have an 1978 gs 1000 standard frame and they look exactly the same. I could not find any difference. Again, thank you.
 
Okay i believe i need help in the rake trail area and how to figure out the degree between offset and rake the trail turned out to be 60mm the rake is 314mm. used a carpenter angle gauge it's about 77degrees or 121/2 inches from center line of axle to center of upper triple? Does this make sense to you? thank you for your help
 
The bandit rear swing arm bolted right on after drilling out swing arm mounts to accept larger bandit swing arm bolt.
 
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