8" Headlight Installation on GS1000

[850 Combat]

What does it take? Do you just bend the original ears a little?

[blowerbike]

What does it take? Do you just bend the original ears a little?

get a pair of 1100E head light ears and your good to go.
bending the small head light ears pulls the large light back towards the triples.
850 and up has the same size tubes.

[850 Combat]

Is it the same distance between the upper and lower clamp?

[blowerbike]

well the 82/83 brackets are shorter i believe because of the air cross overs.

[salty_monk]

155mm from top to bottom incl the rubbers on the 1100 brackets. Got a really nice set here I can part with if you're interested in them, I won't use them as the forks are going on my 1000 (unless you want to go the other way & swap headlights!! )

[850 Combat]

Thanks.

I don't even have the headlight yet. I'm just thinking about it. I may have a spare Yamaha 8" headlight soon though. The 650 Seca uses one, as does the chain drive version of the 920 V Twin.

I'm just trying to figure it out to see what I might need.

[Griffin]

When I converted my 1000G, I used black rubber hose couplers(solid rubber) as spacers between the triples and the headlight ears.

I used the headlight ears from a GS700e, and they were about 3" shorter top to bottem than the stock 1000g ears.

[posplayr]

When I converted my 1000G, I used black rubber hose couplers(solid rubber) as spacers between the triples and the headlight ears.

I used the headlight ears from a GS700e, and they were about 3" shorter top to bottem than the stock 1000g ears.

I used a section of PVC that slid rightover, I forget what size but the ID was a very close fit. Of course you have to paint to black or stain it.

You can take up part of the distance by using the GS1100 air collars with the balancing tube (for show only). I did this when putting the 8" light onto my RSU GSXR forks.