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    Favor to ask: Static ride height

    Could some please go out to the garage (or where ever your bike happens to be) and measure the distance from the bottom of one of the engine cradle tubes to the floor. I need the measurement with someone sitting on it and the bike vertical. I need a number to work from for setting up the solid mount struts on my '78 gs1000 project.

    Thanks,

    Mark

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    inchs

    thats not going to work cause of different, rider weights and the biggie is how worn the bikes suspenion is, and weather it has up grade springs and shocks, can make a difference as much as 2-1/2 inchs you should get the bike set up buy using a jack and sitting on the bike with out the rear shocks on it and lower the jack till you are getting to the height you want, then measure it. or put the whole thing back together then figure out how much you want to drop it, and if you really really want to get trick then you can make some struts with threaded Heim joint on one end then you can adjust to the height you want, and they will put less stress on the fame if not square

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      #3
      Curious

      Okay, ya got my interest why struts?

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        #4
        Agreed Buffalo, I was just looking for a reference number. If I build it too low then I?ll have "street obstacle" clearance problems. Too high will just be bad. Thanks for the input. I'll probably end up doing just what you mentioned, minus the adjustable struts.

        Wayne, my bike has a 4 in. over swingarm and there are no provisions for needle bearings in the front mount. This requires making the swingarm solidly mounted. I'll have pics up when the bike looks respectable and I have my digi cam back. The bike is a turbo 1100 as it sits now. Just in the process up upgrading wheels and suspension bits. Donor forks from an 88 Katana 1100 and '92 Gsxr 5.5 rear rim.

        Mark

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          #5
          I'll rephrase my question.

          Could anyone with a GS1000 take a measurement for me?

          I need from the ground to the bottom of one of the engine cradle tubes with someone sitting on the bike. My bike is in too many pieces now to reassemble it to get the approx. stock tube height.

          Thanks,

          Mark

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