Gs 1000/gs1100 Wheel Size ??

[Anonymous]

Could someone tell me what the rear wheel size is on a 80-83 GS 1000 or GS1100. I have a GS 750 , rear drum and would like to put somthing other than a 17" wheel on the back due to the lack of sticky tires availible.

[Billy Ricks]

The biggest problem is rim width on older GS models, not diameter. In fact you will find the better rubber in 17" tires. I don't think '80-'83 rims are going to do much good as far as a bigger tire selection goes. You obviously have something older than an '80 model. An '88 or so Katana 600 rim would give you a 3.5"X17" rim that you can get pretty good tires for. You can put a 140 series radial and probably a 150 on that rim. It would involve using rotor and caliper from the same bike. I have everything you would need if you decide to go that route.

[Anonymous]

I have an oversized tire on my 83(one size over) and it stilll looks like a bicycle wheel

[mcycle-nut]

I put GS1000 wheels on my bike. They bolted right on. No problems. The only difference seems to be that the 1000s have aluminum rims. (That's why I put them on!) 8)

[Anonymous]

hey Scotty what size rear you running????? mine was a 110 but sqeezed a 130 bridgestone spitfire on it

[Anonymous]

I put a 5.5" wheel on the back & a 3.5" on the front of mine. So I could get good tires. The easy thing to do is use a GS 1150 rear at least it's 3.5" wide.

[Anonymous]

Dulop GT501's on my 1980 GS1100 LT

My GS 1100 LT came stock with 130/90x16 rear and 100/90 x 19 front ..
Dunlop makes K627 & F11 for OEM replacement, D401 for Harly crusers and the K591 for Harly High performace bikes as well as the GT 501's I got.


I LOVE MY 501"s !!!