easiest way to monoshock?

[LilTinc]

If you want a nice, easy bolt-on upgrade to the stock GS1000 swingarm with a dual-shock setup, try the swingarm from a chain-drive GS1100. No fuss, no muss and much stiffer than the noodle, I mean swingarm on a stock GS1000.

Yeah, thats the swing arm on my bike now. I've considered just getting the last couple small parts for the front end and doing that and then just throw a 170 in my rear GSXR slingshot rim and do the easy swap. I might still do that and just have fun with it another summer and do the big tear down next fall and do the mono conversion with all the frame bracing and a full motor build.

Any hooo.
I still want to do the mono conversion. Your stead has had the wheels spinning in my head for a little while now and.....

Will a 'Buse rear whell with a 190 work in the B12 swingarm when mated in a GS frame?

[80GS1000]

Will a 'Buse rear whell with a 190 work in the B12 swingarm when mated in a GS frame?

Probably not. A 6" rim will have the chain dragging on the frame...

[LilTinc]

I got people

I figured that I'm going to have to notch the frame for the chain. Thanks for reminding me about that tho.
Besides chain clearance are there any other issues with that wide a tire?

[LilTinc]

Just to add

The reason I'm asking is I've has a "sreaming deal" come my way on a 'Busa rear wheel with every thing attached but the axel and the brake hanger. Don't really want to spend the money if there's no reason though. I still need a front axel...with a nut on it

[Gilmoses]

The problem that you will run into with the 85-86 GS1150 and 86-87 gsxrs, is that if you had to adjust the ride height, you would also have to make some sort of dogbones (height adjuster)... The 89-92 arms, have dogbones and you can find them several places. This also what I had done by Terry McIntosh @McIntosh Fabrication. If I had to do it over again, I would go with a 2001-up Gsxr swingarm preferably a gsxr 600, only because you dont have the box and bracing on the top of the swingarm.Newer Gsxr supension parts are plentiful everywhere and are interchangeable with the Busa. Also the monoshock technology is far more advanced.

Bottom line, if you are going to be cutting and welding anyway, go for the more advanced Technology and do a late model swap. If you plan to change front wheels, look into changing the whole front end, for the ease and again for the technology.

The issues I had with trying to swap front wheels, is the width from brake rotor to rotor, on some wheels didnt match, hence, no front brakes. I have a 90 Katana front wheel on a 86 front end. Got lucky, the everything matched up except wheel bearing. I had to replaced bearings anyway, so I got the ones to fit the axle . . . .

Heres the bike I had done . . . this is with an aftermarket swingarm

[Gilmoses]

Heres the same bike with a '89 gsxr 6" extended stock swing arm

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