GS1000 Fork Swap: Steering stop question

[Guest]

I had to replace the forks on my GS1000L because they were bent..

I figured the trees were probably also bent so when I bought new forks I got a new tree too.

The Bike is a 79 GS1000L
Original forks were leading axle.

New forks & trees are from a 1980 GS1000G
Straight leg forks

When I put the G trees into the frame last night everything worked perfectly except the G tree has an extra stop on the right side the L didn't...

This extra stop only lets the bars turn full right to almost straight..

If I were to grind it off the left stop will handle the full travel left to right and stop at he correct angles.

The dumb questions is should I grind the extra stop off the tree or cut away some of the stop tab on the neck?

[posplayr]

The dumb questions is should I grind the extra stop off the tree or cut away some of the stop tab on the neck?

It is easier to change a triple than a frame , so leave the frame alone.

[sschering]

Thats what I thought.. I just wanted to be sure someone didn't know something I didn't before hacking on the tree.

Thanks!

[tone]

Maybe more simple to check that your original yoke is actually bent before you start hacking things up

The simple way is to drop the yoke onto a flat surface such as an engineers table & see if there's any rock + measure it every which way with a steel rule & vernier caliers

i'm guesing you dont have a surface plate or similar so use glass, your house window will do fine (you do have those dont you ? )

[sschering]

I hacked the tower off the tree last night worked like a charm..

My old L trees are bent. I checked them after I pulled them out.

I couldn't keep the L trees anyway because the new forks are Straight legs from a GS1000GT
L trees have 1" offset to compensate for the leading axle... E/GT trees have 1.75" offset.

Straight legs in L trees would increase the the trail by almost a full inch.

Top is the L tree top clamp
Bottom is the GT top clamp

[posplayr]

Maybe more simple to check that your original yoke is actually bent before you start hacking things up

The simple way is to drop the yoke onto a flat surface such as an engineers table & see if there's any rock + measure it every which way with a steel rule & vernier caliers

i'm guesing you dont have a surface plate or similar so use glass, your house window will do fine (you do have those dont you ? )

Rolling along a straight rod (like another fork) is another trick that doesnt need a flat surface.