Mono shocked GS's

[Anonymous]

Phart,
State Farm has a clause stating no mods. It's more to do with keeping away the guys driving rice burners but it applies to everything. The engine has to have been available in the year of the vehicles production and no body mods, etc., etc.

Steve

[Anonymous]

What is the tank off of, and how is the fit...

It took me a long time to find a tank that mounted in a similar manner to the GS tank, but had a more modern look and a whole lot more capacity.
Turns out this one is from a Kawasaki ZR7. Turns out, by raising the tank a bit, the petcock worked out pretty well. It is high enough, and a little in front of the carbs. Raising the tank gives the bike a bit meaner look too

how did you get theat exhaust to fit,...

After a little research and some notes from this forum, I figured that any exhaust designed for an air/oil gsxr 750 would fit at the front. What you likely didnt' notice is that I have changed both the angle of the frame - in relation to the ground, AND the angle of the motor - within the frame. I made up my own engine mounts because I wanted the drive sprocket to be centered with the swingarm pivot. The engine angle allowed me to fit the exhaust under the bike, coming out right wher the old pegs were. So, now I had to make up some new rearsets.

Like I said, the longer I work on it, the more I find to do. Buying a bench-top mill and "cheaply" CNCing it has really been the helpful.

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old_phart

[Anonymous]

I made up my own engine mounts because I wanted the drive sprocket to be centered with the swingarm pivot

What exactly do you mean by this? I've got a project very similar to this about to start and this piqued my interest. What is that swingarm (2002 GSXR 1000?)?. I'm trying to decide what swingarm to put on my 1150, I was thinking a mid 90's gsxr 1100 but a later model 1000 was also a possibility. My thing is I don't want to go insane trying to get space for the chain to properly fit around a 180/190 rear tire.

[solo suzuki]

Phart! man o'man that is a beauty! 8O

very very cool! 8)

[Anonymous]

I made up my own engine mounts because I wanted the drive sprocket to be centered with the swingarm pivot

What exactly do you mean by this?

It may be difficult to tell from the photos, but I have raised the back of the bike several inches. In order to keep the chain from rubbing on the swingarm pivot, I decided to raise the back of the motor. This keeps a straight line between the rear axle, swingarm pivot, and drive sprocket. If you don't raise the back of your bike too far, you shouldn't have to worry about it.

What is that swingarm (2002 GSXR 1000?)?.

It is actually from a 96 gsxr 750, as are the inverted forks. I found I only had to mill a fraction from the swingarm to make it fit the frame. I made a bushing for the swingarm pivot that simply takes up the space between the oiginal GS pivot bolt and the GSXR pivot bolt.

[Anonymous]

IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE. Crash Test Bike breathed it's first breath in 3 years. Nothing has changed on the bike, just working too much. I did get the time to get some juice to the points and gas in the carbs and with a roar and a bang It's back. Now I just need to sync the carbs get new plugs, gas tank, make a seat, ect. ect. ect.

[Anonymous]

Got a GS1000g tank a couple of weeks ago but the 12hr work days plus Saturdays has kept me at a stand still. I have today off (wife out of town also), start 3rd Sunday night and should be back to 8hr days. I'll post pics when I get some work done this weekend.

[gsbill]

Mookie,

e mail me about your arm mods...I may be able to shed some light on your project if you wish.

billjf@cableaz.com