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    Will '86 GS1150 forks fit on a '79 GS750E?

    Will forks from an '86 GS1150 fit on a '79 GS750E?
    '79 GS750 - 4th and current ride...first since 1983
    '73 CB350 - 1st ride
    '76 GT750 - 2nd ride - the "water buffalo" - sold to buy an engagement ring
    '79 RD400F Daytona Special - 3rd ride, the last of the street legal US 2-strokes - sold to buy a house

    #2
    Originally posted by knotscott View Post
    Will forks from an '86 GS1150 fit on a '79 GS750E?
    yes









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      #3
      How well would it work? I would have thought they'd be too short?
      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

      Life is too short to ride an L.

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        #4
        Originally posted by tkent02 View Post
        How well would it work? I would have thought they'd be too short?
        With a original 16" wheel the 1150 forks are real long (need an extra 1.5" comparing to a 19" wheel). Also the triples for an 1150 are the wides of all GSXR and so they also fit 17x3.5" wheels.

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          #5
          Does it make it handle more like an '86 750?

          I have the whole front end from an '85 750 which should be about the same?

          Might have to try it out…….
          http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

          Life is too short to ride an L.

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            #6
            Originally posted by tkent02 View Post
            Does it make it handle more like an '86 750?

            I have the whole front end from an '85 750 which should be about the same?

            Might have to try it out…….
            Talk to RapidRay, he likes the 16" as a mod of his GS1100ESD, and probably with the 3.5" wide 1150 rear. I suspect it is about having wider tires from the 1150 as much as the shorter 16" wheel.

            I stick to 2.75x18"F and 4.5x18" 1988 GSXR 1100 3 spoke wheels.

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              #7
              GS 700es with 1150 wheels front and rear, 1150 triples with the 700 forks. Just had to modify the hat spacer up front for width.

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                #8
                spacing

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                  #9
                  Mock up



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                    #10
                    Thank you...
                    '79 GS750 - 4th and current ride...first since 1983
                    '73 CB350 - 1st ride
                    '76 GT750 - 2nd ride - the "water buffalo" - sold to buy an engagement ring
                    '79 RD400F Daytona Special - 3rd ride, the last of the street legal US 2-strokes - sold to buy a house

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by jwhelan65 View Post
                      spacing

                      Hey Mate where did you get those block-off plates from? I want to put some on my 85 slabby get rid of those anti-dives.

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