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Hey all. I am in the middlw of my bandit suspension swap. the forks i bought seem to be from an 02 model 1200. the wheel i got from a 97. I bought brakes for a 97 and an 02. 4 piston nissin for the 97 and 6 piston tokico from an 02. The issue I am having is the caliper clearance. The nissin do not fit the rotor because they are too far inward, the rotor hits the out edge of the pad opening. the 6 pots seem to fit ok, no clearance issue against rotor, BUT, there is only maybe 1-2 mm clearance from the wheel spokes. picture attached. I know i should have gotten a complete front end, but have never been able to find one. Any help will greatly appreciated.
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The rotors will have to have more offset and the calipers will have to move accordingly. What are you missing from the bandit Triple clamp? Apparently a JohnKat has substituted a 2ng gen GSXR triple to make bandit forks work. -
the triples came with the forks. as far as my research shows, they are correct. I swapped the stem from the original front end, that worked fine. I thinnk I have the wrong wheel.Comment
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I wonder if you know the rotors are for the bandit wheel or not? If the caliper and rotors are aligned (installed on fork), then either wrong wheel or wrong caliper.Originally posted by Mario View PostComment
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how would i tell?Comment
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Use a brake rotor cross reference for offset, diameter and bolt pattern. EBC is one.Originally posted by Mario View PostComment
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Metalgear in Australia is another site to check.
Mario, what is your current fork spacing? I know they changed that on the 01 and up Bandits. I originally put 02 forks in a first generation triple tree and the calipers didn't line up either.
When I get off work tomorrow I'll look at my Bandit front end and check spacing on everything.Comment
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where should I measure from?Comment
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The proper way is to measure the space in between the forks, then add the fork diameter (43mm in this case). That will get you the center-to-center spacing. But just the gap in between the forks works fine too.Comment
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Ok - just throwing a tape measure across everything, here's what I found.
01-05 GSF12 forks are 6.375" apart
Earlier GSF12 forks are 6.125" apart
And the rotors are 5.1875" apart measured from the outer surface on each one.
Hope that helps.Comment
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Where did you get these figures I have both 1st and 2nd gen Bandit frontends and they measure the same The only difference I know of between the two are the brakesOriginally posted by Big Rich View PostMy stable
84 GSX1100EFG-10.62 @ 125 mph 64'' W/B.
85 GS1150-9.72@146mph stock W/B.
88 GSXR1100-dragbike 9.18@139.92mph/5.68@118mph.
98 Bandit 1200-9.38@146mph/6.02@121mph.
90 Suzuki GS 1425cc FBG Pro Stock chassis 5.42@124mph
06 GSXR750 10.44@135mph
00 Honda elite 80 pit bikeComment
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In theory the Bandit 1200 disks all have the same offset of 19.5 mm according to Metalgear.Originally posted by posplayr View Post
You could have GSXR 1100 disks that are a direct bolt-on except that their offset is 22 mm.
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My bikes: CB 77, GS 1000 ST Cafe Racer with GSXR 1052 engine, GS 1000 ST, XR 41 Replica with GS 1085 engine,
GS 1100 SZ Katana with GS 1135 EFF engine, KTM Superduke 1290 R 2020Comment
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When you mixed bandit stantions with GSXR triple what wheel brake combination did you have to use?Originally posted by John Kat View PostComment
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Stetracer, that was measuring parts bought on eBay (I couldn't find a complete front end anywhere). The "early Bandit" measurement I listed above is from an RF900 triple tree......
Since you have both front ends available, how about posting any differences between two?Comment
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I have the 6.125 forks (inside of tube to inside of tube) and the rotors are 5-1/16". I use english measurementsOriginally posted by Big Rich View PostComment
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