gsxr fork length

[Anonymous]

hey guys, i found a set of 88 gsxr forks, with everything. however, i keep hearing they arent long enough, can someone give me some help, and their lengths? im not sure if it is a 750 or 1100 either. thanks

[Anonymous]

fork length

Hello
I am not able to assist u with all the lengths but what i have done is install a 1993 upside down GSXR 1100 fork that is 30 inches long the longest year. I grafted it onto my 81 GS1100E. The stock measurments for the 1100E is 31 inches. it is a direct bolt on but u will need to mod the top tree for conventional forks as in mounting risers for the bars. Mail me for more info and pics of my work in progress. The bike is completed and i have been riding it the entire summer with no bugs yet and it has improved the handling 200%.
Best of luck Archie

[Billy Ricks]

The '88 forks were the shortest that ever came on Gixxers. I have one on my 700 and it does lower the bike considerably. This can be compensated for though with proper suspension setup. The only time anything ever touches down is if I hit a large dip or something going hard. Then the two center pipes on the header will scrape.

If it's a 750 dront end it will have adjusments for preload and both compression and rebound damping. The tubes are 43mm in diameter. The '88 1100 fork was still the same as the original GSXR with electric anti-dive units and I believe was 41mm in diameter.

The bike handles tons better with the bigger wheels and the front fork from the '88 750.

[Anonymous]

The '88 forks were the shortest that ever came on Gixxers.

Maybe for the 80's GSXR's, but the current ones are MUCH shorter than anything from that era. I have a set of 99 GSXR600 forks in my basement and they are 28.5" from axle centerline to the top of the tubes. Pretty much all current sportbike forks are very short and do not work well as transplants on the GS's. A possible exception is the ZX-9 forks, as they mounted the clip-ons above the the top triple clamp, so the fork was long enough to cover the extra length there. My 97 ZX-9 forks are about 31" long, but would be more work to install because Kawi never planned on meshing with Suzuki parts and a steering stem transplant would be required to make the ZX-9 triples work with the GS steering head. Or a custom set of triples... More cool stuff!

Mark