1983 GS750E ideas?

[Bill Schollmeyer holland]

That's exactly the look. What the tank from ?

[Bill Schollmeyer holland]

Great idea on the triple tree..thanks.

[Nessism]

That's exactly the look. What the tank from ?

Um, it's stock.

[Jopshua]

Bill, you can grab some stock headlight ears and run a round light if you want the stock look. Or buy some headlight brackets from any number of ebay stores. Depends on what you are going for. I'm going the latter route to compensate for the upgraded front end Im running.
Grab a triple tree off an older model gs1000. The diameters of the forks are the same, and they have bar risers.

I know I'm reviving a dead thread, but I found it in a search about a week ago and failed my mission by half-assedly following this advice. I only bought the upper portion of the tree (the ad claimed it to be a 79 if that's relevant) and after it arrived, found the fork spacing was a centimeter more narrow (18.5 vs 19.5) than stock on an 83 750ES. Does anyone know if buying a complete tree would change the upper fork width safely? Did I buy too early or late a year of 1000 triple tree? I'd hate to buy a whole one find out the hard way that it puts the forks in a bind because of the lower part being wider than the top, but I already have bars on the way, so I'm anxious to find a solution pretty quickly.

If nothing else, this post can be a caveat to anyone else thinking they can get away doing this cheaper by only getting the upper part of the tree.