1980 GS1100L Brake Upgrade

[Guest]

What kind of brake upgrades are available for my bike? I would like to keep my mag wheels since I just bought some nice tires for them, plus I kind of like the look. I'm planning on upgrading the motor eventually, so I'd like some really nice stopping power.

Thanks

[Nessism]

There isn't much you can do easily. Salty Monk sells conversion brackets to adapt more modern brake calipers onto a GS, but his parts are for regular forks, not the L type.

If you are handy you can replicate his basic design into an L configuration (similar brackets, but with different dimensions).

Other than that, no idea. There are no direct bolt-on brake calipers that are available for our GS's.

[yoshisakan]

So i'd need to fabricate new calipers, that's np, but the stock rotors are a huge limitation. Are there any big rotors that bolt right on?

[salty_monk]

GS 55 rotors are bigger and bolt right on.
Honda CBR (300mm) and Blackbird (310mm) rotors can be made to fit but it involves some drilling and likely a back spacer as the offset is different. There is also a rare 900RR rotor that will fit the same way that is 320mm.

[yoshisakan]

Hey Salty, thanks for the knowledge. What kind of caliper brackets are you able to make / recommend?