fork swap options

[Guest]

81 gs 850g cafe build. Wanna swap out front end with something little better handling. Ive heard you can use early gsxr600 front ends. Is this true? Rear end kinda limited being its a shaftie but where theres a will.

[mmattockx]

Considering the size and weight of that bike and the inability to swap in a wide 17" rear wheel to run radials I would suggest sorting the OEM forks instead with proper springs, cartridge emulators, fork brace and bigger brakes and then adding a new set of quality tires front and rear. Properly set up the original forks work pretty well for anything short of hard track riding. Don't forget you will want to install a new set of quality shocks on the back to complement your rebuilt front end.


Mark

[dstygg90]

Thanks mark maybe swap gs1000 forks. Ive been bringing the old gifl back to life. Havin trouble sorting carbs out tho.i adjusted floats today to spec but different sources say where to take measurement from. I seen an article where it said on stepped floats measured differently

[cowboyup3371]

Thanks mark maybe swap gs1000 forks. Ive been bringing the old gifl back to life. Havin trouble sorting carbs out tho.i adjusted floats today to spec but different sources say where to take measurement from. I seen an article where it said on stepped floats measured differently

Why don't you just follow the carb rebuild instructions that Nessism put on Basscliff's site - http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff