1978 GS1000 E Single to twin disc conversion

[Guest]

Hi Forum members,
Just purchased a spoked wheel 1978 GS1000 E.Noticed behind the black plastic cover near the hub that there is provision to bolt on a second disc.Can a fork leg/s from a twin disc model fit to set up a stock looking twin disc front end.While I want to keep the bike looking pretty stock, I know from owning a twin disc GS 850 G that a single must pull up pretty slow.Question 2 - can slotted discs off another later GS model fit.Ideally slotted twin discs with braided lines like my GS 850 would be a preference.
Look forward to possible leads on this one. Regards Crawf - Melbourne Australia

[SVSooke]

If you look in my sig thread for my 78 1000 below the early part to that thread is devoted to just that conversion.I did it all stock but later calipers and the right size slotted rotors will fit right on.

[tkent02]

The later GS stuff all bolts right on, and it is a lot better, but if you want real brakes check out Saltymonk's Twin Pot brake system, it really works well.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?140253-Twinpot-Brake-upgrade-on-78-Skunk&highlight=saltymonk%27s

[SVSooke]

The later GS stuff all bolts right on, and it is a lot better, but if you want real brakes check out Saltymonk's Twin Pot brake system, it really works well.


http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...=saltymonk%27s

That will work to but to do the conversion you need to get 2 lower fork legs because the single disc has a different placement than the twin setup.

[Crawf]

Thanks for the info SV and other members.
Regards
Pete

[salty_monk]

You may need to tap those holes under the plastic cover. Some of them are only tapped to half depth - nobody knows why. I suspect they needed some thread for machining (to hold it in a machine centre) but not the full depth so they saved some time/money....