81 gs1100 front fork swap

[Guest]

The front shocks on my 81 gs1100 are bad. I can go to Race Tech and have them rebuilt OR swap them out for a sett of GSXR shocks. What does it take to do the swap? How difficult it is? Do I need to buy anything?

[mmattockx]

Buy the correct rate of fork springs from Sonic Springs, rebuild the forks with new seals, bushings and oil and see if that sorts it out to your satisfaction. If you want better, add in a set of Race Tech cartridge emulators. You can have Race Tech do it for you if you like spending money but it is perfectly reasonable for a home mechanic to do this work and only pay for parts. If you can't do the fork rebuild at home then a fork swap will be way out of reach. The biggest issue you will have is that the fork swap comes with a 17" radial front tire and you either need to fit a wide 17" wheel in the rear to also run a radial in back or work out fitting a narrower front wheel that will let you run a bias ply tire in front to match the skinny rear tire.


Mark