2001 katana front end on 82 GS650?

[thebrandonbeezy]

That and it rides funky with a 2.5 in the back and a 3 in the front, i went with the vx800 because it had the same definitions as the kat rear wheel. Youll need the katana brake caliper, brake stay, and caliper mount. Youll need to get creative with shiming the the caliper and caliper mount at the axle end. If you do it let me know, help any way possible, also busa1300 is working on the madura spoked wheel swap as well. If your interested in spokes.

[ajkammerer93]

Spokes would be kind of neat. The vx800 drops right into the GS hub? Do you have to modify the swing arm at all? Or just the caliber mounting?

[thebrandonbeezy]

I'll post pics in a sec, no cutting or modding the swingarm

[ajkammerer93]

Cool man. Stoked to see it.

I'll post pics in a sec, no cutting or modding the swingarm

[thebrandonbeezy]

Hey, i responded to your pm.. dont know if it sent because it was a graphic novel and a half haha. Anyways ill upload some pics to photobucket and get they rear wheel swap thing post done haha

[garyS-NJ]

results on the front end swap and rear shocks ?

How's your swap going?? I'm about ready to part a '97 kat600 and grab the front end and wheels for my '79 gs1000e. sooner before later if my GS1000e front end ****es out the fork oil I put in the other day.. Anyway, I looked into rake and trail and stock GS is about 28 deg with 4.4" trail and the Katana is 25 deg with 3.9" trail. These numbers from on line specs but I gross measured the katana and looked like head angle 25 deg and fork angle of 28 deg due to a rake built into the trees. I measured 28 deg on the GS and seemed there was an offset but no rake built into the trees. I measured 3 3/8" trail on the GS which is way off the 4.4" and far from a reasonable number for steering geometry.

Anyway, in order to preserve some of the GS trail and not be sitting all on top of my handlebars with the kat forks and wheels on the GS, I'm thinking I need to drop the rear end. The shock I have on the GS is 12.5" long. Does that sound stock? and then either of you guys buy shorter shocks for the rear? (or cut shocks and get soft short springs?).. Which ones? and how was the ride with stock shocks and the shorter shocks.. If 12.5" shock is GS oem, I'm thinking it should be an 11" shock dropping the front wheel from 19" to 17". maybe even a 10.5" shock. I met a guy recently and he said after swapping a front end, he arrived at his rear ride height by ratchet strapping the rear down until he got the frame parallel to the ground.

Cool man. Stoked to see it.

[mmattockx]

If 12.5" shock is GS oem, I'm thinking it should be an 11" shock dropping the front wheel from 19" to 17". maybe even a 10.5" shock.

I would do the swap and then ride it before dropping the back end and losing a bunch of ground clearance you can't afford to give away.


Mark