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    #16
    I think the stiffest RaceTech has for the GK 41's is1.1kg/mm also. The GK is not in their drop down menus, but if you email, they will tell you which gold valve emulators and springs fit the GK.
    Last edited by Chuck78; 12-26-2017, 04:18 PM.
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      #17
      Originally posted by Nessism View Post
      Spacers don't increase spring rate, just preload. You can expect to install the springs and then add spacers to get the preload you desire which affects ride height.

      The Bandit 1200 springs (or similar) are probably the ones you need.. Rich will hook you up.
      Bandits run 43mm fork tubes which are longer.
      89/97 (maybe newer idk) kat 600 run 41mm tubes the same length as standard gs1100g forks. Not sure the length on the gk forks.
      I build Pipers

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        #18
        Originally posted by Chuck78 View Post
        I think the stiffest RaceTech has for the GK 41's is1.1kg/mm also. The GK is not in their drop down menus, but if you email, they will tell you which gold valve emulators and springs fit the GK.
        Originally posted by thebrandonbeezy View Post
        Bandits run 43mm fork tubes which are longer.
        89/97 (maybe newer idk) kat 600 run 41mm tubes the same length as standard gs1100g forks. Not sure the length on the gk forks.
        The GK takes the same springs that a lot of other big bikes from that era with 41mm forks. (FJ1100/1200, Kaw Concours) We have 1.2kg/mm listed in the catalog, although most people will be better off with the 1.1s.
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          #19
          Hey all.

          It as been a while but I am back at it.





          Tomorrow I will install the springs.

          But I can't find which way they go. I had read a post long-while-ago about that and can't find it again.


          Darn, I just realized I need to go out and get oil.
          Last edited by Highway_Glider; 01-18-2018, 11:01 PM.
          Daniel

          https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ine=1539562056

          1973 Honda ST90
          1983 Suzuki GS1100GK

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            #20
            Ok.

            I found something about unsprung weight and it doesn't really matter.
            I choose tightly wound down.
            Daniel

            https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ine=1539562056

            1973 Honda ST90
            1983 Suzuki GS1100GK

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              #21
              H-G,

              Have you told us about your bike work platform.....?

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              http://webpages.charter.net/ddvrnr/GS850_1100_Emblems.jpg
              Had 850G for 14 years. Now have GK since 2005.
              GK at IndyMotoGP Suzuki Display... ... GK on GSResources Page ... ... Euro Trash Ego Machine .. ..3 mo'cykls.... update 2 mocykl


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                #22
                Originally posted by Redman View Post
                H-G,

                Have you told us about your bike work platform.....?

                .
                Hi Redman.

                I had at the time.

                The tread seems to be gone. There are pictures on Photobucket but they are now useless.

                I will load some up and be right back.
                Daniel

                https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ine=1539562056

                1973 Honda ST90
                1983 Suzuki GS1100GK

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                  #23
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                  At the time I told the story of the build. Now it's just memory. I have a hard time thinking that I built that.

                  From my photo album I built it in January 2015. No plans I just knew what I wanted. And improvised as I went.

                  The piston came from an engine crane.


                  Here are a few build pictures. A medieval type construct.

                  At the time I called it the Lumber-Jack.

                  Now it sports rounded corners, a vise on one corner, a power bar and many oil stains.







                  The pictures don't quite show how it stays up but it can't come down. It's solid.
                  Daniel

                  https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ine=1539562056

                  1973 Honda ST90
                  1983 Suzuki GS1100GK

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