My first GS street bike creation

[zeda3000]

Just question?  how u add to rear well as 150??? Cause i know max is possible 140 cause of chain.

[dgyver]

Just question?  how u add to rear well as 150??? Cause i know max is possible 140 cause of chain.

Plenty of people have run 150's and some 160's.

I used a Bandit 400 4" wheel and the hub is narrower than the GS so I had to make some spacers for the wheel to fit. I do not have a B4 cush drive but a GS cush drive fits the wheel. I shimmed the sprocket out a some to gain a little more clearance eventhough the chain was not touching the tire. I may modify the cush drive or replace the bolts with longer ones to allow for more clearance with a thicker shim.

[zeda3000]

Can i see some pic to get this idea. Cause i want to do same think to put knee down on road.Thanx

[Alphamazing]

Can i see some pic to get this idea. Cause i want to do same think to put knee down on road.Thanx

1) You can put your knee down with stock wheels. I did when I was running Sport Demons in stock sizes.

2) Don't try and put your knee down on the street. Save that pace for the track.

[dgyver]

The mods required are basically the same as the Kat wheel in the FAQ.


Hey Brian, I have been fixing your old frame this weekend. Not much more to do...

[salad]

oh man... i love the way that rear caliper looks. super hot.  *drool*

[zeda3000]

The stock rear wheel just 130 and on some times i need to entry to curve with 120 km/h speed. In this moment i can put knee down but i feel wheel is not enough. I drive on some other bike has 150 wheel and was just soft ride on road.

[Alphamazing]

The stock rear wheel just 130 and on some times i need to entry to curve with 120 km/h speed. In this moment i can put knee down but i feel wheel is not enough. I drive on some other bike has 150 wheel and was just soft ride on road.

Well, your feel is wrong then. Like I said, I've put knee down on the track with stock sized tires no problem.

[cosmiccharlie]

Will the Katana forks fit the GS triples? 

[dgyver]

No.

Kat = 41mm
GS = 37mm

[cosmiccharlie]

Cool.  Thanks!

[l3uddha]

you have sold me on the Dominator headlights & Aztec8 brackets. I'm not digging my Acerbis too much.

it looks simple enough.

[dgyver]

I took the bike out today and put some miles on her today. Did not go to any fun stuff yet, got a late start....had some wheels to finish painting.

The suspension is a little soft for my preference but I did not set it up for my 200 lbs. My other project is set up more for my liking.

Even with earplugs the exhaust is faily loud, sounds good. I had a wiring mistake on the gauges, I did not hook up a constant power. The trip meter would reset itself when the bike was turned off. Not sure how much drain on the battery this will cause. I really like the SV gauges.

I replaced the mirrors with some aftermarket ones. Fairly decent but I will be replacing those with some SV mirrors shortly.

I did a plug chop when I got home. Need to go up 1 size, so looks 142.5 will be required. It did suck having to push the bike back to my shop. (note to self....go mountainbiking)

Other than that, it all seems to be running good. Overall, I am very please with the results.

[dgyver]

bubble...bubble...bubble...

I can never leave anything alone for long. Since I had to rebuild the forks due to a bad leaking seal, I stiffened the forks a little with a thicker oil. Thanks to ben2go for the help. 

With them being stiffer, the rear became too soft. So...I modified a modification. I removed a stiffer spring from a 04 GSXR600 shock and installed it on a 01 GSXR1000 body. Turn out just the way I wanted....except for the 04 Gix6 shock in pieces. I could swap springs on the 01 Gix1k shock without disassembling it, the bottom plate is slotted. The 04 Gix6 shock could not be used since a reservoir is on the left and would hit the frame valve, works just fine on my track bike.

I will be making a baffle to quite down the Yosh, just need to find where they hide the perforated stainless at work. I do have new packing which I will repack if needed when I have it apart.


........still have my 92 to complete....I have not forgot about it.....

[ben2go]

bubble...bubble...bubble...

I can never leave anything alone for long. Since I had to rebuild the forks due to a bad leaking seal, I stiffened the forks a little with a thicker oil. Thanks to ben2go for the help. 

With them being stiffer, the rear became too soft. So...I modified a modification. I removed a stiffer spring from a 04 GSXR600 shock and installed it on a 01 GSXR1000 body. Turn out just the way I wanted....except for the 04 Gix6 shock in pieces. I could swap springs on the 01 Gix1k shock without disassembling it, the bottom plate is slotted. The 04 Gix6 shock could not be used since a reservoir is on the left and would hit the frame valve, works just fine on my track bike.

I will be making a baffle to quite down the Yosh, just need to find where they hide the perforated stainless at work. I do have new packing which I will repack if needed when I have it apart.


........still have my 92 to complete....I have not forgot about it.....

You're welcome buddy.I look forward to finishing our project,and possibly bolting the kat FE to my black bike. 

[DLW]

Holy sh*t that is a sweet looking bike.  As others have said, they should have come from the factory looking like that!!  Awesome job!!

DLW

[Lukewarm Wilson]

Hi dgyver,
Just wondering if you could post a copy of the template you used/made for the rearsets brackets. I.m hoping to do a set this weekend and would just like someother ideas also what grade of aluminium did you use? Thanks

[dgyver]

Not really sure if I want to give out a drawing of my design yet. Llet me think about it since I have a lot of time in designing them. There are several other modifications that are required to make them useable.

I used 1/4" 6061 aluminum on the adjustables. There is some flex, but no more than how much ProTek rearsets flex. I am thinking of making a set from 3/8" to see how much they flex. On my track bike, I have a set of fixed rearsets made from 1/2" 6061 aluminum...no flex. The only reason I use 6061 is that I had a readily available supply.

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

Hey D... how are you making the brackets? If you were interested, and if there was interest in the board, I could probably have a batch made up for more or less the cost of materials, done on a CNC waterjet. Obviously, it'd be a limited run, I wouldn't keep the original CAD files or anything. Markup would be up to you. Drop me a PM if you're interested.

[nazgulnarsil]

gs500f tail fits on gs500e sub frame?
i might do that if so since my gs500e tail is rashed a little anyways and the 500f rear/seat looks way better.