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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: ckirtner80 on November 03, 2005, 10:12:18 PM

Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: ckirtner80 on November 03, 2005, 10:12:18 PM
Hey everyone, what size clip on's do I need for an 05'.  I read somewhere on here that it was 37mm.  Is that right?
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: Alphamazing on November 03, 2005, 10:21:37 PM
Searching is your best friend.

http://gstwins.com/forum/search.php


Short answer: yes, fork diameter is 37mm
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: average on November 03, 2005, 10:32:02 PM
Search, young grasshopper; before the elders take you behind the shed never to return agaiiiinnnnn,muhahahahaha :P
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: Alphamazing on November 03, 2005, 10:46:32 PM
I'm surprised I didn't shred him. I'm usually pretty good about that. :)
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: ckirtner80 on November 03, 2005, 10:53:28 PM
Thanks for the great info ya'll :)....I just wanted to make sure before I bid on
some from ebay.....Are they hard to install or do they just fit right on?
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: Alphamazing on November 03, 2005, 11:00:18 PM
You're probably going to have tank clearance issues, but I'm not sure exactly. The GSF wasn't exactly designed to fit with clip ons. You might have fairing issues as well, but that is less likely. You're going to have to take your top clamp off, first by removing the stock bars, you'll pull all the upper stuff off until the forks are just sticking there. Slide them down until they are past the point where the top triple goes, and slide the rest back on.
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: jake42 on November 04, 2005, 03:09:38 PM
f%$king search nazis. just answer the goddamn question.

you do't have to lecture everyone.
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: weaselnoze on November 04, 2005, 03:26:01 PM
Quote from: jake42f%$king search nazis. just answer the goddamn question.

you do't have to lecture everyone.

+1
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: JetSwing on November 04, 2005, 03:31:49 PM
Quote from: weaselnoze
Quote from: jake42f%$king search nazis. just answer the goddamn question.

you do't have to lecture everyone.

+1
+1

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Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: JetSwing on November 04, 2005, 03:36:30 PM
what this thread really need is a....visual search nazi :P

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Title: Re: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: airbrush on November 04, 2005, 03:49:48 PM
Quote from: ckirtner80Hey everyone, what size clip on's do I need for an 05'.  I read somewhere on here that it was 37mm.  Is that right?

yup...any 37mm will fit, I have clip ons on my 2004, here's a small pic of them on mine http://www.gstwins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=219. You'll have to slide the fork tubes up a bit for the clip ons to fit on, no biggie, just loosen the clamps and slide em up...one side at a time. Only had to raise mine about a half inch since i got ride of the stock handlebar plate and made my own cover for the triple. Got mine off of ebay for a steal... but was originally looking at getting these... http://www.pro-flo.com/proflo_clipons.htm.
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: budget speed demon on November 05, 2005, 08:11:55 PM
wo, where did you get those gauge inserts that match the paint? did you have them made for you? or did you take out, and paint the stock ones?
Title: What Size Clip On's Do I need
Post by: airbrush on November 05, 2005, 08:57:15 PM
Quote from: budget speed demonwo, where did you get those gauge inserts that match the paint? did you have them made for you? or did you take out, and paint the stock ones?


I took the gauges apart and painted them. They're a bastid to get those rings off.
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