I have a bandit 6 wheel that i bought and am putting it on my gs and was wondering if I could get a 160 on the bike or if I should go with a 150? I read that people put 150's on but i did here of a guy who put a 160 on so i dont know cause it was only one guy i heard of do it. Thanks in advance.
160 will require shimming the sprocket and modifying the brake stay arm to clear the tire.
what the hell
you are changing everything else....
dont know about the B6 wheel, but works with my B4 wheel, shimed sproket,spacers for hub, and brake strut needs bending. its tight but stock swingarm is used.
I've got a 160 on a B4 wheel in my stock swingarm. You do need to shim the sprocket, and it's still a tight fit, but it works. I'll go with a 150 next time the tire needs to be replaced. A GSX-R brake arm will clear the tire and you can get them cheap on ebay.
thank you all for the reply's. I am gonna keep the stock swingarm and jsut cut the brake carrier down like on pablos site. 160 it will be then. THanks again.
Before you cut anything, measure the inner hubs of both wheels. The B4 hub is offset and actually narrower on the cush drive side than the GS wheel even though the B4 wheel is wider. First time around I cut my brake carrier down only to realize all I needed to do was make a spacer for the left side. The right side hub of both wheels was the same size, so the stock brake carrier centered the wheel in the swingarm with an appropriate spacer on the left side.
dan,
he has a B-6 wheel...same as a GSXR750 4.5
do the swap like on pablos' site.... if you have q's...i could go outside
drag the race bike in and measure...takw pics for you
since i wrote that up several years ago
ken
Thanks Ken. I wasn't sure if the B6 wheel was offset or not. Hate to see him cut up a perfectly good brake carrier...then have to find a new one!