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Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: 96gs on July 17, 2003, 04:42:40 PM

i wanna upgrade my gs a little bit. is there any way i can make some cheap upgrades. im on limited funds right now

Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: pantablo on July 17, 2003, 04:48:46 PM

cosmetic or performance?

first upgrade you should consider is progressive fork springs-$60. easy install on my site...

good tires when you need to upgrade.

short stalk turn signals-Lockhart Phillips for $18/pr -rear only, move stock rears to front.

cut rear fender way down...license plate relocation page on my site for an example or http://johnla2.tripod.com/ for another

can you otherwise be more specific on what you want to accomplish?

Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: Kerry on July 17, 2003, 05:09:02 PM

NEWS FLASH!: I just discovered that Chaparral Motorsports (http://www.chaparral-racing.com) sells the Progressive (http://www.progressivesuspension.com) fork springs for $46.99!

You won't find them by going through the normal make/model/year search on Chaparral's site. You have to do a direct search for part #377-1128. I wasn't sure these were the right springs until I did a Google search and "verified" it from an old thread on a Yamaha Virago Mailing list (http://archives.itg.uiuc.edu/virago/2001-03/msg00333.htm).

Apparently the Virago 1000/1100 takes the same fork spring as the GS500E (I checked both bikes on Progressive's APPLICATION FINDER (http://www.progressivesuspension.com/prod_search.aspx) to make sure).

I haven't placed my order yet; I'm trying to figure out whether I want to buy some additional stuff from Chaparral at the same time.

Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: nsoccer3097 on July 17, 2003, 05:27:02 PM

i think that they had been cheaper, don't remember for sure. there may be some conflicting info because i think that chaparral had it as 1129 to whereas progressive's is 1128. JasonB bought a set from them, but i'm not sure which part number it was. I think that they worked fine though.

Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: 90GS500rehab on July 17, 2003, 10:52:24 PM

Yes they used to be cheaper. I got the springs and some bt45's from Chap. two weeks ago. Good service for anyone wanting to order some.

Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: Joris on July 18, 2003, 03:46:18 AM

Or check my site, good and cheap mods there too. (just had to say it) :mrgreen:

Title: I wanna upgrade my gs a little bit.
Post by: JeepWrangler8 on July 18, 2003, 06:24:53 AM

Yeah, for good cheap mods check out mods on this site, Pablo's, and Joris' site!!! This will get you started and on your way to upgrading your GS. They helped me out tremendously! Good luck! :thumb:

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