Ok...so here's an idea i'm toying with. My previous project was an rf 400 vc that I restored to original condition. While riding it, I got really used to the twin disk front-end and "heavy" springs as opposed to the quite "sproingy" front-end on the gs.

I'm sure someone on the forum will know and this is probably the lazy option as opposed to trying EVERY possible search variable to try find the answer, but does anyone know of a set of 45mm twin rotor forks that will swap into the existing triples of the gs? I have the European clip-on top triple that I really don't want to lose. Not particularly interested in usd forks or such-like.

What I would really like to do is just keep all the rest of my existing hardware, slide in a set of new forks, pop out the spacer on the left side of the front wheel, add an extra disk nd calliper and (obviously) new reservoir and split the front brakeline.

Anybody ever dunnit?

Twin brakes are over-rated. I ran singles at race pace for quite a while, and didn't have an issue after a few simple upgrades. The race front end has twin rotors, and I'm planning to remove one of them to reduce un-sprung rotating weight.

Gotta agree with Burning on that one.  My fourth Honda after 3 with single disc fronts was a Nighthawk 650 with twin discs and when I hit them hard a few blocks from home on a downhill I went sliding up on the tank.     Traded that CB650SC in on a new 97 GS a few years later and thought the single disc GS front was just as good as that Nighthawk.

Turned the front rotor blue on the GS a couple times after that fading it out completely once on long hard down hills in the mountains using EBC organic pads but a switch to HH pads fixed that.  Excellent front brake with stock rotor and HH pads for a bike in the GS price class.

Must admit...haven't really had much of a problem stopping with the single disc (other than the nose-diving springs)...what might be in order then is just an upgrade in the springs and a slightly heavier oil. That would solve the functionality (running sbs system at the moment for the brakes).

Do still like the "look" of twin rotors though...but maybe the single rotor will grow on me...

Will say the rf felt more balanced when not engaged in straight-line braking. But that could also be due to the stiffer forks.

http://wiki.gstwins.com/index.php?n=Upgrades.TwinFrontRotors

Quote from: nutmunk on July 03, 2013, 10:50:52 AM
Must admit...haven't really had much of a problem stopping with the single disc (other than the nose-diving springs)...what might be in order then is just an upgrade in the springs and a slightly heavier oil. That would solve the functionality (running sbs system at the moment for the brakes).

Springs and oil will have a much more significant benefit on braking performance than a 2nd rotor. Single rotor grows on me every time I check the air-pressure.

For my race bike, the single rotor had longevity issues. Had lots of problems with glazed pads, rotor wear, fading fluid, etc. Upgrading to a super hight-temp DOT4, and endurance racing pads solved both issues. With the EBC Extreme-Pro pads, rotor wear was down very significantly, and the glazing/pad wear problems disappeared completely.

Brakes just slow you down 

Quote from: SAFE-T on July 04, 2013, 08:49:21 PM
Brakes just slow you down 

hahaaaaaa! .. i see what you did there!!