liquid_snake

Yay another one! Get a build thread up asap and inspire me to do things

Nice to see another ES, hello and welcome!

Not strictly on topic but thats a decent looking bike, I do miss my old bandito... Beware of those headlight units, mine went on fire on my bandit after the bulb melted through the plastic mounting and resulted in me doing a 40 mile jaunt home on the motorway with only sidelights that night. An enlightening journey. Pun fully intended.

Since having the same issue with my bandit many moons ago I have taken to replacing header bolts as a matter of course. When you do get the damn things out screw a nut onto a bolt which is decently long and replace the bolt into the engine with loctite. From there cut off the bolt head and unscrew the nut to recover the threads. The nut will now act as the securing part rather than the bolt head as before. You'll likely need to use deep reach sockets from now on with this method to remove your headers depending on how long you keep your bolts, but it does mean if you ever have rotten header bolts etc again the only thing that needs to receive brute force and ignorance is a nut rather than dicking about with the engine. Perhaps this is a well known and obvious answer to many but it saved my ass a few years back. I had 4 snapped header bolts on my bandit and ended up getting a chum to weld a socket to each bolt before they would come out.

That's very much appreciated wraith, I'll send a PM your way later on this evening when I'm home

Many thanks for the warm welcome everyone! The homework continues via the search function and more enlightening information has been dug up. Keeping the original swingarm is actually preferable as I'm not wanting to tear the whole bike apart and risk missing the summer/losing interest like my zzr project. Which year of GSXR is it that fits? As far as front conversions are concerned I'm basing much of my information on the "AllBalls Racing" website which has a handy chart on it showing with bearings they can manufacture to fit conversions. The problem with the site being there's no detailed specification of fork length, that's where the forum work comes in. http://www.allballsracing.com/index.php/forkconversion The problem for me comes when discussion of stem lengths etc comes into play. I've done a fair bit of tinkering with bikes but not really much major chopping and changing so at times I may ask the obvious questions. One of which being offsetting front sprocket, I'm aware such a thing exists but wouldn't know how to do it Many thanks again for the help so far everyone it's very much appreciated

Hello all, I'm new to the forum but have been binge browsing for the last few days and decided to sign up and get involved. As per title I have in my possession an '83 GSX750ES with 57k on the clock which I rode last year for most of the summer until the MOT ran out, since then it's been sitting in the garage doing very little. I came upon the forum during my quest for knowledge about swingarm and fork conversions for the bike as my biggest gripe with it last year was the tiny wheels and their ability to remind me of fleeting mortality at every corner, as well as sheer weight. What I'd like to know is this; are there any swingarm and fork conversions which are essentially bolt on? I appreciate custom work and tinkering as much as the next person, but I find myself with a garage that has no electricity and is too far from my flat to run an extension/cable. I've done a little bit of homework and fair bit of searching over the last week and it appears for the swingarm I should go with a bandit item, I'd most likely go for a 600 arm and wheel because I'm only looking to run a 150/160 rear tyre. On the front I've seen mention of TL forks fitting in but unsure of cost at present. Whilst I would love USD'S on the bike if something like a bandit front would fit too I'd most likely go for that. Suspension mounts are also a problem and I'd most likely go with cheapest bandit compatible mono that I can. I've seen much discussion of welding new mounts, but unfortunately I can't weld. I decided a history degree was much more useful than practical knowledge. The fool I was. I'm in the process of deciding whether or not to keep the bike and work on it as my budget is tight (sub £500) and there's plenty to be done. Some other work includes bottom end gasket as there's a fairly heavy leak, RHS cover gasket, new RHS fairing, tail replacement and seat modding. The bike has (EDIT: I spoke to a friend with more knowledge of this particular bike who said that my carbs are actually off an ET model, they just arnt balanced) and as such takes ludicrous time to warm up and makes the clutch sound like there's a brick in the engine at low revs as the vibes rattle the bike. Or at least I've been told that's what is happening. As inspiration I'm going off the following (although I'll be running full bars): Anywho many thanks for reading, I shall reward your patience with a poor photo of the virtually stock machine in question: