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I bet that that exhaust has the oldskool raw sound, what no modern bike can beat!

This topic got me curious... I measured the rake of my GS1000, and I measured 22 degrees, I measured it in different ways, same result very time.. All I changed is a shorter front fork (2006 GSXR600) and raised the back a little.. And it still doesn't handle like a GSXR

I've been told that even the GSXR headers fit... But I nevwr tried personally

I fine tuned the off set with another spacer, between bearing and sprocket. Use a laser!!! Looks ok when you do it with strings, till you check it with a laser. Laser on the front sprocket, measure on the center of the rear sprocket. After that check everything with the laser again.blockquote widget

9200rpm to do 320km/h is actually pretty low revving...

You'll need a lathe and a press. Also, the stops most likely need to be modified, look into that before you damage the tank. Got a 2006 GSXR600 front fork in my GS1000

Don't buy those cheap sets!! Some gaskets may be alright, but some gaskets will most likely leak. Cometic sells good quality gaskets. There's a company, USA I think, that sells a reasonable quality gasket, all seperate. they're blue, don't know the name.. They're reasonably priced too

The GS1000 loves a ported / gasflowed head! It also loves a big bore and/with higher CR, a set of cams with at least 1mm more lift.. What Swiss Toni says, check the tensioner, or better, replace it with a manual one straight away.

Got my cylinder block back today. These sleeves were about 1mm bigger in diameter than the old cylinderblock, so 0.5mm more wall thickness. Had to take a little bit out off the crankcase so the sleeves would fit in. These cylinders have a 78.27mm bore. 0.09mm piston/wall clearence.

Aha, it's indeed on the spots where dirt builds up. Damn, that was a waste of $380, $15 spraycans hold up better! Thanks.

Anyone here who has his exhaust manifold ceramic coated? I had mine coated last year, haven't done that many kms, but it looks like it starting to rust.. Now I like to know, is this normal? Or did the guy do a bad job? Thanks

Read your first post back, you mention pressure

I know..

Do we know that TS has 493 rods? Raising the pressure is almost impossible with the roller bearing cranks, tried that multiple times, pressure goes up when the engine is cold, drops to just as low as when stock. A restrictor in the feed line to the gearbox works slightly, a wider pump might work, in case your bike has the narrow (10mm) pump. I'm not familiar which models have the wider (14mm) pump. I made an wider oil pump, even that didn't raise the pressure..

I hear noone about the conrods... The real challenge... No idea what they can handle, I'm actually also curious what the air cooled engines can take, I'm not brave enough to try it, I already had a snapped con rod in the past.