Tony Nitrous

# I have a heap of early GSX11 snowflake wheels, as already mentioned, mine are all 17 x 2.50. # One of my 11’s has wider rims, 18 x. 4.25 rear. It’s wearing a 160/60-18 tyre, It fits, but it’s tight. # What you will do well to learn and remember is tyre sizes are not the exact science some folk think they are. I can find you 3 tyres in the same “size” that are different in reality. Some manufacturers sizes may be different to others. My 11 with the wire wheels takes some 160’s but not others.

They are out there! We had a shop open up in the nearest city. All bike aftermarket bling and accessories. I rolled up on my naked Busa, Renthals, German Streetfighter headlight, GSXR tail. The owner looked for a while before asking…. “Which model of TL1000 is it?” That shop didn’t last long.

Mines been sitting gathering dust in the back of one of my sheds for a while with some of the other unloved. I always had the thought that maybe I’d break it for parts. In reality, I probably won’t. If I part it out, then I wouldn’t have a Bandit, so I’d have to buy another one obviously!

That’s what I expected to hear. The turbo guys near me don’t run oil coolers or the Mocal coolers. They run in the city traffic, at the drags etc in Aussie summer heat. It’s a common mod and I’ve never heard folk talk of having a drama.

In my parts collecting and hoarding, I picked up some front end bits. Pretty sure they aren’t off anything I’ve ever owned. I’m thinking RF900 ? Is there any easy way to tell or anything that makes them specifically RF900 ?

I did my time on Bandits when they were the “new thing”, put nitrous on one, then I moved on to modern, faster, more powerful, better handling bikes… .…… then I bought another old Mk-1. I’ve always found them a lot more fun than the specs and comparison to other bikes would suggest, with the added bonus they (like many OSS’s) are just big boys Meccano.

In my case I have a good condition Yoshimura Cyclone full system available and Slabside and Bandit projects. Had it been an easy fit it’d be useful info for me.

Well done ! Always good to see your posts and updates.

Yeah, bore the frame or sleeve the arm. Interestingly, both the last 2 alloy Suzuki 1100 arms I bought I was told came out of K@w@saki’s so I guess the fit is close enough they used them as an upgrade too. I did bring home another 7 arm recently just with the thought it’d be easier to butcher if I wanted to play with the length, suspension, bracing etc.

You’ll find that most Busa owners who don’t fit hard touring tyres, either get very good at removing rear wheels or they are on first name terms with their local tyre fitter…. LOL. Im not a wealthy man, and I’m not some Rossi wanna-be track day hero, but I had to remove a pair of quite new Angel-GT2’s from one of my Busa’s, I fully understand touring tyres aren’t going to be super sticky but the GT2’s were truly awful. It’s a rare day I remove tyres with plenty of tread. I wouldn’t fit the bloody things if they were £1 a pair. 250kg / 160hp bikes can light up or chew up soft tyres pretty regularly if you like having a bit of fun.

All Busa’s came with an OEM 190/50 on a 6” rear. The B-King uses an exact Gen-2 wheel but came with a 200/50 from the factory. Its pretty common for both Busa and B-King owners to change to taller 190/55’s. I run 190/55 S22’s on a couple of mine. Some folk go for bigger / taller 200/55’s or 60’s. I’ve tried a couple of different 200 profiles but always gone back to 190/55’s. It’s not just the height and weight etc, I find the whole shape and profile of the 190/55 works well if you like corners. Theres a bit of difference in the shape and profile between s22 / 23’s, Rosso’s, M9RR’s etc but any of the better sports tyres work well even if do get eaten up quicker. I’d rather pay for tyres than punch holes in the scenery.

Yeah, not a perfect fit, I think you need to juggle the mounts and the fairing trim. We had two Gen-1’s at a meet and couldn’t work out why there were minor visual differences, one had a Gen-2 tank. I’ll try mine next time I’m in the shed.

I’ve been using Partzilla in the USA. https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/suzuki/motorcycle I do use suppliers in the UK and AU too but Partzilla have sourced stuff the others can’t. I’m rural Australia so the postage is a bit salty but they are very easy to deal with, can get a huge range of stuff, and their tracking is very good. EDIT: Sorry. As you said, “unavailable” https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/suzuki/motorcycle/1983/gs1100es/front-calipers Same here in Australia… https://www.mickhone.com.au/partFinder/fiche/suzuki/1983/gsx1100es/front-calipers#next