Bandit bits on gs

[Mouse]

Hi

I have a gs 750 that i want to fit bandit front and rear ends on.

I have been told that i need a B 12 rear end as the wheel is wider than a 600 so i can fit a 180 tyre.

Now my question is can i fit a complete 600 front end or will it be a pig to do or not good to ride, the main reason for going the 600 route is that i have been offered a complete front end for not a lot of cash.

Is there much difference between bandit 600 and 1200 front ends (talking about 1996 ish models)

Thank you

  Mouse

[Paulm]

38 minutes ago, Mouse said:

Hi

I have a gs 750 that i want to fit bandit front and rear ends on.

I have been told that i need a B 12 rear end as the wheel is wider than a 600 so i can fit a 180 tyre.

Now my question is can i fit a complete 600 front end or will it be a pig to do or not good to ride, the main reason for going the 600 route is that i have been offered a complete front end for not a lot of cash.

Is there much difference between bandit 600 and 1200 front ends (talking about 1996 ish models)

Thank you

  Mouse

Better brakes on 1200, also 43mm forks against 41mm forks on the 600.

[Mouse]

o.k thank you

in what way are the brakes better and is it a viable swop ??

[Paulm]

10 minutes ago, Mouse said:

o.k thank you

in what way are the brakes better and is it a viable swop ??

Calipers on 1200 are just much better, same as used on GSXRs,RF etc, front end will go in with either a stem swap or a spacer at the bottom of the bandit stem, the bandit stem is too long as standard.Also the 1200 arm will go in easily with a couple of spacers on the pivot and either monoshock the GS frame or buy/make and weld shock mounts for it. Grumpy1260 sell weld on shock mounts,got some myself for my GS project.

Edited July 4, 2019 by Paulm

[Reinhoud]

A B12 rear end in a GS looks awesome!

[Mouse]

Much appreciated,

As I've got a gsxr I'm using as a doner hopefully I can use the front calliper's of that then.

Also thanks for the info about the stem swop, I assume the spacers go under the bottom yoke bearing ??, problem is no engineering shops near me to get bits made..

Still on the fence about twin or monoshock but good to know where to get bits from.

 

[370steve]

B12 swinger into GS750 frame

 

[rdubandit]

Just a thought...the RF900R swingarm is a direct swap for the Bandit 1200, has a torque arm-less caliper bracket setup, and GSXR-type axle adjusters.

Edited July 4, 2019 by rdubandit

[Swiss Toni]

Never thought of RF arm as B12 replacement. Like the idea of no torque arm. Iirc the 750 WN was the same caliper set-up! 

[Mouse]

B12 swinger into GS750 frame

First of FECKING AWESOM,  got lots of questions but to avoid bothering to much can I just ask what size is that rear tire and do you have any side on photos so I can see the foot controls please. (and more of that arm ) Mummmmmm

4 hours ago, rdubandit said:

Just a thought...the RF900R swingarm is a direct swap for the Bandit 1200, has a torque arm-less caliper bracket setup, and GSXR-type axle adjusters.

 

Like that idea but looking on e-blag there are rf900 arms with torque arms, is there a specific model I should look out for ??

 

Thank you

[370steve]

31 minutes ago, Mouse said:

can I just ask what size is that rear tire and do you have any side on photos so I can see the foot controls please. (and more of that arm ) Mummmmmm

 

wheel is B12 with 180 tyre.

[wraith]

You can see @Mousehead going round and round with all the mods you can do to a good old GS 

[Mouse]

Like a fecking humming top.

370steve, thank for the photos, much appreciated.

Didn't expect you to take the wheel out just for me, the people on here are so nice.   

[wraith]

Also, if you're using b6 forks put some gsx600f springs in the b6 that will make the b6 forks handle better, also RF600 front wheel will fit strate into the early b6 front end you then get the a 3.5" rim 120 tyre instead of the 110 tyre on the b6. I think I have some mock up plates to fit the Nissan 4 pots onto the b6 forks.

[wraith]

This is a b6 front end with RF6 front wheel and Nissan 4 pots on my old gs1000.

[rdubandit]

Here's a pic from a few months ago with a '94 (US) RF900 swingarm with a '98 (US) R1 swingarm brace welded on:

Not a very good pic, but here's a shot of the other side:

Edited July 5, 2019 by rdubandit
additional pic added

[Duckndive]

On ‎7‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 9:14 PM, Mouse said:

 

I have been told that i need a B 12 rear end as the wheel is wider than a 600 so i can fit a 180 tyre.

 

Yes the B12 wheel is 5.5 and the B6 is 4.5

However you can fit the 5.5 wheel straight into the B6 arm ....

[Mouse]

On 7/6/2019 at 9:05 AM, Duckndive said:

However you can fit the 5.5 wheel straight into the B6 arm ..

Sorry it's taken a while to say thanks for this bit, really helps as gives me more options on whats for sale. 

Got so much to think about at moment , forget what i'm doing at times.

By the way will any year arms fit from ether 6 or 12 ???

Edited July 14, 2019 by Mouse

[Jmckechnie]

On 7/4/2019 at 2:11 PM, wraith said:

Also, if you're using b6 forks put some gsx600f springs in the b6 that will make the b6 forks handle better, also RF600 front wheel will fit strate into the early b6 front end you then get the a 3.5" rim 120 tyre instead of the 110 tyre on the b6. I think I have some mock up plates to fit the Nissan 4 pots onto the b6 forks.

Do you recall what you did to swap the b6 front end into the GS? I’ve got a few B6 front ends and I want to get this done on my ‘78gs1000

[davecara]

6 hours ago, Jmckechnie said:

Do you recall what you did to swap the b6 front end into the GS? I’ve got a few B6 front ends and I want to get this done on my ‘78gs1000

Swap the stem

[wraith]

10 hours ago, Jmckechnie said:

Do you recall what you did to swap the b6 front end into the GS? I’ve got a few B6 front ends and I want to get this done on my ‘78gs1000

I just used a rf600 bottom yoke, thats if you're using a MK1 bandit front end. It won't work with a MK2 as the spacing is different.

[Jmckechnie]

After hours of searching ( I apparently suck at finding the info I want) I ended up finding your swap and took some notes. 
 

I’m going to probably just swap in a full B6 front end, and press out the steering stem as suggested by @davecara 

Gotta try to give this old GS front end a 150mph+rated front tire! 

[Dezza]

Is that a real life Evel Knievel Jet Cycle?

[Jmckechnie]

42 minutes ago, Dezza said:

Is that a real life Evel Knievel Jet Cycle?

yep, it sure is. A friend of mine built it, but couldn’t get the motor stuff sorted out. So with the help of the OSS crew and the infamous @Arttui was able to convert it to EFI with full spark control. She runs really good! Just need some dry salt flats to run it now

[cory]

Not sure if I can get info here but I have a suzuki gs with a bandit swingarm on it is there and bolt on swingarm extension for the suzuki bandit swingarm