Wheel swap

[Jeb]

Hi all,

Has anyone had any experience of swapping wheels and brakes on an 1100f? Would like to know if 17 inch rims can be fitted without any mods.

Cheers 

[wraith]

What size of 17" rims?

 the front wheel spindle are smaller on the 1100f than in say a gsxr or b12, so you may need to look at b6 or gsx600/750f rims.

I think which ever way you go you will need to do some mods some where.

There is a USA site I think it call katana owners. Not the UK katana owners club as they unlike the yanks only call the katana a katana  and the yanks call all the gsxf bikes a katana  but for mods and info on the gsxf they have done some nice things.

[Jeb]

Cheers,  will check it out 

[Ivan]

I have rf900 wheels in my 1100f, most take 1100r wheels, back wheel of them is more plug and play. 

[Ivan]

Front wheel rf900, new bearings for smaller wheel axle, speedo worm thing from gsx1100r made smaller to fit 1100f axle, little bigger brake discs from gsx750f and brake callipers 9 mm spaced more to the middle of the wheel. For using much bigger 1100r braking discs you need some plates between fork and brake calliper. I used brakes little bigger than standard with 290 mm to not use those plates but only spacers. Also better braking calliper

 

[Ivan]

Back wheel, sprocket carrier made 2 mm smaller, spacer on that side also to keep chain in line with 1100f sprocket carrier. By not doing so wheel stays 5 mm out of the  middle,  also with 1100r wheels. Now only 3 mm...

Rf900 wheel 170 tyre max, 1100r wheel 180 tyre no problem. Made rear calliper arm a one off with 1100r rear calliper holder to make my gsx750f calliper fit! Lot use original 1100f calliper on 1100r holder and make those holes bigger so 85 mm distance from callipee fits 80 mm of calliper holder...

 

Over here ánd on german site is a howto to fix 1100r wheels in 1100f. Same way as written above

[Ivan]

There you go: 

 

[Jeb]

2 hours ago, Ivan said:

There you go: 

 

Thank you all, I'm very impressed