Loudpipes Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Ive just bought this 1100 L for parts and wondered what the two bosses each side of the headstock are for, they don't seem to serve any purpose they look like they have been there from factory. I've had a few gsxr's in the past and never seen this before anyone with any ideas. Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I can't say ive ever seen them on a slingshot frame before ????? Quote Link to comment
alfiestorm Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 old age spots, never seen them before, Might be worth investigating further in case its something special from the factory maybe, or might just be lumps left over from someones idea on something. Quote Link to comment
McLean Racing Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Ive seen them before. defo a factory thing but no idea why Quote Link to comment
Gixer1460 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Is it an early frame number? As they are on the cast sections, maybe jig fixturing for the frame welding (which looks pretty good btw)? 2 Quote Link to comment
Wee Man Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Definitely normal. Few frames have them, feck knows why?? Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 40 minutes ago, Wee Man said: Definitely normal. Few frames have them, feck knows why?? Ive never seen them before on an L but as you say some frames have them, my guess is they are prime for drilling and tapping for maybe a fairing brackets ??? just a guess 1 Quote Link to comment
Loudpipes Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Thanks for replys fellas if there's more frames like this around i may aswell keep it. Will be a good conversation starter if nothing else. Quote Link to comment
Upshotknothole Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Can't say I've ever seen those on a slingshot here in the states. Standard frame otherwise? Quote Link to comment
Jaydee Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Yeah, have 2 11L frames here with them on it. Only thing I can think of that Suzuki might have designed them for a future headlight subframe design mounts that they never went with. Either that or the raised bosses are some sort of reinforcement experiment seeing as it's only on some 1990 L frames and was never used in other years after. Quote Link to comment
Loudpipes Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Jaydee said: Yeah, have 2 11L frames here with them on it. Only thing I can think of that Suzuki might have designed them for a future headlight subframe design mounts that they never went with. Either that or the raised bosses are some sort of reinforcement experiment seeing as it's only on some 1990 L frames and was never used in other years after. Sounds logical, I've never seen them before this one. Quote Link to comment
TLRS Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Kinda like the idea that they were potential mounting points. Maybe they considered a b12 like top fairing. Originated the birth of the b12 from that moment. Kinda makes sense because we all love the looks of these bikes naked, they might have thought the same at Suzuki. Quote Link to comment
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