julian shine Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) I have a 1983, Suzuki gs750es. I'm in the middle of turning it into a cafe racer and ran into some real trouble trying to find a newer style set of forks that fit. I know that the forks i have now are telescopic, preload adjustable, and hydraulic anti-drive. The rake is 27.8 degrees and the trail is 105 mm / 4, 13 in. I don't know if any of that info helps but its just about all the info i can find...please help. Edited March 13, 2016 by julian shine Quote
hussey1 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 The oil cooled 750/1100 USD forks and yokes fit straight in to the gsx750es, that's what I used on mine. May just need to modify the lockstops Quote
julian shine Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Thats awesome, thanks a lot By any chance do you know what year the forks were that you used to swap with? Quote
julian shine Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Wait I'm a little confused, those forks aren't OEM right? So what bike was it a straight swap from Quote
Rene EFE Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Slingshot GSXR. They're pretty much all the same. Quote
julian shine Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Thats great, so it would have a direct fit to my '83 Quote
julian shine Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Thank you so much Rene! Is there anything else i should know before i start the swap. Quote
vizman Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 1 minute ago, julian shine said: Thank you so much Rene! Is there anything else i should know before i start the swap. apart from the lock stops....nothing.....well except calling it a café racer...... 3 Quote
julian shine Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 I'll be sure to remember that, now is time to hunt down some slingshot GSXR forks. 1 Quote
Rene EFE Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 7 minutes ago, vizman said: apart from the lock stops....nothing.....well except calling it a café racer...... I cheat on the lockstops. Quote
julian shine Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Hey Rene, do you know what year the slingshot was that you got the forks off of. Quote
Rene EFE Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 88rwu to '95usd should all fit. These are '91 750's Quote
SiBag Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) Is the headstock spindle on the later Water Boilers (92 - 95) the same as the Oil Boilers ? Just checked bearing numbers on Alpha Sport and they are the same for the Oil and Water Boilers. So that answers my question. Yes they are the same on the 750, (or at least the bearings are).. Edited March 15, 2016 by SiBag Quote
CrunchyMojo Posted November 5, 2016 Posted November 5, 2016 I'm going through the same thing with my gsx750es same year! Anyway, I've bought an 07 showa ducati monster fork and found out that the stems don't match. Any of you guys have had the experience of doing this? Or rather, is it worth going to the presses for the fork? Or should I look for gsxr forks to trade with my ducati forks? any opinions help. Quote
Jonny Bravo Posted November 14, 2016 Posted November 14, 2016 Pretty much all suzuki forks and front end set ups are interchangable for example I've got Gsxr110k forks and yokes with a Gsxr1100wp wheel and Gsxr750j brakes and mudguard in the front of my 1978 Gs1000e and all I've had to do is modify the lockstops , the rest all just bolts together. the info you need can be found on the old site here > http://old-skool-suzuki.proboards.com/thread/1870/fork-conversion-chart-rotor-matrix Quote
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