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Post by raychappo on Oct 18, 2016 20:59:52 GMT -5
Dropping the front will also make the strenuous job of getting the bike on the center stand even harder. I'm wondering if my forks are slightly short as I'm sure my bike is harder to get onto the stand than the one I had 30 years ago, then again maybe it's because I'm 30 years older 🙁
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Post by goandy on Oct 19, 2016 0:03:24 GMT -5
Mine were done by RAD in Qld and turned out very nice.
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Post by re5rotary on Oct 19, 2016 3:41:49 GMT -5
Hi the leg with the circlip (GT750) had 2 springs as per the RE5. The top small spring was missing on the RE5 leg I stripped but so was the top threaded cap, but the other RE5 leg I pulled apart the other week to replace a leaking seal certainly had the 2 springs. However the main springs appeared identical between the 2 I pulled apart last night. The 2 inner tubes were exactly the same length. I guess if there is concern over some damping differences then I would just use my RE5 spring damper rod etc in the GT cap type tube regards Terry
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Post by wayne on Oct 19, 2016 4:54:07 GMT -5
Then I'm wondering Terry if that circlip fork stanchion you had really was GT750 at all ? Perhaps it really was another version for the RE5 and would explain why all the internals were the same. They were all single spring units on the GT's. Raychappo notes that his circlip RE5 has two springs. Did Suzuki produce circlip and screw cap stanchions in the RE5 model range ?
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Post by raychappo on Oct 19, 2016 6:44:31 GMT -5
As my circlip stanchion has chrome metal hex caps that push in I was wondering if any GTs had metal hex caps that look like they are screw in. I've only ever seen GTs with a black plastic, almost flat cap on them
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Post by wayne on Oct 19, 2016 22:54:25 GMT -5
J/K and L waterbottles and RE5 M/A had identical screw in fork caps with the large hex head. M/A and B model waterbottles all had the circlip with black plastic cap.
L/M/A and B waterbottles all had the same damper rod but the L's tube, by part number, was unique among the GT's and as discussed, were according to part number, shared with both M and A RE5's.
However, the damper rod in L/M/A and B waterbottles were apparently different to M/A RE's as were the springs (GT single vs RE two per leg)
What I'm wondering is if some RE5's left the production line with "M" style GT circlip fork tubes but with RE5 twin springs and damper rod. Raychappo has one and perhaps Terry has a set too (?)
The bottom line being that genuine M model GT750 fork tubes and inners should not be the same as RE5 equipment.
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Post by re5rotary on Oct 19, 2016 23:30:45 GMT -5
Hi well of course I don't know where these circlip forks came from they were with an RE5 that had been pranged and had bent forks. Presumably that had been sourced to replace the bent ones at some time in the distant past. So maybe they were RE5 ones but who has ever seen an RE5 parts book that shows circlip type forks? Anyway I will buy a pair of the repro circlip type legs and see how they compare regards Terry
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Post by raychappo on Oct 20, 2016 0:24:12 GMT -5
Re5rotary, do your circlip forks have the black plastic caps or the chrome metal hex ones that look like they screw in but actually push in and are basically retained by an o-ring?
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Post by re5rotary on Oct 21, 2016 0:53:38 GMT -5
Hi raychappo Im afraid by the time I got them they had no caps of any type sorry Terry
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