gs1100 swingarm Q's

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Here is one on my bike.

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nice, thats a 140 tire? 140 by what? if I may ask.

To be exact, that is an AVON AM21 MT90-16 5.5" wide. My favorite rear tire of all time. It is too bad it is not available in an 18"

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Also the rim is off of an 1981 LTD

hello! i recently purchased a gs1100 swingarm and hope to be doing the swap on my 1980 kz1000ltd in the near future. i see that you had some of the same questions that i have. what pivot bolt did you use and where did you get any spacers you may have used? what axle did you use? did you have to make/buy spacers for the rear wheel? if so where did you get those? was there any modification to the rear brake master cylinder? ive seen a few pictures of bikes with the gs1100 swingarm and the rear brake push-rod looks different like it has been moved or modified? any other tips of suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thank you...

I used washers from Ace Hardware as spacers-cheap.Used stock rear master cylinder and brake line. Used an earlier brake torque rod (the flat one) from a KZ so I could lighten it up a tad by drilling "speed holes" in it.Plug and play pretty much.bj

I used a thin washer and a "regular" thickness washer on each side. They were a snug fit but tapping them in did the trick. i have a 140 tire on it and I think you can get a 150 in it. I lucked out and got the chain gaurd for free when I got my arm and it fits fine. I did have to do some grinding on the brake arm but not a lot.

thank you guys! my swingarm came with everything except the rear axle. i was wonderring what gs1100 sub model i need to look for when i am trying to purchase an axle? ive seen G and GL and i was wonderring if it makes a difference? and what rear shocks are you running? id like to get longer shocks to make up for any drop in the rear with the new swingarm.

14" eye to clevis worked for me.

I am trying to do this mod myself and was wondering what some of you used to space out the axle. I have washers for the pivot point, but there is enough room on the axle that I don't want to use washers. The axle I have came with three spacers of some type, I cant seem to figure a combination of them that works.

Could someone put a photo of how they spaced their axle for this?