well, not quite a kat...

[Junkie]

I'm putting katana suspension on my 1985 GS700, so I figured it might make sense to join here to find out some stuff about it. By modern standards it might be ancient, but it's considerably better than the stuff on the GS stock.

I am going to be picking up a parts bike katana in socal though, not sure if an 89 750 or a 90 600 - is there any reason to go for one over the other? neither one runs and both are missing plastic, but I figure they might have some parts that people would want.

[Quick2Scramble]

Welcome to KR!

I'm sure one of the more knowledgeable users on KR will be able to answer that question for you. You might be better off asking in the mechanics section, though.

[Zepp]

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[Suzuki_dog]

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[Black_peter]

The 750 swing arm is longer then the 600
by 1 1/2 inches.. (Right?) the actual length I don't know. Around 22 inches..
So you might want to factor that. Also the stock 750 shock has damper adjustment. But honestly? Any pre 98 shock is going to be blown out. But you ought to be able to replace it with a New GSX-R one for only a little $$. In fact. Have you considered using an SV650 rear suspension instead?

[DOCTORNITRO]

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[Junkie]

The 750 swing arm is longer then the 600
by 1 1/2 inches.. (Right?) the actual length I don't know. Around 22 inches..
So you might want to factor that. Also the stock 750 shock has damper adjustment. But honestly? Any pre 98 shock is going to be blown out. But you ought to be able to replace it with a New GSX-R one for only a little $$. In fact. Have you considered using an SV650 rear suspension instead?

I wasn't really planning on using the shock, it's mostly the forks and wheels that I'll be using. I might throw a gsxr shock in there too. The kat wheel swaps into the GS700 swingarm without a problem as long as you use the spacers from the kat, so I wasn't planning on swapping swingarms.

[Black_peter]

OH.. Well you said suspension.
I guess you meant forks?
In that case either one..

[Junkie]

Yeah, I was really just planning on using the front end and rear wheel. thanks for the help

[Dennis]

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[Nero]

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[zackeone]

welcome to kr, and goodluck with your suspension.

[Kty Kat]

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[jdsteine72]

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