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Re: Aftermarket spokes (stainless steel or chrome)
Reply #15 - 04/07/14 at 19:49:08

The rear wheel was a '80 gs550. I didn't have any issues with it at all.
stock spacers, brake hub and pulley fit like they were made for it.

On the front, I have a gs650 wheel with the gs450 disc cut down to 10.25"
those are 5mm thick like the savage and have a 6 hole pattern for mounting. space the disc off the hub by .25" and with new pads I had to space the caliper out by 1 washer (in between caliper and fork).

a 90/90-19 is probably the correct tire for the front, but 100/90 fits just fine.
the rear likes a 130/90-16. Any bigger and you'll have issues with clearance and the swingarm.

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Re: Aftermarket spokes (stainless steel or chrome)
Reply #16 - 04/07/14 at 20:10:23

verslagen1 wrote on 04/07/14 at 19:49:08:

The rear wheel was a '80 gs550. I didn't have any issues with it at all.
stock spacers, brake hub and pulley fit like they were made for it.

On the front, I have a gs650 wheel with the gs450 disc cut down to 10.25"
those are 5mm thick like the savage and have a 6 hole pattern for mounting. space the disc off the hub by .25" and with new pads I had to space the caliper out by 1 washer (in between caliper and fork).

a 90/90-19 is probably the correct tire for the front, but 100/90 fits just fine.
the rear likes a 130/90-16. Any bigger and you'll have issues with clearance and the swingarm.

Sorry, what new pads are you referring too?

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Aftermarket spokes (stainless steel or chrome) Reply #17 - 04/07/14 at 20:13:28 uigiroux wrote on 04/07/14 at 20:10:23: Sorry, what new pads are you referring too? brake pads.
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uigiroux Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 227	Re: Aftermarket spokes (stainless steel or chrome) Reply #18 - 04/07/14 at 21:39:40 So you have to get brake pads for the GS450 or the stocks fit?
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Re: Aftermarket spokes (stainless steel or chrome)
Reply #19 - 04/08/14 at 00:43:05

Stock caliper and brake pads. Space them off the fork leg to fit, use solid washers.

You can fit any wheel you want with enough "tinkering"...

Late 60s to early mid 70s rim, spokes and drum, from a Suzuki T500 Titan 2 stroke parallel twin. Brake plate is a dual pull 60s Honda CB/CL450 unit. Stock 1998 Savage axle, stacks of washers as wheel spacers. That bike is going the rest of the way full on period custom from the 50s, but Savage based.

The 2003 I picked up today is staying stockish (for now)... Wink

Experiment, see what you can make work on your bike. If it gets to feel like work, you're doing something wrong.

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