I got a complete eli 1000 that threw a rod on #3 - complete bike and another eli 1k with an unknown (likely starter clutch) problem I plan on getting back alive some day.
You think the rear wheel off the eli will also fit  - 900 and 1000 are same AFAIK.

I slid the forks off a maxim 700 - or virago don't recall - that did slide in but not the same spacing. It was maybe 1/2 too wide - IMHO not a useable combo.
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Srinath.

philthymike wrote on 05/01/20 at 14:56:03:





Right - That's true.It also may be too wide to go in the swingarm of the savage - but if the shaft was the only issue - the ninja 1000 wheel rear would be an option - I again think that's also too wide though.

BTW there is a metzler 200 size tire I think it was an ME880, that fits the eli - man would that have been awesome.
As rare as an eli 9/1000 is - at one time I had 5 of them, 4 that ran and 1 for parts. Now just 2. One that may run and 1 for parts.

The eli parts are heavy as the dickens. That's my biggest pet peeve about them.

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Srinath.

Naaa ninja rear wheel - no ninja stuff even in 87 was better than eli crap. They threw on the heaviest pigs onto - well the concourse. That sucker they made all the way to 2006. Anyway eli people love the concourse. Easy supply of 1/2 decent parts.
Anyway I have no idea about the ninja parts of that era - just a guess the rear wheel matched the front - but no clue. In any case - awesome project, May do it - but savage IMHO needs to lose that ridiculous offset in the triples - else it will handle like an overloaded wheel barrow. So, I've got a different mountain to climb. Eli or no eli.

Cool.
Srinath.

How does the DC moto upper triple affect the wheelbarrow quality.
Of course you can shorten the forks. It would reduce the offset a bit.

Eli forks in the savage triple - unlikely. I am really wanting to cut that offset in 1/2 atleast. A tank swap would do it. The stupid thing is - the savage is so easy to swap a front end - almost any Suzuki, kawi etc from the 80's and 90's will work. GS500, Katana 600 etc etc. Just swap the stem and the whole FE will drop in and get you twin disks if you used a FE with twins. But they will all clobber the tank.

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Srinath.

batman wrote on 08/12/19 at 15:57:08:



Oddly this doesn't happen - or in other words twin calipers and the master cyl that belongs to that setup don't get you unintended stoppies. In effect I replace GS500 FE's with Katana 600 ones going from 2 piston single caliper to Dual opposed piston twin caliper - so goes from 2 pistons to 8. The brakes feel smooth and predictable and stoppies are only if you're really trying.
Removing 1 caliper could get you a brake setup that loses all feel. Rather it gets too abrupt. Almost like a light switch.
But post back with your observations. Your calipers are only 1 piston each. You're going from 1 piston to 2 basically. I'd use the kawi parts all across and the side effect may be that your brake pads and disks wear out - like never. On a GS 10K you'd eat the pad - mainly the static pad, and 20K you'd eat a rotor. Katana FE's typically on a GS - well, I've never changed them and in 7K or so they don't look anywhere near needing a change.

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Srinath.

And here's the height I raised the forks this time around. Have not tested yet.

Psydton3 wrote on 05/13/20 at 05:20:18:

Thank you!  
With the new rotors and pads it's completed now. I've spent a couple months and a few hundred miles of shakedown rides to get here now where I'm just tying up loose ends and making last minute adjustments and improving on questionable used parts.
It's a done deal. I'll get some more pictures up eventually when I'm done fighting with clutch and my own clumsy bolt breaking blunders.

You couldn't wait an extra tenth of a mile to take that photo? Where's your sense of order?