Thanks Obo,
I just picked it up. It's in great looking condition for its age and totally unmolested. Never crashed or dropped. He had it already running when I got there so no oil sniffing. And yes, I've had a motor filled with gas. Not fun.
It's going to need a thorough going over, which I suspected but when I'm done it'll be nice.
Fork rebuild, brakes rebuilt, valves adjusted, new tires. The chain looks good but I'll need to further inspect it, and the sprockets.
One big thing..the tank is immaculate inside. 👍
I will look at what I can do to the forks. I'll probably leave the damper rods without a valve emulator, I think. Maybe a re-spring and figure out a fluid viscosity which will work best.
Anyway, I'm excited about the project as winter has just got underway.
The forks are not complex as they are, and there are other ways you can increase the feedback on them. New variable springs are one way, there's a preload mod you can do for very little money using a PVC plumbing connector to increase preload, or you can get adjustable preload caps on ebay for relatively little money.
Prices from low to high would be pvc insert, heavier oil, adjustable caps, springs, complete rebuilt internals.
Here were the plastic inserts when I did them with 10wt oil
Here are the caps. OEM non adjsutable on left, ebay model on right (they come different colors: red, silver, blue, gold black etc.)
Also if you can find a damaged Concours 1000 they have adjustable caps that fit too.
The GTR1000 (ZG1000 A9 to A16) - Concours for US models - from '94 onward has just the preload adjustment. Part numbers and costs per fork are as follows:
11012-1885, cap
92055-1050, O-ring
1994 ZG1000-A9 Concours FRONT FORK (ZG1000-A9)
1995 ZG1000-A10 Concours FRONT FORK (ZG1000-A10~A13)
1996 ZG1000-A11 CANADA ONLY FRONT FORK (ZG1000-A10~A13)
1997 ZG1000-A12 Concours FRONT FORK (ZG1000-A10~A13)
1998 ZG1000-A13 Concours FRONT FORK (ZG1000-A10~A13)
1999 ZG1000-A14 Concours FRONT FORK (ZG1000-A14)
2000 ZG1000-A15 Concours FRONT FORK
2001 ZG1000-A16 Concours FRONT FORK
2002 ZG1000-A17 Concours FRONT FORK
2003 ZG1000-A18 Concours FRONT FORK
2004 ZG1000-A19 Concours FRONT FORK
2005 ZG1000-A20 Concours FRONT FORK
2006 ZG1000A6F Concours FRONT FORK
41mm is the size you want either way.
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