Ohlins Shock, to fit 1st Gen.

[China Greg]

... too "American".. well, err, I suppose that probably means being Euro-Insensitive, when I referred to a particular set of chatters as "limp tea drinkers" after two or three solid pages of a guy named "Mr Biggles" exchanging endless, cutsie fluff with two other ..chaps. All I really wanted was more discussion about the topic in question, (the new Honda CB1100R concept bike shown at Tokyo recently).
I thought I was being kind of "cheeky" and humorous.. they didn't seem to feel that way and UNLOADED on "the YanK'. One Aussie dude let loose a firehose of anti-american epithets. I didn't think I'd gotten THAT sarcastic; seems they disagreed.

[China Greg]

Gaz-
Dale Walker suggested a 1216cc bore kit and some "light headwork".. including "making sure the valves seat tightly".

You have a lot of engine mods.. what's your feeling about keeping good road dependability (we get occasional traffic jam-ups in summertime, on the US Northeast roads).. while acheiving a solid performance PUNCH? Do you have heat problems with all your mods? Which ones do you think are critical to power gain?
Thxs

[redbandit12]

my question is witch shock works best on the 1st gen 1200's? busa or gsxr1100 i have both

[terrebandit]

my question is witch shock works best on the 1st gen 1200's? busa or gsxr1100 i have both

For me the choice wouldn't be about which of these two worked best.  Rather, it would be about which shock didn't require me to hack off a chuck of my bike to make it fit... 

[solman]

I went and did it. I bought a hayabusa shock off of ebay.  If it all works out, it will be here in a few days with a total cost of $30.

[redbandit12]

what needs to be cut off to make the busa shock fit on the 1st gen? any got any pics of this mod?

[solman]

On Maximum Suzuki, there is a thread where they are talking about 1st gen bandits with pictures.