41mm forks

[Neeja]

Anyone know, offhand, of any bikes with 41mm RWU cartridge forks? Ideally with 4-pot calipers, too.

[yorkie_chris]

R6.

But why, SV yokes weigh as much as the moon. Better to fit full GSXR bits. Want to buy some 600-SRAD yokes?

[Neeja]

R6 are 43mm, aren't they?

And if they were going on an SV I might want the srad yokes...but they're going on a hornet.

Unless, y'know, you reckon we could bodge an SRAD front-end onto one..

[Wideboy]

Unless, y'know, you reckon we could bodge an SRAD front-end onto one..

anything is possible in the land of bodge :p

[yorkie_chris]

Here's a secret for you, any forks will fit any bike ;)

But for cheapness, see if you can find a bike that shares the same wheel and discs with your hairnet.

[Neeja]

I don't want the same wheel and discs - it's a 16in front-wheel model and I want to get some decent tyres on it. There's a BT014 on the front at the moment and it's washed out twice already...can't lean the bike anywhere near as much as the SV would.

I know that a CBRF4i front-end is an ideal swap after machining the yokes out to 43mm, but I want to avoid that if I can. Plus, they seem to be like rocking-horse poo to get hold of.

[yorkie_chris]

Plenty SRAD parts on ebay...

Find out the dimensions of the head bearings, post a pic of the bottom yoke and lockstop area, have a gander at the ignition switch mounting.

[lukemillar]

Best place to look is clip-on manufacturers fitment charts like woodcfraft for instance:

http://www.woodcraft-cfm.com/clipon-chart.htm

[21QUEST]

My advice, for what it's worth is, don't bother mucking about with the front end.

The forks on the Hornet look quite long. Do you know what the offset is of the Hornet yokes.

I'm sure there are probably some tried and tested swap for the Hornet but too many people just chop and swap things without putting much thought into it. Many a bike have been spoilt by people bodging all manner of stuff into them :D

All that said, I do believe, there is a wheel swap that can be done that doesn't involve a fork change. Out of interest, what's the best tyre, in your opinion that comes in 16 inch size?

Even changing to a 17 inch would change the geometry. Would the resultant change be for the better or worse. I suppose, it'd depend on individual perception.

Ok, I know this is probably too much of a sensible post but jokes apart, a few bikes are spolit by unnecessary(read, seemingly, not much thought prior....) mucking about with the standard specification.

As an aside , I'm riding a wee 125 at the moment and I can tell folks for nothing, I'm quite able to surpris quite a few bikes on that. Would also bet , I'd outbrake one or two GSXR fronted SV riders going in and be in front as we exit....only for them to pull away then....and I'm a crap rider too :p ;) . There is a pont being made there lol



Cheers
Ben

[Neeja]

Yes...the forks are quite long. But after I'd found some suitable forks, the next thing to do would be to find out how long they are to see if they'd be compatible. As mentioned, CBR-F4i forks are a good swap because they're basically the same length (CBR-F3 forks can be used, but aren't adjustable and are slightly longer so need to be pushed up through the yokes). I just wanted to see what other forks were out there to work out if I could find a different front-end swap.

Changing to a 17in wheel does alter the geometry, but not a massive amount, to the extent that Honda didn't bother changing anything except the wheel-size on later Hornets. Tyre-wise, 16in tyres don't really give you much choice...there's a few hypersports tyres (aimed at 16in Blade riders) and some general all-round tyres (Believe you can get Azaros in 16in), but I really want a set of Avon Storms.