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Bobbydigital36
18-07-14, 06:58 PM
This is my fork conversion for sale.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221498441814?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

For the sake of it £1000. Open to sensible offers.

Bromley Kent location. :)

PyroUK
18-07-14, 09:59 PM
I'll give you a kidney for it? You can choose the donor too

maviczap
19-07-14, 09:26 AM
I brought a GSXR front end with a special one off spindle made, but those fork adapters are the way to go.

I was always worried about knackering my special spindle, and I fubarred the thread once. Using the standard spindle, wheels & speedo drive are the way to go.

GLWTS

Bobbydigital36
21-07-14, 01:35 PM
I'll give you a kidney for it? You can choose the donor too I'm fully stocked on kidneys for now but thanks for the offer :P sale the donor kidney and buy the forks!

I brought a GSXR front end with a special one off spindle made, but those fork adapters are the way to go.

I was always worried about knackering my special spindle, and I fubarred the thread once. Using the standard spindle, wheels & speedo drive are the way to go.

GLWTS

To find the right coloured GSXR wheel with a legal tyre, in decent condition, is pretty slim or just extremely expensive so I went for the spindle adapter. I didn't want to mess around with magnets and hall affect sensors, better to try and kept most of it running as standard. The special spindle sounds interesting, would be nice to see a pic and see what has been done.

maviczap
21-07-14, 02:06 PM
To find the right coloured GSXR wheel with a legal tyre, in decent condition, is pretty slim or just extremely expensive so I went for the spindle adapter. I didn't want to mess around with magnets and hall affect sensors, better to try and kept most of it running as standard. The special spindle sounds interesting, would be nice to see a pic and see what has been done.

That's why your solution was good, no messing about with magnets

Here's a link to my album with the spindle.

http://forums.sv650.org/album.php?albumid=501&pictureid=6461

My original front end was the L or M USD GSXR 750, but mines now got the latter K4 front end now.

Just out of interest how much did the spindle adapters cost?

650
21-07-14, 05:15 PM
Now then now then (I'm not Jimmy Saville)

Will this slot right into an SV1000 front end?

Bobbydigital36
21-07-14, 08:19 PM
That's why your solution was good, no messing about with magnets

Here's a link to my album with the spindle.

http://forums.sv650.org/album.php?albumid=501&pictureid=6461

My original front end was the L or M USD GSXR 750, but mines now got the latter K4 front end now.

Just out of interest how much did the spindle adapters cost?

It looks like it was a decent job, I wouldn't have any issues with using it, looks solid enough, It was £150 total, that was for 2 adapters and some editing of the fork bottoms.

Now then now then (I'm not Jimmy Saville)

Will this slot right into an SV1000 front end?

The forks would be a straight swap on to an sv1000, all gsxr forks from 2001- 2009 are, not sure about earlier or late ones. These forks are modified to run the sv650 wheel now so would need a 2mm washer for the sv1000/gsxr wheel.

maviczap
21-07-14, 08:36 PM
It looks like it was a decent job, I wouldn't have any issues with using it, looks solid enough ,

It was a good job, just the thread at the tip of the spindle wasn't chamferd, so it didn't centre itself in the otherside & because it was a fine thread, it was easy to cross thread or gaul. So with a one off spindle I worried about buggering it up


It was £150 total, that was for 2 adapters and some editing of the fork bottoms.


Good price I think. My one off spindle and other bits wasn't much more than that a couple of years ago. But with the right equipment, it can't be a difficult job to machine

Bibio
21-07-14, 09:15 PM
It was £150 total, that was for 2 adapters and some editing of the fork bottoms.


i had a look at doing the exact same conversion ages ago and decided not to go ahead due to problems with the disc bolts not having a big enough shoulder on them. how did you get around the problem.

Bobbydigital36
21-07-14, 11:53 PM
i had a look at doing the exact same conversion ages ago and decided not to go ahead due to problems with the disc bolts not having a big enough shoulder on them. how did you get around the problem.

I'm not sure what problems you encountered? The shoulder was too short?

I didn't have any issues, the guy at F1 Moto was left with my forks, wheel, spindle and discs. He added the spacers and that's how I got it back.

Bobbydigital36
28-07-14, 09:31 PM
TTT.

I want £500 ovno for this.

I would estimate it would cost you about £600+ to do the conversion to this standard and maybe more for radical forks.

£250+ forks
£80+ calipers (rebuild)
£80+ 320mm discs
£30+ 50mm clip ons
£150+ for fork adapter
Mudguard £20+

Nobbylad
29-07-14, 09:14 AM
Wow - that's a proper bargain! GLWS

PyroUK
29-07-14, 09:28 AM
Wish I had the cash!! :-(

shiftin_gear98
29-07-14, 02:47 PM
Someone please buy this, if only to stop me trying to think of ways to find £500 quid...that way I can get on with my life.

Bobbydigital36
29-07-14, 11:30 PM
Someone please buy this, if only to stop me trying to think of ways to find £500 quid...that way I can get on with my life.


Aww that's a shame, they look rather nice on the blue SV's, it's as if Suzuki made a SV650R. :p


http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q256/Gzagector/IMG_00021_zps87ed690d.jpg

shiftin_gear98
30-07-14, 05:55 AM
I'll agree they do look nice, but my missus would kill me...

Bobbydigital36
03-08-14, 04:54 PM
Sold.

Thanks.

Andy_J
09-09-14, 04:45 PM
Jeez I wish I'd seen these for sale. Just what I'm after too.

All the work already done.

Someone got lucky.