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Jester666 19-10-08 04:04 PM
Front end swap with a difference?
 
Ok. Rather than the tried and tested Gixxer swap who has seen, heard of or done a different front end swap.

If you've done it, how did it work out?

dirtydog 19-10-08 04:09 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
I think an R6 (rightway up forks) front end is possible with standard SV yokes if you get them milled out by 1mm. A few on svrider have done it that way

dirtydog 19-10-08 04:10 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Oh and i think some one on here had an R1 front end on their naked

Jester666 19-10-08 04:12 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Didn't Ben (21Quest) have an R1 front?

dirtydog 19-10-08 04:13 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Possibly but he's not the person i was thinking of. I will try a quick search

dirtydog 19-10-08 04:26 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Nope couldn't find anything. I'm sure it was some one in belgium or netherlands (somewhere around there anyway)

Nicky S 19-10-08 04:31 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
like the idea of a diffrent swap away from the gixxer front end :)

Jester666 19-10-08 04:50 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Sid Squid has suggested a ZX6 G1, 2 or J1 f/e may well fit in as the measurements are almost the same.

Well he would as he luuurves his G1!! :lol:

dirtydog 19-10-08 04:52 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Here's one from SvRider
Quote:
Finish my second R1 fork graft. This one went much better than my naked yellow bike conversion. MADE A CUSTOM AXLE. I got the steering lock working (by using the 96-99 GSXR triple clamp), using SV wheel, speedo working, stock fairing clears clipons and lots of adjustment room on the forks to set sag (R1 forks are longer than some of the those GSXR forks used for conversions). CUSTOM AXLE is needed to run the stock SV wheel and speedo sensor. ( The blue SV below is running the SV front wheel, SV speedo sensor and a fabricated axle.)

You can run the R1 axle, and R1 wheel and used magnets and hall effect sensor as the speedo sensor. Doing it this way the swap is 100% bolt on and no fabrication is needed. (see yellow SV for that setup.) The 04-06 R1 front wheel is a 5 spoke rim. It goes very nice with the 6 spoke Honda F3 rear wheel. I even managed to find gold colored R1 calipers.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1202955764


http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1202955707

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1202955821

Do not use current generation R1 forks cause those rotors/calipers are for 320mm rotors. Previous generation R1 forks (98-01) will work. Those are 298mm which are close enough to work.

I only did the 1st generation SV swap. The R1 rotor and the SV rotors are about the same size so swapping wheels is only a matter of making a axle and then spacing the calipers over the SV rotors.

yorkie_chris 19-10-08 08:22 PM
Re: Front end swap with a difference?
 
Those long forks would be a right pain in the rse with handlebars.


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