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northwind · 13-10-06, 10:04 AM

I'd say it's expensive for what you're getting... Not a terrible price, but not very good.

Figure on spending another £40 or so for the custom bearing, at least £30 for a mudguard, and probably £100-£150 for a wheel and £50-£100 for discs. Plus clipons too, GSXR ones aren't ideal, TL1000S is better as they're higher but they can be a awkward to find (or LSL make great high-rise clipons, at a price, about £150)

TBH you'd be better using SRAD bits if you can find them, they fit better and the wheel looks the same as your rear. Or at least, SRAD yokes and wheel. You could stick those forks into SRAD yokes and use the SRAD wheel (I did) but there's not a whole lot of benefit- I like the look more but the forks are almost the same.

And if you do that the other bits- yokes and axle- that you'd have leftover aren't worth much.

13-10-06, 10:04 AM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I'd say it's expensive for what you're getting... Not a terrible price, but not very good. Figure on spending another £40 or so for the custom bearing, at least £30 for a mudguard, and probably £100-£150 for a wheel and £50-£100 for discs. Plus clipons too, GSXR ones aren't ideal, TL1000S is better as they're higher but they can be a awkward to find (or LSL make great high-rise clipons, at a price, about £150) TBH you'd be better using SRAD bits if you can find them, they fit better and the wheel looks the same as your rear. Or at least, SRAD yokes and wheel. You could stick those forks into SRAD yokes and use the SRAD wheel (I did) but there's not a whole lot of benefit- I like the look more but the forks are almost the same. And if you do that the other bits- yokes and axle- that you'd have leftover aren't worth much. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"