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05-11-09, 04:42 PM

I am in the middle of doing this fork swap, but am in the United States.

It seems to be going pretty well so far. I have pretty high expectations for it. The valving in the CBR forks is supposed to be excellent. I am having a tuner restack the shims and going to heavier springs.

In the main, the forks go together easily. Both the forks are Showa, so everything slides right together. This will allow clipons above the triples, which is what I've wanted for riding position.

I'd rather not do the whole GSXR front end swap, as don't think I need or want forks that massive. 41mm conventional forks do me fine. Also, one doesn't need to deal with speedometer mods, front wheel swaps, fenders and the like.

The forks these are replacing are gen1 forks with Race Tech internals.

05-11-09, 04:42 PM	#4
taxonomy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: cbr600f3 fork internals I am in the middle of doing this fork swap, but am in the United States. It seems to be going pretty well so far. I have pretty high expectations for it. The valving in the CBR forks is supposed to be excellent. I am having a tuner restack the shims and going to heavier springs. In the main, the forks go together easily. Both the forks are Showa, so everything slides right together. This will allow clipons above the triples, which is what I've wanted for riding position. I'd rather not do the whole GSXR front end swap, as don't think I need or want forks that massive. 41mm conventional forks do me fine. Also, one doesn't need to deal with speedometer mods, front wheel swaps, fenders and the like. The forks these are replacing are gen1 forks with Race Tech internals. Last edited by taxonomy; 05-11-09 at 04:45 PM.