Front end swap with a difference? - SV650.org

19-10-08, 04:04 PM

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

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

Oh and i think some one on here had an R1 front end on their naked

19-10-08, 04:12 PM

Didn't Ben (21Quest) have an R1 front?

dirtydog · 19-10-08, 04:13 PM

Possibly but he's not the person i was thinking of. I will try a quick search

dirtydog · 19-10-08, 04:26 PM

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

like the idea of a diffrent swap away from the gixxer front end

19-10-08, 04:50 PM

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!!

dirtydog · 19-10-08, 04:52 PM

Here's one from SvRider

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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.

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

Those long forks would be a right pain in the rse with handlebars.

19-10-08, 04:04 PM	#1
Jester666 Guest Posts: n/a	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?

19-10-08, 04:09 PM	#2
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	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 __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

19-10-08, 04:10 PM	#3
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	Re: Front end swap with a difference? Oh and i think some one on here had an R1 front end on their naked __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

19-10-08, 04:12 PM	#4
Jester666 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Front end swap with a difference? Didn't Ben (21Quest) have an R1 front?

19-10-08, 04:13 PM	#5
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	Re: Front end swap with a difference? Possibly but he's not the person i was thinking of. I will try a quick search __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

19-10-08, 04:26 PM	#6
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	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) __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

19-10-08, 04:31 PM	#7
Nicky S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: crowborough, East Sussex Posts: 1,061	Re: Front end swap with a difference? like the idea of a diffrent swap away from the gixxer front end __________________ Curvy With Lots Of Bits ... But Still More To Come

19-10-08, 04:50 PM	#8
Jester666 Guest Posts: n/a	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!!

19-10-08, 08:22 PM	#10
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Front end swap with a difference? Those long forks would be a right pain in the rse with handlebars. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

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