What forks did you replace your stock items with?

Theres many options when changing the front forks and im not to sure what to go for, so instead of me asking the repetitive what forks should I go for question, im gonna ask what forks did YOU go for and WHY and how many mods did you have to make other then forks/yokes/calipers/wheel

[maviczap]

GSXR 750 L or M mdel, only because I won them on EBAY. Better than stock, but not as trick or light as later model GSXR SRAD ones

However the guy I won them off got a one off spindle & Spacers made up, so I could use the Sv front wheel & speedo drive

The advantage of the L or M model USD forks is that the steer stem is the same size as an SV, uses the same top & bottom stearing head bearings.

So minimal mods to OEM stuff

Have a look in my albums, you'll see pictures of my conversion

[yorkie_chris]

GSXR SRAD 600.
Dead easy.

Even better revalved and sprung too.

Originally Posted by maviczap

GSXR 750 L or M mdel, only because I won them on EBAY. Better than stock, but not as trick or light as later model GSXR SRAD ones

However the guy I won them off got a one off spindle & Spacers made up, so I could use the Sv front wheel & speedo drive

The advantage of the L or M model USD forks is that the steer stem is the same size as an SV, uses the same top & bottom stearing head bearings.

So minimal mods to OEM stuff

Have a look in my albums, you'll see pictures of my conversion

But you have to remake lockstops right? Which is harder than changing bearing.
And then get custom spindle and spacers made.

Harder than SRAD stuff unless you get lucky like you did.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

But you have to remake lockstops right?
Harder than SRAD stuff unless you get lucky like you did.

Nope, new lockstops were also welded to the bottom yoke for my by the guy I bought them off.

Yep, I did get lucky , although the guy had already done the same mod to his wifes Sv

I had to wait flippin ages though, as the engineer who made the spindle had some family problem during the machining.

I waited over 6 months to recieve them, but it was worth the wait

[yorkie_chris]

But you got to admit... for regular guy buying parts off ebay... it's a lot of hard work.


For SRAD, you need a hammer. For yours you need a lathe and a TIG welder...

[DavieSV]

Mine in bits at the moment, doing valve shims and replacing forks with GSXR750 K7 ones
I've got the bottom yoke in (straight fit in a pointy).
Forks are in but I haven't got a top yoke yet (CAD CAM doing overtime at the moment).
I was going to fit the SV front wheel, but the speedo drive is too wide for the fork spacing
The 750 forks, I believe, are a bit longer then the 600 ones, so closer to stock length.
After I get everything to fit, I have got to go down the re-spring/re-valve route (YC I am on it, Honest ) because the fork springs are way too stiff for me, but will match the RSV rear spring I've got.

[TamSV]

I used SRAD simply because it looked the easiest to do and gave me matching wheels.

I'd like to say I chose the 750 over the 600 after careful thought about the relative merits of USD and RWU forks - but really it was just for the bling.

[yorkie_chris]

No performance difference worth mentioning between them TBH.

Given choice again I'd probably go for later ones with radials... as there are some calipers that are a full generation of development or 2 better than the 80s tech tokicos on SRAD now.

[TamSV]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

as there are some calipers that are a full generation of development or 2 better than the 80s tech tokicos on SRAD now.

Where would you see the benefits? (that's a question, not a challenge) In performance? Reliability?

I did think the 750 yokes gave me options if I wanted to change further down the road but TBH I now can't imagine I'd ever be that bored.

[yorkie_chris]

Swapping yokes is easy... 600/750 one uses same bearings so would be easy for me to swap that way.

Power and feel, the 4-pad ones from ZX10R are reputed to be mentally good. That said, the normal ones from the SRAD are pretty damn good with a good master cyl, so the improvement isn't that massive.