Showa Fork on Pointy

Hi,

Its time to replace the forks on my K5 as they are damaged, the options there to have them rebuilt but saw a pair of Showa's for a K4 for sale.

Has anyone had any experience with them on a pointy? Or know if they will be worth the swap over/compatible/perfrom well?

Cheers,

i have Aprillia RSV showa's on mine good forks but mine are f*cking stiff as hell lucky im a big lad and can make them work

Originally Posted by barwel1992

i have Aprillia RSV showa's on mine good forks but mine are f*cking stiff as hell lucky im a big lad and can make them work

Thats interesting, i think these are Showa forks for specifically, an SV650. But im not 100% sure if such a thing exists???

Cheers

Originally Posted by oscarb2b

saw a pair of Showa's for a K4 for sale

On the internet? Post a link and we'll be able to advise you better.

[mikerj]

The K3 on SV650 forks are made by Showa, are you sure these aren't just standard damper rod forks? If they are then they will be exactly the same as the original ones from your bike.

Originally Posted by mikerj

The K3 on SV650 forks are made by Showa, are you sure these aren't just standard damper rod forks? If they are then they will be exactly the same as the original ones from your bike.

Thanks for the info. It was just for my project/track bike so i hope they will be compatible.

Cheers

Originally Posted by oscarb2b

Thats interesting, i think these are Showa forks for specifically, an SV650. But im not 100% sure if such a thing exists???

Cheers

Yeah don't worry about what he said, he just like to brag about his much his bike is modded, usually because he's made it eat the back of a car so many times.

[yorkie_chris]

Showa make lots of forks, including for pointy SV650. Curvy model uses kayaba ones.

If they are stock forks, then they should work fine, slight internal differences between K4 and 5 but for everything 99% of people care about they're exactly compatible.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Showa make lots of forks, including for pointy SV650. Curvy model uses kayaba ones.

If they are stock forks, then they should work fine, slight internal differences between K4 and 5 but for everything 99% of people care about they're exactly compatible.

Ok Thanks Yorkie, ill give that a go


Not quite sure whether Scythe92 has the right person......??

Originally Posted by Scythe92

Yeah don't worry about what he said, he just like to brag about his much his bike is modded, usually because he's made it eat the back of a car so many times.

get bent if your not going to contribute to the thread, ohh and for the record i crashed in to a car once so f*ck right off