Yamaha R6/1 Front end on SV?

Does anyone know about the swap for r6 forks onto SV. I have read somewhere that the legs will fit into the SV yokes and you can use the sv wheel so saves alot of agro and relocationof speedo. Also these forks are fully adjustable. Any help and advice would be appreciated!!!

There is no yamaha fork leg that will fit in sv yokes. You can drill holes in yoke to make it fit but personally I would not do it.

[andrewsmith]

not worth the aggro, easier to do a GSXR swap if your that way inclined

or have get a emulator kit for the stock internals with a set-up pair for sale atm.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cartridge-fork...#ht_613wt_1125

Andy, These aren't Emulator forks. They are full cartridge forks.

Entirely different. (but still fit, obvioulsy)

C

Originally Posted by Berlin

Andy, These aren't Emulator forks. They are full cartridge forks.

Entirely different. (but still fit, obvioulsy)

C

Voodoo.

Thanks for the quick reply guys but I like the standard look of the Yam forks and the full adjustment. The gsxr conversion is common as everyone has done it so I am thinking of doing something a little different.....

[maviczap]

Seen a Honda CBR600 conversion on a Sv650 in one of the magazines, think it was Ride or Fast Bikes

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by Berlin

Andy, These aren't Emulator forks. They are full cartridge forks.

Entirely different. (but still fit, obvioulsy)

C

Stand corrected!

Did almost say voodoo folks but that would have been too wooly

The spacing on the forks is the same so you can enlarge them to fit the R6 forks but you need to use a R6 wheel, brakes.

I had access to an entire front end for cheap so I switched everything including triples. The lower stem diameter is the same for both so all you need to do is press the sv stem into the r6 lower and bolt it up.

The only issue is the top triple for the r6 is thinner than the sv and the stem hole is larger so an adapter needs to be made. I don’t remember exactly but I think the hole is 30mm and the sv stem is around 25mm. The sv top triple is approx 15mm thicker as well so to ensure the r6 top will sit at the same level you need to make a spacer approx 15mm thick, with a internal hole of 25 mm and an external diameter of approx 35mm.

I chose to make it one piece so it has a hole of 25mm, external diameter of 35mm at the bottom and then 15mm from bottom it reduces in size to 30mm. This is press fit into the r6 triple and you are done. This sets the top of the triple at the same position as the previous sv triple and allows you to run clipons below the triple instead of above as the r6 usually does.

I am running with approx 13mm fork above the triple to get a good feeling from the front so if you wanted to run clipons above the triple as the stock r6 normally does I would just reduce the spacer height and this would have enough fork above the triple to allow you to do this.

98 R1 lower stem diameter is apparently the same as 99-02 r6 so fitment would be similar with probably slightly different top spacer depending on r1 top triple hole, thickness and desired height.

The other advantage is fork travel. R6 front gives you 20mm more fork travel which is a big benefit on track or street.

This is for a race sv so I don't worry about speedo. If you need speedo you would need to run a Vapor or something similar with a magnet pickup to get a speedo.

John

Cool, Thanks! I would love to look at your setup to get a better understanding sometime?