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i thought you had to remove them all the way;) that thing out to corner like one of those little pocket bikes when its finished.

i have some customer work to do on my kp, but i'm dedicating ALL of saturday to the bike.

chances are likely that i will ride it late on saturday.

8^)

--r

solomrus wrote:

i decided that the clip-ons were gonna kill me for the long ride.

want to get rid of them?
what style of damper are you going with? new style up by the top clamp/over the steering stem, or old school style on the side of the bike? you can get cheap(like $30) fairly new dampers that come stock on busas and gixxers that you could mount the old school way. (from guys that upgrade to a new style one) I was thinking about getting 1-2 for my 810 but so far its all kawi parts/aftermarket for kawi/ custom, and I want it to stay that way:P I might get them, file the numbers off the casting, polish them and say "they are universal pieces"

been thinking on just that. 8^)

yeah, i would probably sell them to offest the money that i dropped on the z1000 clamp, renthal's, and tag mounts.

pm me on that.

i wanna see on the damper. i have a couple other options to see if i can get some rake back. i think the new clamp is going to help me out on this some.

but, if i do go with one, it will probably be a universal application type, where i weld a frame tab on, and either make or buy a tube mount for the fork.

or, just ante up for a scott's or something. $$$$.

--r

Russ, have you thought of using fork extensions?
As the joint is only around 50mm or less below the clamp, and the joint is clamped between the triples, I dont belive that strength will be compromised.

Post edited by: Dave Sloan, at: 2007/04/26 06:30

dave, i'm not ruling out any viable options at this point.

any links to these, as i am not familiar with the practice. sounds pretty straightforward tho.

--r

solomrus, the GSXR front end and 17" ZX9R wheel dropped my front end down by 3". I've installed a ZZR1200 swingarm with the stock shock for now and ZX6R links, the shortest I could fit without anything fouling. My calculations and eyeballing tell me I have 24 or 25 degrees rake angle. I think you can get your rake out a bit more by dropping your back end. I will measure my bike from the ground to the upper shock mounts (Unitrak but the frame still has bosses for shocks) and let you know what the rear ride height is, if it will be any help to you.

Post edited by: Fossil, at: 2007/04/26 18:08

Im looking for the USd fork ones, but came across this link:=
www.mybadmotorscooter.com/forkextensions.html

www.tesperformance.co.uk/Catpage2.htm#fork

I am going to make a set on my little lathe for the usd forkd (RGV250) that I am using on my gpz900 streetfighter

So the fork extensions just screw into the top of the existing tubes, then you just screw the existing caps into the extensions? That's pretty cool..

You'd need longer preload spacers though, right?

that's what i was trying to get my head around too...

the extensions would have to accomodate the pre-load adjustors, and the dampening adjuster as well.

very interesting idea tho, thanks for the links dave. might be something that i could work up as well. i'd have to learn a couple more functions of the lathe, like how to cut threads for one. 8^) i'd need to make a boring bar holder as well... not a big deal, just some time.

--r

My front end is 28.5" long and the rear end is 27" from the ground to the upper shock mounts and my fork angle looks to be about 24 to 26 degrees. Some numbers to compare, might help.
Fork slugs gained a bad reputation back in the 60s, early 70s when front ends started snapping. They were considered safe as long as the joint was between the triple clamps, but I just don't trust a threaded joint anywhere in my front end. I saw a set of slugs snap on a Triumph back in high school, (the joint was below the lower triple clamp - chopper, 8" extension), I sold mine before even installing them, won't even consider using them.

hmm, that'd probably be why i had never heard of them before.

fossil, are you measuring from the ground to the top or bottom clamp? or are you measuring the free length of the fork tubes?

also, do you have an angle gauge to measure your head stock with?

--r