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I finally hit the deck! Time for a fork swap.

Started by Agno, March 16, 2013, 08:21:06 PM

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Agno

 I got a little too brave while fooling around on a fire and lowsided hard onto my left side. Slid off the road and jammed the front wheel into a shallow ditch. From there I was flung ahead of the bike superman style through the rocky ditch. Thanks to full leathers I walked away a little beat up. Wish I could say the same for my sweet little GS. So... which is the easiest USD fork to swap and what pertinent steering head dimensions should I know about while shopping around?

Bent the hell out of the forks

91 Suzuki GS 500 (in pieces)
06 Suzuki GS 500F (not running)
09 Suzuki GS 500E (done!)
07 Suzuki RMZ-250 supermoto
03 Triumph Speed 4
05 Triumph Daytona 600
07 Triumph Speed Triple 1050
16 KTM 500 exc

wayne242

That's one extremely unhappy gs you have there now :nono:

I'm not sure about forks, but some one will chime in on that :cheers:
2006 GS 500 F

adidasguy

Don't know what you have for springs, but I's stay stock with Sonic springs.

Oh, and looks like a new front tire?

Agno

It is currently on Sonic Springs. There seems to be a ton of deals on partial and full front ends from modern bikes running USD forks with lots of adjustment. This bike is meant to be a canyon/track day bike so a swap to a new design should be worth it. Any input on which front ends might give me less problems than others? I am not so worried about instrumentation and gauges. More concerned with steering head size issues.
91 Suzuki GS 500 (in pieces)
06 Suzuki GS 500F (not running)
09 Suzuki GS 500E (done!)
07 Suzuki RMZ-250 supermoto
03 Triumph Speed 4
05 Triumph Daytona 600
07 Triumph Speed Triple 1050
16 KTM 500 exc

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