Forks

[Musolinni]

Question.

Do I get someone like Maxton to rework my existing standard forks or am I going to get better performance from an alternative set eg YZF750 front end ??

[Mincehead]

The cheapest and GOOD option is to buy the correct rate fork springs to suit your weight, some valves / emulators to increase the damping efficiencies and a rebuild with new and likely heavier weight oil.
Try contacting KTech for advice and the costs involved in supplying the parts you need, many members have gone down this route :

http://www.k-tech.uk.com/

I`ve decided I want the bling of an USD set-up so am using a set of R1 forks rebuilt to suit my needs.

[Musolinni]

Thanks, like you I'd like to see an improvement in the performance with some bling too, surely the R1 forks are going to out perform anything I could do with the std forks ?

[Mincehead]

Not necessarily, reworked stock forks will perform just as good but without the bling obviously. You pay your money you make your choices.
My forks owe me a fair few bob, but they are sexy, even got titanium nitrided sliders.

[phuk72]

USD forks are invariably stiffer but I very much doubt any mortal would notice the difference on the road. They also offer benefits in unsprung weight - again refer to my previous comment.

I have had standard forks - and they were OK

New fork oil and springs - even better

Standard forks rebuilt by maxton - even better

Replaced with YZF forks - about the same, maybe worse

Rebuilt YZF forks - better than rebuilt standard

[Kayla]

Don't overlook Thunderace (48mm) forks. They're rwu so aren't as 'desireable' as usd forks (so are cheaper to buy!), but they work really well