Justy1000 wrote:
yes norm, you would be rite. justy dose ave r1 forks on his beast.image the only reason why people dont notice is coz there not the standard gold forks, i was lucky to get hold of some black 1s which is the same colour as the the bike, so they dont stand out as much as the gold 1s would.

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mike, id like to take credit for the yokes but i cant. ninjabika started um, i just finished um off & stuck um on the bike. think my front end was 40mm short so i had to make some 40mm long plugs.

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i did ave an address for a web site on the pooter who made custom yokes specifically for the r1 conversion on the fazer. but i seemed to have lost alot of stuff due to pooter being re-built.

i have got a half ar*ed break down of the mod if your interested????


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my mate steve at taylormade makes R1 fork extensions and yokes for any conversion. extensions if i remember correctly are £200 fitted.
for a cheaper option on yokes, roy will make one offs to your design at very cheap prices image
there have had many arguments in the past on another forum as to the rigidity of a stepped top yoke, and whether any handling benefits are to be had by fitting usd's in stepped yokes over leaving the standard forks in. the conclusion was, those that had bought them said they were brilliant and worked well (they wouldnt admit the had bought rubbish now would they ? image) (or they just dont ride their bikes hard enough ) and you had those that looked at them on an engineering level and came to the conclusion performance would suffer. it was described to me as this: imagine holding a broom handle at one end with your hands 2 foot apart and pretend to sord fight. now move your hands so they are only 1 foot apart and do the same........ i guess you can see what im getting at. imageimage
but in the end its upto you to decide whats best for your wallet and riding style, if you want to fit usd's as a performance mod or a cosmetic mod. image light blue touch paper and retreat to a safe distance imageimageimage