NC29 fitted with Ducati 748/916/999 forks

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domski
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NC29 fitted with Ducati 748/916/999 forks

Post by domski » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:55 pm

My good friend and sponsor Rich Llewellin of Louigi Moto took all of 3.5 hours on Sunday (with a hangover!) to do this conversion, just out of the parts he had lying about in his workshop - I kid you not!!

The bike is a 1992 CBR400RR-N Gullarm...

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Ducati 999 bottom yoke fitted with a Monster stem

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Ducati 916 top yoke

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Ducati 748 forks

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Ducati 748 3-spoke wheel, Brembo discs, ZX7R 6-pot calipers

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View from the top

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Brembo master cylinder

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Ducati 916 clip-ons, using the Honda clutch lever assembly etc

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Font view with mudguard fitted

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Another view of the front wheel/brakes

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Close up of yoke fitment - a perfect fit!

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Only one locking ring required as the top yoke effectively acts as top locking nut

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Bottom yoke - Bump/lock stop will be fitted to the fairing/headlight bracket

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View of top 'nut' and just visable is a spacer, shown better in the next pic...

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One of two spacers Rich had to turn up. The other is on the bottom of the stem.

This conversion used:

999 bottom yoke
Monster stem
916 top yoke
CBR400RR headrace bearings
748/916 forks
748/916 front wheel
50mm clip-ons
40mm brake calipers (ZX7R in this case)
Brembo brake master cylinder
CBR400RR clutch lever assembly
...and two home made spacers!

I reckon this has to be one of the trickest front ends fitted to a CBR400RR in the world?

I can't wait to ride it now - woo hoo!!! 8-)
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Re: NC29 now with a Ducati front end

Post by alexhumber » Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:30 pm

Impressive :up:

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Re: NC29 now with a Ducati front end

Post by greggo » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:12 pm

I drooled. :worthy:

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Re: NC29 now with a Ducati front end

Post by KingpinRich » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:19 am

That is sweeeeeeet! :up:

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Re: NC29 now with a Ducati front end

Post by yeurman » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:53 pm

Now that looks tidy... Col

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Re: NC29 now with a Ducati front end

Post by tanuki » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:32 pm

The world.........

Nice bit of added bling

I'll stick with my Maxtons though.

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Re: NC29 fitted with Ducati 748/916/999 forks

Post by phillcbr400 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:23 pm

now that does look ever so pretty when i see these trick mods it make me tempted to do mine.
would this add any improvement to proformance or handling?

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