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Has anyone fitted a 20mm catridge kit to the early "k" forks

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:17 am
by 999Gomerz
As the title suggests, has anyone done this????

Thanks,

Adrian

Re: Has anyone fitted a 20mm catridge kit to the early "k" f

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:16 am
by CMSMJ1
Never heard that they did - as it is not a cartridge fork... it is a damper rod fork.

You can get cartridge emulators for them if that is what you mean? For them..Greggo (i think) ran some on his NC23 (which is also a damper rod fork)

Re: Has anyone fitted a 20mm catridge kit to the early "k" f

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:28 am
by 999Gomerz
CMSMJ1 wrote:Never heard that they did - as it is not a cartridge fork... it is a damper rod fork.

You can get cartridge emulators for them if that is what you mean? For them..Greggo (i think) ran some on his NC23 (which is also a damper rod fork)
No, I meant pull out the entire internals of the damping rod and install a 20mm cartridge assembly from a modern bike to give preload, rebound and comp adjustment as well as an adjustable shim stack.

I have heard it being done by guys who have FZ6's with damping rod forks.

Re: Has anyone fitted a 20mm catridge kit to the early "k" f

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:24 pm
by CMSMJ1
I don't understand why you are asking about K model forks only? Why not remove the cartridge out of the later forks and do it?

Re: Has anyone fitted a 20mm catridge kit to the early "k" f

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:29 pm
by 999Gomerz
Cause I have a set of the K damping rod forks.

Re: Has anyone fitted a 20mm catridge kit to the early "k" f

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:57 pm
by CMSMJ1
fair enough... I suspect getting a late set of forks and regspringing, revalving would be cheaper than getting a cartridge kit for your early ones?