Comments on: Fork Off!

Comment on Fork Off! by: Nick Vlachos

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:57:59 +0000

Hi ,you have done perfect work.I have a gsr 600 (k6)and i want to put the same fork with radial brakes.I cant find the right the up fork plate.Can you help me?
I want a plate with holes for my steering wheel(Ihave not clip-on)Thank you….

Comment on Fork Off! by: Administrator

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:21:00 +0000

Dave - Sorry, I am not sure if the rotor will work. Good luck with the swap!

DougZ - Thanks for letting people know about the spacer machining. Cool SV products on your site as well!

Comment on Fork Off! by: DougZ

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:11:29 +0000

sorry, left out website:

www.dougzcustoms.com

Comment on Fork Off! by: DougZ

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:08:13 +0000

I found this blog from a link someone had posted on SV rider.com

I see you had already bought your spacers, but I also make spacers and do not charge that much. So, if any of your friends do the same or similar swaps, fell free to contact me for spacers.

Thanks, DougZ

Comment on Fork Off! by: Dave

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:29:16 +0000

Nice post, been a huge help! I have a 07 sv650s. I picked up a pair of 2k7 gsxr forks with calipers, and read the post about the sv650’s havin a 290mm roto. So my question is will gsxr 750 rotors fit on the sv 650 rim??

Any info will help thanxx!
Dave D

Comment on Fork Off! by: Administrator

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:45:53 +0000

Lew -

I don’t know much about the 06 forks - or the sv650 swap in general… btu I do know that your LSL upper clamp conversion will solve your issue nicely!

A skyhook would have been nice, but I used a standard set of front and rear stands to lift the bike. I put 2×4s on the ground under the wheels of the stands (on each side of the front and rear tires), so that when I “jacked” the bike up on the stands, the stands woudl be on the 2×4s, and thus be 1.5 inches higher up thwn if I used just the stands on the ground.

Those LSL bars will be super cool! Good luck with your project and feel free to post a link to some completed pics in a comment here when you are done - I’d love to see the bars.

Comment on Fork Off! by: Lew Peterson

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:06:06 +0000

How did you get the bike up on the jack stands/cinder blocks? Skyhook?? or did the usual front fork stand lift the bike high enough to put the stands under the frame sliders?

PS I am going with the LSL standard bar conversion for the ‘06 GSXR 600 upper triple…way pricy!

Comment on Fork Off! by: Lew Peterson

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:19:42 +0000

I have an ‘04 SV650 and have a set of forks from an ‘06 GSXR 600 on the way including wheel and brakes with lower triple clamp. It looks like I will have a black front wheel and a silver rear…yuk!
My problem is in finding an ‘06 600 upper triple clamp. The ‘05 upper triples are much more available. What is the size of the new stem hole to make an 05 upper triple work with ‘06 forks? The fork lock working would be a definite plus.
Thanks for the write-up!
Lew

Comment on Fork Off! by: Martin

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:25:22 +0000

Hi I’m replacing my front end with a k7.
A few more mods needed as the lock is on the wrong side.
but a k5 top yoke with the stem drilled out works fine.
I was just wondering what make are your crash protectours?

Good write up, helped me out a lot

cheers.

Comment on Fork Off! by: Administrator

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:48:25 +0000

Marcel,

I don’t think this will work with an SV650 wheel, as the SV front rotors are 290MM - which is 10MM smaller than the stock GSXR rotors.

The spacer was required because the SV1000 rotors are 310 MM, which is larger then te GSXR rotors, so the caliper needs to be moved further from the akle to fit.

I think you will need to score a GSXR wheel and rotors for your SV650 swap. Maybe you can do just the rotors, I am not sure.

Chris