Fireblade upgrades/jobs. Help and info please

[Reardy Mister]

Mr2Mike said:

Reardy Mister said:

Don't do the 17" front wheel conversion. That's like buying Lucy Pinder and lopping her tits off cause it makes her a bit lighter.

If you want to make a breast analogy, it's more like having breast reduction surgery so you can buy a nice bra off the peg that fits. They handle perfectly well with the 16" front rim, but you have a choice of about two or three decent tyres for it rather than dozens for a 17".

They're tyres man, not underpants.

[Mr2Mike]

Reardy Mister said:

They're tyres man, not underpants.

I'm not that keen on skids with either...

[Mr2Mike]

Did you manage to swap over the fork tubes in the end?

[MotorsportTom]

Mr2Mike said:

Did you manage to swap over the fork tubes in the end?

Yes did it on the weekend. So used all parts of the 98 forks bar the springs. Used the yokes that were on the bike (96)

No issues with the mudguard or calipers, I dod check part numbers for the mudguard beforehand and measured up the calipers once the 98 forks were stripped.

Even with my tyres being st (square etc) the difference is incredible, I cannot wait for my rear shock to come back from servicing. It should ride like its on rails if this is anything to go by

[Mr2Mike]

Excellent news. Seems like Honda only changed the calipers to accommodate the bigger disks rather than the caliper mounts on the fork.

I've been busy on mine as well, though not quite finished yet.

[Reardy Mister]

Mr2Mike said:

Excellent news. Seems like Honda only changed the calipers to accommodate the bigger disks rather than the caliper mounts on the fork.

I've been busy on mine as well, though not quite finished yet.

If there was just some way you could do a cut and shut on the original front wheel cowling, I might forgive the 17" wheel crimes.





The orange looks mint btw.

[Mr2Mike]

I would like to have kept the original front mudguard but the fork mounting points are so different it's not really practical. I have a 929 mudguard that I'm going to spray in the original metallic blue colour.

I wasn't 100% on the orange at first but it's really growing on me as it matches the RR decals so well. Need to get it finished and see in in daylight rather than under LED lights to get a proper impression.

[Prof Prolapse]

I think the orange is very early 90s. I like it personally.

You should take a ride in cream suit with shoulder pads and roll them up to your elbows for maximum effect.

[Mr2Mike]

Prof Prolapse said:

You should take a ride in cream suit with shoulder pads and roll them up to your elbows for maximum effect.

That's my standard riding gear

[MotorsportTom]

That does look smart with the orange rims!

I keep meaning to make my rear wheel purple, I don't know why I just think it'll look cool as fk.

And by that I mean 90's as fk!