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I have a quick question for all you clever Falco gods....Would a set of RSV4 forks fit our bikes ?...Would we be able to keep our own yokes or would we need the yokes as well........OR.... can i get ( and i don't know what it's called if it has a name ? ) the bottom part of the forks as mine are looking like sh#t and need replacing or tarting up again...

Any ideas.......good or bad , let me know..

If by the bottom of your forks you mean the chrome, you can get rechroming done for about £150. I would just buy a pair of Falco or non radial Tuono or.Mille forks for about the same price

I think their called stantions.... I think...

knowing you

buy a set of second hand showa falco forks

get them stripped down and then the externals refurbished / painted

take them somewhere and have the internals rebuilt with ohlins cartridges

simples

cornish mafia wrote:I have a quick question for all you clever Falco gods....Would a set of RSV4 forks fit our bikes ?...Would we be able to keep our own yokes or would we need the yokes as well........OR.... can i get ( and i don't know what it's called if it has a name ? ) the bottom part of the forks as mine are looking like sh#t and need replacing or tarting up again...

Any ideas.......good or bad , let me know..

Anything can be made to fit if you throw enough cash at it, but as Alad has said, the sensible thing is to get them stripped and re-furbished especially as it's winter and the weather is shit(tier than usual).

The chrome bits at the bottom (on a USD fork) are called stanchions or just fork tubes. They can be re-chromed or (if bling is your thing) coated with titanium nitride (gold effect, like most Ohlins).

The fork lowers (the bit where the wheel spindle goes through) can also get tatty after a while; probably the best thing with them is to get the forks stripped and get them powder-coated. Anodising cast components is always a bit hit and miss.

Now I’m heart broken Aladin ...."knowing you ".....are you saying I’ll just go and buy a new set of forks instead of trying to fix these and after all the trouble i've been through with the bloody rearsets and brake brake !!!! I have to admit sometimes it is easier to do so as when I attempt things it already costs me to get the parts then I "try" and fix it.....IT BREAKS ......then it's costs me twice as much as it should of done so logic says miss the breaking bit out and just buy new !!!

By the bottom part I mean the piece where the brakes fit onto and the spindle goes through on the front wheel ......can I get them somewhere or can I remove them ( yes I will Aladin ) ....and get hem tarted up ? As I have already done the internals on my forks by fitting progressive springs ( I like them even though a lot of people don't ) and having them set up for me and my riding I’m not that keen to get rid of these forks BUT on saying that I thought I would ask about the rsv4 forks as I’ve seen a set for sale and was thinking out loud........

Signing off to go and find a corner to cry in now as i thought i was starting to " fit in " with the Northern Falco tweaking gang...

Lol

I suggested that solution as you then do not have the bike off the road.....

Taking the forks out is not a problem - as you know - just slacken everything off first!

To refurb the stanchions properly you would have to strip the forks down

And I think no one doubts your falco fettling credentials!

Hi, I have two left hand fork legs. Happy to sell one of course. Maybe both are useful? Cheers

cornish mafia wrote:
By the bottom part I mean the piece where the brakes fit onto and the spindle goes through on the front wheel

All the bronze bikes I've nosed at have the same scruffy looking fork bottoms with flaky and chipped paint. I'm ignoring mine. And if you find someone leaning over to peer at yours then they're in the perfect position for a karate chop to the back of the neck...

Only if their neck is not obscured by the brim of a hat.....

I have often wondered if a set of buell forks would fit the falco. The ultimate mod would be the massive front disk and wheel. Perhaps the swingarm and rear wheel would fit.
Just would need to change the belt drive sprocket for a chain drive. Mmm

Not really so sure about that Jay

First problem .... finding a donor Buell .... in fact finding one of those Buells at all .........

Secondly ....... I'd not go for the buell front end and disk arrangement. Although you drop a set of callipers I doubt you drop a huge amount of un-sprung weight with that huge disk and also I doubt it helps the gyroscopic forces with that huge radius. Then there's the issue of spares - doubt that aftermarket rotors are easy to source.

Thirdly - the big oil tank/ swingarm doesn't appeal and it'd be a nightmare to fit that rear shock - completely different arrangement.

Nope it really would not be worth the effort.

Sorry for late reply been busy .....
Firstly thanks for the offer Reggie i will have a think about it and PM you if i'm keen BUT second and this is a question to the gods again.....would these fit as internals for my Falco forks ?

Ebay : - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290849691806? ... 26_rdc%3D1

All just ideas and i was bored and flicking through evilbay ..............stop laughing ALADIN I haven't bought THEM.......YET !!!

No.

Don't even think about it...

yep - NO

(theoretically doable - but i bet a right pita )