I'm turning my 79 GS425 into a cafe racer, and read somewhere that early 750 GSXR forks are the exact same length and diameter to swap into my triple trees, which I want to retain. That would result in a better front suspension with dual discs. Can anyone on here confirm that I can swap these in? There are a pair of nice forks on Ebay right now for $99.
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No it will not work , I believe you have 35mm fork tubes and early gixxer has 41mm tubes. You can probably do it using the gixxer triple tree's but you will have to convert to tapered bearings from loose balls. -
Yep, definitely a no go.
However, someone on here put a whole front end of a GSXR of some variety onto a 450 and it was pretty much a bolt on swap. So that means swapping triple trees etc.
Unfortunately I've lost track of the thread, he's no longer a member, and none of my searching has revealed it
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Thanks for the help and info guys. Further research says I have 33mm diameter fork tubes, and although I can't find the exact dimensions online for the GSXR forks, I know they're thicker than that, and don't doubt your 41mm measurement Fisk.
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