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Front end swap - Need help identifying this set of RSU.

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I'm preparing this whinter's rebuild and need help identifying this front end.
I'm still debating RSU or USD in my head. I find the bike below to be very cool and it's RSU forks look like thy belong on it.

Does anyone recognize the forks make model year?


Thank you
 
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Looking at the brakes I'm inclined to say Hyabusa although the GSXR also used those 6 pots for a year or so...
 
Definitely not a Hayabusa front end, although the calipers could be. That doesn't really look like an USD fork to me. Very strange fork. The tubes in the triple trees look too small diameter to be sliders. The blue bottom part looks too small to be a slider and too big to be a tube.
 
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I found them, they are BIMOTA DB3 MANTRA forks.
- Telehydraulic fork with 43mm stanchions and rebound adjustments


I have found 5 makes/sources for modern RSU / RWU forks:
I think I'll go with modern RSU forrks on mine. I love the Beefy look.

Bimota : DB3 MANTRA. : 46mm
- http://www.kvenna.net/Doc/PaioliRSU.html
- http://www.bimotaforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=5137&sid=fcd0d718c9f108aa061a437252de30a2
- I highly doubt I will find Bomota forks. Did a quick search and found nothing.
- They are made by Paioli

Paioli : Multiple choices : 46 & 51mm
46mm : http://www.paioli.com/paiolini/detail_en.php?id=26
46mm : http://www.paioli.com/paiolini/detail_en.php?id=14
51mm : http://www.paioli.com/paiolini/detail_en.php?id=66

Nitron : NTF43 : 43mm : ~3100$ us
- Lengths : 770 , 800 , 815 mm
- High-performance Right Way Up Front Forks. New 2013 product.
- http://www.nitron.jp/mcn/p_details/front_fork.php
- http://www.nitron.jp/mcn/p_details/img/NTF43%20Nitron%20Front%20Fork.pdf
- http://www.nitron.jp/mcn/downloads/img/nitron_fork_ordersheet.pdf


Ohlins : 43mm : ~3500$ us
- From the 2011 Norton Commando 961 SE
- http://motorcyclemaniacool.blogspot.ca/2011/02/2011-norton-commando-961-se.html


CBR900RR Fireblade 1993-95 : 45mm
- http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/70274-fork-options-for-rc30-replica-project/



I'll keep searching and post back
 
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