Ducati Monster Forum

2003 GSXR 600 forks installed!

Still have a bit of work to do, but it's roadworthy after many false starts.  Sorry for the dark pic - it's from a camera phone on the shakedown run last night.

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I'll add more to this, but briefly:

• Got the forks and brakes off another board member along with some miscellaneous spacers.
  
  Had 5mm spacers made for the radial brakes to make them sit in the right place in relation to the rotors.
  
  Had 10mm spacers made for the rotors on each side
  
  Had 10mm axle spacers made for each side, though one will have to be cut down to 7 or 8mm.  Still works for now.

Still to be done:

• Figure out what fender to put on - something with superbike style.  Not into the Monster fender.
  
  Trim one of the axle spacers
  
  Get clip-ons so I can slide more of the fork tube through the triples - right now there's too much fork below the triple making the front end tall (this is disconcerting when you lean the bike on the sidestand and it leans further than you're used to before contacting the ground) but the stock handlebar limits how much can come through for now.

free help, cuz that picture is teeny-tiny:

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If your front end is truly that high now, it must handle pretty terribly w/ the change in geometry.  Monsters have too little weight in front as it is, I can't imagine what yours is like to ride.  Clip ons make all the difference!!!!

Be carefull on that chunky gravel until you get the front dropped! 

It's actually not terrible, but certainly feels different.  Obviously it's not ideal, but I'm pretty adaptable.  ;D


Yeah, the pic in the OP was actually clickable, but whatever works.

Cool thus far. I added woodcraft clip ons because of the added height, well, just becuase I wanted to actually but great job!  [thumbsup]

I have a GSXR front fender on mine (K4 GSXR forks+calipers). More readily available than Ducati fenders maybe?
And won't require any modification or adapted parts.

+1 on the forks being sort of chopper'd out without clip-ons. I have an '01 frame, so the fork length was very close to stock fork length on the non-ST based frames, and am able to run the stock bar on it.