Corey's 2R800 Fork Swap... Now 999 Forks...

[corey]

RaceTech has a pretty good DVD showing ya how to do it all. Since you'll have your marzocchi's sitting around as well, you might think about experimentally taking one of those apart as a practice run, so you have a general idea about how forks work and don't end up crushing or scratching up one of the new fork's tubes real bad or anything.

good idea!
is there a danger of CRUSHING a fork tube?

[junior varsity]

the outside tube is just a nice machined aluminum. I'm not sure if you are into asserting "who is the dominant male" in your garage (you or the part you are working on) but sometimes I f*ck things up by going monster-truck all over something.

Kinda like knowing when and when not to use a bfh.

[junior varsity]

bfh = big f*cking hammer. sometimes referred to as "The Customizer" in my garage.

[corey]

yea, i know exactly what you mean...
i have a new rule in my garage.. aluminum = no hammer.

[fasterblkduc]

bfh = big f*cking hammer. sometimes referred to as "The Customizer" in my garage.

  Holy shit. ATO, remind me to never make you angry. 

[junior varsity]

ha. that's certainly not me, nor my hammer. You can't really swing that one very well in the garage. (But isn't that what backyards are for?)

[fasterblkduc]

corey, finish reading the book. Things will make a lot more sense when you're done. You can respring your forks if you are mechanical at all...seriously, it's easy.

As far as the valve kit, use your money on other things. It will be a waste. There are a lot of really fast racers that don't even have valve kits. Think of it this way...it's a mod for when you have extracted all of the performance that you can out of your forks. You are a very long way away from that...in fact, you will probably never get there by only doing trackdays...make more sense if I put it that way?

You can set up those new forks really well by respringing them, changing oil, and setting up your geometry on the bike. (read the book!  )

[corey]

  Roger that. I shall continue my read. I've done all my own work on my bike thus far, and  am not afraid to take things off (and put the back on, obviously) that are important. i trust myself just as much, if not more, than someone else. as i've learned, just gotta make sure you have the right tools.

thanks for all the info thus far guys. i will keep you all in touch with the swap as it goes along, and will of course post up if i run into problems...

one quick thing, i need to drill my axle correct? or should i just pick up one with the hole already in it? or do the 748 forks have an external adjustment down low for... rebound is it? or compression... (still learning)

[junior varsity]

Here to provide you with more resources:

Gotham Cycles for any parts you might end up needing and don't feel like waiting around on ebay for.

[corey]

Here to provide you with more resources:

Gotham Cycles for any parts you might end up needing and don't feel like waiting around on ebay for.

yea i found these guys a few weeks back when i needed to buy those damn fender mounts that i "monster trucked" as you say...
very handy... their website is nice and easy to use as well..

[rockaduc]

one quick thing, i need to drill my axle correct? or should i just pick up one with the hole already in it? or do the 748 forks have an external adjustment down low for... rebound is it? or compression... (still learning)

Pretty sure you will need to put some holes in your axle for access to the rebound circuit.

[corey]

Pretty sure you will need to put some holes in your axle for access to the rebound circuit.

thanks rockaduc, it looks like this is definitely the case. no big deal, i'm sure I can handle it. if not, i'll just buy one. maybe Ti...

[Charlief]

thanks rockaduc, it looks like this is definitely the case. no big deal, i'm sure I can handle it. if not, i'll just buy one. maybe Ti...

correct me if I'm wrong...... But I thought the bottom screw (through axle) is comp

[corey]

correct me if I'm wrong...... But I thought the bottom screw (through axle) is comp

i'm not sure... i think so though... rebound and preload are up top?

[rockaduc]

correct me if I'm wrong...... But I thought the bottom screw (through axle) is comp

you are correct.  my mistake.  I was thinking of the rear which has the rebound circuit at the bottom and the compression at the top