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

[corey]

I've also noticed a small "wear" spot on the one fork i bought. It doesn't look like a scuff from a drop, but rather a spot that was worn a little flat and POLISHED shiny by something rubbing... I'm thinking a brake line or speedo cable, or something smooth, but i don't know much about what's up there on a 748... any thoughts? It is on the 53mm part of the fork, below where the bottom triple would be... Not the girthiest part of the fork, but not the narrowest either.
These photos should help, but make the mark look alot deeper than it really is. You can see some residue as well, doesn't look like tarmac to me... The forks seem very straight, and compress and rebound very smoothly and consistently, even from one fork to the other. I'm hoping it's just wear from a brake line or speedo cable like i think it is...





It's like two rub marks, totaling about 3 inches in length (or one olive garden gift card... closest measuring device i had).
The worse of the two is about 3/4" in length, by about 5/16th" in width at the widest point.

thoughts please, i hope these forks aren't a zonk.
the scuff doesn't bother me so much visually, as I can just turn it to the back/inside-ish when i mount it...

also, since this started page 5, please see page 4 for my question about fork oil.

[Speeddog]

Looks like a wear mark from a brake line.
Also possibly the speedo cable.

Which leg is it on?

[corey]

Glad you said that... I'm not sure what leg it's on, as i received the forks off the bike... is there a way to tell?
The marks had some black residue, which leads me to think speedo cable, as I would imagine that the brake lines were probably braided stainless with clear overwrap?

[Speeddog]

Pretty sure the SBK's have the brake line going down on the right side, and speedo cable on the left.

The lower casting that the calipers bolt to will tell you left/right leg.

[corey]

Wow. that's easy. It's the right leg.

[fasterblkduc]

Next question... fluid/oil... what weight fork oil do i need? what brand fluid? i have no clue on this, as i couldn't find much in my book about fluid choices...

Did you buy the springs from Racetech? They have a very good Tech. call line. Call them and tell them what you are doing, and what type of riding you are doing. They will give you a recommended fluid weight, and level.

The thicker the fluid, the slower the compression and rebound. You have adjustments for that but you want a starting point. You will probably want around a 5W.

[corey]

Did you buy the springs from Racetech? They have a very good Tech. call line. Call them and tell them what you are doing, and what type of riding you are doing. They will give you a recommended fluid weight, and level.

The thicker the fluid, the slower the compression and rebound. You have adjustments for that but you want a starting point. You will probably want around a 5W.

Haven't bought the springs yet, but was planning to use RT. Thanks for the baseline. I'm sure they will be able to get me all situated.

[corey]

Well, as the new title says.... Some fancy TiNi 999 forks on the way... Thanks to Theo
If anyone knows anything about these forks that might stall my progress... let me know
I'm already aware of the fender mount differences 

[rockaduc]

Also check caliper mount spacing.

[TAftonomos]

I should have the forks off and packed up tomorrow Corey   I'm going to see if I can't get the triples off the monster as well at the same time.  Might just ship the forks first, triples to follow shortly after.

[corey]

Also check caliper mount spacing.

Yea i had looked into this, it seems like there may be some differences in rotor offset/pinch, i believe the 999 caliper mounts end up putting the calipers about 5mm further out from the rotor? As long as it doesn't move them CLOSER, which it don't think it can because the rotors on the bike have zero offset, then i'm not worries. My brother has a mill, so we are going to be machining some small spacers as far as mount spacing goes, these are the proper 65mm mounts.

I should have the forks off and packed up tomorrow Corey  I'm going to see if I can't get the triples off the monster as well at the same time.  Might just ship the forks first, triples to follow shortly after.

take your time man, if you want to ship them together, that's fine. i'm not getting to this any time soon. we are snowed in hard core, with more coming down right now. appreciate the commitment though!

[goldFiSh]

Send Hooligan Machinist a PM - he made some not so long ago, and may have some spare sets of 5mm spacer. I got mine a little while back and he's done an awesome job on them.

[corey]

Send Hooligan Machinist a PM - he made some not so long ago, and may have some spare sets of 5mm spacer. I got mine a little while back and he's done an awesome job on them.

Thanks for the heads up! PM Sent.

[greenmonster]

thoughts please, i hope these forks aren't a zonk.

Like all said, just wear marks.
Have worse on mine, just mount them so marks are towards front cylinder,
like a 45 degree angle . I haven`t noticed my marks f years now.

[corey]

Like all said, just wear marks.
Have worse on mine, just mount them so marks are towards front cylinder,
like a 45 degree angle . I haven`t noticed my marks f years now.

got some different forks now