Mario Verasso wrote on 06/13/12 at 21:47:16:Q: #1 If you find a donor bike with the same diameter fork tubes?
#2 Couldn't you just insert the tubes into the savage trees?
#3 If they were the same width would that work? I<-->I
most triple trees are actually triple *clamps* in that the tree actually clamps down on the tube. the savage doesn't do that.
Assuming you found the same diameter forks that attached to the tree in the same way, you'd have the wheel, axle, rotors, and caliper(s) to deal with afterwards. Sometimes, things magically come together and they work with just minor things like adding spacers. Most times... not so much. I'd advocate avoiding too many spacers/mounting brackets for brakes as I just don't trust them and think they add more points of failure for a vital component, but that is just me.
an entire front end swap makes the deal a lot easier. I'm putting a CBR600 front end on my XS750 for the time being until I can find a set of USD forks that'll work on it for a decent price. at which point, the cbr front end will most likely make it's way onto the savage.