I'd like to check into a dual disc setup for the RYCA build I'm doing.  ARe there any bikes that have 38 mm forks with relatively small dual disc brakes?

LANCER wrote on 06/18/12 at 16:38:46:


I'll bet one or two of those models would have used 38mm fork tubes as well.  It would be cool to stay within the Suzuki family, eh?

[quote author=3F2C3B3A25282E2C2778490 link=1340055103/0#3 date=1340064856]Gyrobob wrote on 06/18/12 at 16:48:33:


Drat.  Got any suggestions?  How about the early Intruders?

if you WERE going to do just a fork swap, i found a list of fork diameters here:
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=20950.0

doesn't look like it takes the last 10 years into account though.

Code:

38 Honda CR-125R (81-83)
38 Honda XR-250R (84-85)
38 Kawasaki KX-80R2/R3/R4/R5/R6/R7 (92-97)
38 Kawasaki KX-125 A6-A7 (80-81)
38 Kawasaki KDX-200 A1-A3 (83-85)
38 Kawasaki KX-250 A5-A7 (79-81)
38 Kawasaki KDX-400 A1-A2 (79-80)
38 Kawasaki KX-420 A1-A2 (80-81)
38 Kawasaki KL-600A1 "KLR" (84)
38 Kawasaki ZX-600C1-C6 "Ninja" (88-93)
38 Kawasaki ZX-600C7-C10 "Ninja 600R" (94-97)
38 Kawasaki KL-650A1-A18 "KLR650" (87-04)
38 Kawasaki VN-700A1 "Vulcan" (85)
38 Kawasaki VN-750A2-A20 "Vulcan" (86-04)
38 Kawasaki ZX-750F1-F4 "Ninja" (87-90)
38 Kawasaki ZL-900A1/A2 "Eliminator" (85-86)
38 Kawasaki ZX-900A1-A3 "Ninja" (84-86)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000C1-C4 "Police" (78-81)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000J1-J3 (81-83)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000K1/K2 "Ltd" (81-82)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000P1-P20 "Police" (82-01)
38 Kawasaki ZL-1000A1 (87)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1100A1-A3 (81-83)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1100B1/B2 "GP" (81-82)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1100D1/D2 "Spectre" (82-83)
38 Kawasaki ZN-1100B1/B2 "Ltd" (84-85)
38 Suzuki RM-125 N/T/X/Z (79-82)
38 Suzuki RM-125 D (83)
38 Suzuki PE-175 Z/D/E (82-84)
38 Suzuki RM-250 N/T/X/Z (79-82)
38 Suzuki RM-400N/T (79-80)
38 Suzuki LS-650 FG/PG/FH/PH/PJ (86-88 )
38 Suzuki LS-650 PS/PT/PV/PW/PX/PY/PK1/PK2/PK3 "Savage"
(95-03)
38 Yamaha YZ-125 H/J/K (81-83)
38 Yamaha IT-175 J (82)
38 Yamaha IT-175 K (83)
38 Yamaha IT-250 H/J (81-82)
38 Yamaha YZ-250 D/E/F/G (77-80)
38 Yamaha FZR-400 U/SUC/W/SWC (88-89)
38 Yamaha FZR-400 A/SAC (90)
38 Yamaha YZ-400 D/E/F (77-79)
38 Yamaha IT-465 H (81)
38 Yamaha IT-465 J (82)
38 Yamaha YZ-465 G (80)
38 Yamaha XT-550 J/K (82-83)
38 Yamaha FZR-600 W/WC/AC/B/BC (89-91)
38 Yamaha FZR-600 RA/RAC/RB/***/RD/RDC/RE/REC (90-93)
38 Yamaha FZR-600 RF/RFC/RG/RGC/RH/RHC/RJ/RJC (94-97)
38 Yamaha XJ-600 SD/SDC/SE/SEC/SF/SFC/SG/SGC "Seca II" (92-96)

38 Yamaha XJ-600 SH/SHC/SJ/SJC "Seca II" (96-97)
38 Yamaha FZX-700S/SC/T/TC (86-87)
38 Yamaha XJ-700N/NC/S/SC "Maxim" (85-86)
38 Yamaha XJ-700 XN/XNC/XS/XSC "Maxim" (85-86)
38 Yamaha XV-700L/LC/N/NC "Virago" (84-85)
38 Yamaha XV-700CS/CSC/CT/CTC "Virago" (86-87)
38 Yamaha XV-700 J1/J1C (97)
38 Yamaha XV-750 U/UC/W/WC/A/AC/B/BC "Virago" (88-91)
38 Yamaha XV-750 D/DC/E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H1/H1C/J1/J1C "Virago"
(92-97)
38 Yamaha XV-1000 L/LC/N/NC "Virago" (84-85)
38 Yamaha XV-1100 S/SC/T/TC/U/UC "Virago" (86-88 )
38 Yamaha XV-1100 W/WC/A/AC/B/BC/D/DC/E/EC "Virago" (89-93)
38 Yamaha XV-1100 F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC "Virago" (94-97) 

I think SpacePirate is right; if you realy want to do it, your best bet is a front end conversion. You'd not only get the brakes, but upgraded suspension and other goodies as well depending on what you chose as a donor bike.
Imagine your RYCA bike with a SV650 front end? Or GSXR?
It might be overkill on a bike like your RYCA, but it would definitely stand out!!

Gyrobob wrote on 06/19/12 at 05:30:02:



Sorry it isn't exactly the news you wanted, but it isn't so bad. Finding an entire front end is rather annoying; no one on ebay sells them that way. I found a cheap parts bike on my local craigslist and just walked away with the front end.

Eventually (ha, like two years...) I plan on taking the CBR front end and putting that on the savage and getting some USD forks for the XS.

Don't forget that the allballs site is only the steering stem. I was kind of put out when there weren't a lot of USD forks available, but all you need is a triple clamp that will fit the steering stem with the right diameter for the new forks, and I think USD forks are fairly standard.

... so what I'm saying is that with a touch of research you can get pretty darn creative and have a lot of options here. USD forks on a savage (even a ryca) sounds like massive overkill to me though.

then again two sayings i live by:
go big or go home
too much is too much, but WAY too much is just right  

if you do end up messing around with this stuff, i do hope you'll be kind enough to post pictures!

Of those mentioned above the FZR600 or ZX600 would be best bests as the triple trees will be setup for clipons if you are going that direction. I wish I had better access to a motorcycle wrecker to check these fits out.

Ive seen front ends for these anywhere from around 200 to 400 bucks.

Somebody, (and I mean somebody wicked smart, like Verslagen or Lancer...) just posted something about those old drum brake outfits being compatible somehow with the Savage.
That would certainly look the part on my pseudo-vintage roadster thing-a-ma-jig, but right now I just want to get her in my hands and on the road.

I'd love to know more about that idea; more specifics, and has antone ACTUALLY done it? Or is it all just conjecture?