Gyrobob wrote on 06/19/12 at 05:30:02:Wow. this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks large.
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!