$4K worth of parts?  that's scary !   my Savage only cost $ 4,400 new. Kind of makes me remember why I only buy Japanese bikes, and my Savage is the best of all . If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem

Yeah there’s something to be said about dinosaurs. One reason I drove a 1967 Econoline between 91 and 06 was because I could fix just about anything that went wrong with it. It was such a simple machine it wasn’t much more than a horse wagon with an engine.

I imagine that if we got hit with a strategic EMP attack the old LS650 would be among the few modern bikes that we could make run again. Retrofit some points and a couple old selenium rectifiers and you’d be one of them post apocalyptic bikers from Mad Max stealing gas anywhere you could find it.

On the bright side having the Duck back on the road means my plans for Thumpy can carry on. I couldn’t have both bikes off the road.

Anyway as for gixxer forks it’s looking really pricey and short on information in regards to swapping.
The VZ800 fork swap is known and documented enough to be a fork swapping for dummies (like me) book.
So I’m gonna go with them. I’ll be ordering a set this week.

Since this topic has been dragged off a bit.....I might as well post what I found out last night about Ducati from my local Old Biker Trash dinner last night.  These guys have owned and still own a stable full of Euro bikes, and when we arrive there are always Triumph, Norton, Ducati, BMW, Guzzi and Ural bikes....and some other really unique bikes that include what may be the only Yamaha MT01 in the United States (brought into the US by a Canadian in the military who brought it with him when he moved to the US).

The fellow that currently has a late model Ducati Multi-Strada has been experiencing fuel sender issues ever since the bike was new.  Evidently the sender uses a plastic float that slides up/down on a rod with sensors that identify the height of the float.  The float is made out of nylon, and the ethanol fuel causes it to swell and get stuck on the sensor rod....and ultimately it starts sending out error codes and lights up the dash.  The dealer has replaced 3 of them, and now it has happened again and Ducati won't replace it this time.  Evidently there is a new sender that is made in Japan that will resolve the problem - but the dealer stock is still the old model that creates the problem.  He loves the bike - but not the dealer or Ducati, and although he currently owns 2 Ducati's he said he was not likely to buy another one.

The other fellow has a Ducati Scrambler....and it has been trouble free and a joy to ride - it is his choice when he needs to ride in downtown areas as it is pretty light and nimble.  He has no negative experiences with Ducati.

If you already own one.....I am not sure if you will have a lot of luck trading in or selling it at anywhere close to what you paid for it - it might be a bike you just need to keep and own and ride until it can't be economically maintained anymore (or you just begin to hate it).