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Hobbies & Interests => Two Wheel Forum => Topic started by: theking on October 17, 2011, 06:59:45 PM

Title: What so special about the forks?
Post by: theking on October 17, 2011, 06:59:45 PM

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc24/alex_ccp/DSC_0530.jpg)

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: Toua on October 17, 2011, 09:28:19 PM

more adjustable features? i never quite understood why those ohlins forks are so sexpensive..

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: Finest on October 17, 2011, 09:28:29 PM

That's not a 675R is it?   ???  :idiot2:

Looks like an older 675.  2009, maybe?  The front forks don't look like an Ohlins piece (usually upper is all gold), but also doesn't look stock.  

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: theking on October 18, 2011, 11:46:19 PM

Dude lowered his bike so in order to reduce suspension travel, he cut the lower part of the fork sleeve of a Daytona like the one pictured below and put it on top of the caliper bracket on his bike. If the suspension travel is not reduce to compensate the lowering, the nose of the front fairing and fender can make contact when it bottoms out and cause cosmetic damages.

(http://www.ratsclub.com/07Daytona675.jpg)

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: Finest on October 19, 2011, 12:08:05 AM

WTH?!  I noticed the random gold ring piece around the top of the caliper bracket, but would have never figured that it was cut from another stock piece?  Now I see it, so he's basically limiting his suspension travel by installing a diy "bumpstop"?   :idiot2:

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: yuknowthat on October 22, 2011, 02:08:39 PM

Quote from: theking on October 17, 2011, 06:59:45 PM

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc24/alex_ccp/DSC_0530.jpg)

idk but it's one sexy beast!

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: theking on October 22, 2011, 03:28:15 PM

Probably belong to a short Asian dude that would rather lowered it instead of keeping clearance and agility optimum by learning how to ride with one foot down.  ???

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: yuknowthat on October 22, 2011, 03:36:28 PM

Quote from: theking on October 22, 2011, 03:28:15 PM

Probably belong to a short Asian dude that would rather lowered it instead of keeping clearance and agility optimum by learning how to ride with one foot down.  ???

;D

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: Finest on October 24, 2011, 10:30:07 AM

The blue rims, and fake 675R sticker tells me it's a color blind short asian rider.   :2funny:

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: Vangpao on January 02, 2012, 06:13:10 PM

Quote from: theking on October 18, 2011, 11:46:19 PM

Dude lowered his bike so in order to reduce suspension travel, he cut the lower part of the fork sleeve of a Daytona like the one pictured below and put it on top of the caliper bracket on his bike. If the suspension travel is not reduce to compensate the lowering, the nose of the front fairing and fender can make contact when it bottoms out and cause cosmetic damages.

(http://www.ratsclub.com/07Daytona675.jpg)

I'd worry more about bottoming the wheel into the radiator under hard braking first.

Title: Re: What so special about the forks?
Post by: Vangpao on January 02, 2012, 06:18:31 PM

Quote from: theking on October 17, 2011, 06:59:45 PM

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc24/alex_ccp/DSC_0530.jpg)

What's so special?
On that model, those forks and rear shock should be:

(http://carbon-trader.com/images/stickers/new-stick/OHLINS/OHLINS-LG-YEL-TEXT-500.jpg)

Minus the race springs, of course.
Who took off the anodized coating on the uppers though?

Unless that's just a basic Daytona with different model numbers pasted to the fairings and it's running a "Big Piston" fork.