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Modern forks and swing arms can be had on ebay for very reasonable prices with a little hunting. I bought a freshly rebuilt set of 04 zx10 forks for 250 bucks. Triples can be had for under a hundred. Wheels, another 250 and a swingarm with shock can be bought for about another 250. Then you'll need an offset sprocket for about fifty and a some steering bearings for another fifty or so. Now you'll need controls, clip ons, spacers, some machining....

You can probably do it that way for under 1500, maybe a grand with a little luck.

Don't forget the progressive springs you can buy for the stock front forks. That is a great and cheap mod, and Jim Hinshaw at http://www.fastfromthepast.com have them I think. I also have the front forks air pressurized.
Using 18 front wheel and also lower the front end/lifting the rear end helps a lot regarding turn in.

Good rear shocks and a needle bearing alu swinger ( I use a modded 1100 Katana swinger, that is 35mm shorter than stock H2B, and about 25mm longer than a stock H2/A) with modern radial tyres on a moderate wide rear rim are VERY noticable. I use 160 rear tyre, and NO WAY a skinny 110-120 diagonal type rear tyre with stock steel roundbar swinger can handle the speed I can do in turns.

..j.

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72 H2, 72 H1B, 74 H2, 74 H2 Cafê Racer, 71 F8 Bison

Jorgen, your chicken strips are just as wide as mine man!

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72 H2, 72 H1B, 74 H2, 74 H2 Cafê Racer, 71 F8 Bison

The mod triple calendar... I stared at your bike for a month!

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Oh crap, I'm busted. I can see them too........ I'm a chicken

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72 H2, 72 H1B, 74 H2, 74 H2 Cafê Racer, 71 F8 Bison

Frack - now I have to go look..... Meh - not so bad, you could always say you live in Florida (no turns there just straight lines)

But the mods calendar gives a lot of examples for this thread.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Chicken strips really don't count for you, Barry. You have that big tire on a narrow rim. My 130 rear tire on a 3" Lester has no chicken strips, but on a stock rim it would.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

yes it's Rod.

When I say needle bearing on the swing arm, it's with the genuine one, there're some kits to put genuine swing arm with needle bearing: perfect

As far as the original post goes, the FZR600 forks and swingarm seem to be the hot ticket.

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