T4NG
XS650 Member
Hey All,
Long-time lurker here and looking to see if anyone can give some advice on fork issues. Currently I have a 1975 XS 650 and my fork tubes after removal have been bent and become unusable. Ebay is pretty much void of any viable replacements,same for CL and mikesXS, but they do have a listed 73 fork, issue here is I only really need the tubes but I hear the triple tree needs to be specific for the 73 as well but is that true for the fork lowers also?
Essentially I'm looking into swapping my 75 front fork for a 73 but keeping my original lowers so that I don't have to get a new caliper and brake rotor + wheel to accommodate the older fork (or would I even need to??).
If anyone has experience with this or recommendations please let me know what you thinking. Also checked franks fork tubes page and the guy wants $375 for a set and at that point I think i might as well do a gsxr fork conversion.
Long-time lurker here and looking to see if anyone can give some advice on fork issues. Currently I have a 1975 XS 650 and my fork tubes after removal have been bent and become unusable. Ebay is pretty much void of any viable replacements,same for CL and mikesXS, but they do have a listed 73 fork, issue here is I only really need the tubes but I hear the triple tree needs to be specific for the 73 as well but is that true for the fork lowers also?
Essentially I'm looking into swapping my 75 front fork for a 73 but keeping my original lowers so that I don't have to get a new caliper and brake rotor + wheel to accommodate the older fork (or would I even need to??).
If anyone has experience with this or recommendations please let me know what you thinking. Also checked franks fork tubes page and the guy wants $375 for a set and at that point I think i might as well do a gsxr fork conversion.