Featured Daytona 900 Cafe racer project (CRK kit)

May take a while for the mortgage to come through to go the Ohlins route

I thought you were selling yours - have you decided to keep it or are you building another one??

 

yes the way i see it - its going to be a lot of effort no matter which way you go so you may as well do it properly.

Trying to find out if any of the Ohlins options would work and what it would take to get a bill of materials and can go form there.

Anything is possible mechanically - its just the financial part that's hard

 

But will they fit??

T300's run unusually long 820mm forks on the front. Then you have to think about having caliper mounts, spindle size, yolk offset all to align for it to work. Chances of that are pretty slim but even if they do you would still be left with second hand stuff that would probably require a bit of work to be at their best and still be old technology seeing as though they are the same age as our bike anyway.

My dad always used to say - I dont want to buy another mans problems

So far the closest thing spec wise seems to be the Triumph Tiger 1050 as they are the correct length and have the correct caliper mounts. May still require triple tree work though depending on rake angle though but that information is really hard to come by as it is not normally published.

Think this is gong to take some serious engineering any way you decide to go.

 

Thanks guys - believe me I have been doing all sorts of research and it definitely does not look like an easy job unless you have access to a very good machine shop and a thick wallet.

Think i am finding most difficult is getting all the correct info like fork length and yolk offset to try and find the best match. Does not look like anything will just go in so have to be very careful with where you start otherwise its going to require a lot of custom parts.

I love that Rocket Bike (Legend) but that guy owns hi own engineering firm so you can imagine how much work has gone into that. Looks awesome though.

I will keep you all updated but first up will be the carbs/dyno and coil upgrades.

Cheers
CH

 

I am making an appointment to go and see this man ...






Started off as a Trophy 900 and he seems to have done a lot of the stuff I would like to do.

Ill let you know how it goes!

 

Hi all,

I have finally made up my mind and am ready to embark on the second phase of this build:

I spent some time with the boys at DynoTech last week and got the new carbs and coils fitted. Although we didn't get any more power out of her (this was not the aim) we did really sort out the power curve and the air/fuel mixture and she is running even better than she did before!!



The next step is to change out the front end. After much deliberation I have opted not to go down the USD route. Firstly the amount of work/cost required is just going to be beyond my reach and I also think it will change the character of the bike too much. I have therefore decided to stick with RWU forks and have gone for these ...




This wont require too much work as they are 800mm long and have 43mm tubes. I already managed to track down the Axial brake adaptors via trustry Fleabay so its just speedo and fender mounts to sort.

I then want to drop the head profile as I am not a big fan of the gauges sitting so high up. The side profile of the bike just doesn't work for me and finally managed to track down the unit that should sort this for me.



I will be putting a slightly different multifunction gauge in but you get the idea.

The rear will the also be getting some loving and have Mark building me a custom rear shock to even things out ....



This will be a winter job though as i will get the swing arm powder coated and replace all the bearings at the same time.

Will update once i have the bits and start fettling!!

 

They are a standard part :

Ohlins Retro 43 (FG620/621) - 43mm Conventional/RWU Forks

so there are many places you can get them from. (620 is gold and 621 is black)

I am however getting mine from Mark at MHRacing - he is the Ohlins whisperer and apparently what he doesn't know about suspension isin't worth knowing!

PS: brace yourself before you search for the cost