..Dam do these FORKS look bent to you???...

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..Dam do these FORKS look bent to you???...

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...Dam do these FORKS look bent to you???

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Post by mgtkr1 »

lol, havent seen that in a few yrs. was it in performance bikes circa 1990's in the good ole days with john robinson/roop/forsythe/kev smith ect.
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thats interesting, does anyone have the full article?
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Post by Kr1stofer »

Excellent - Extra weight and a single disc....... :shock:

Certainly make emergency braking in traffic more exciting!
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Post by KR-1R »

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:shock: ...apparently lighter than the standard telescopics

of coarse perhaps 8 pounds of that was saved in the Marchesini and 320mm single disk... but youre right...
braking was one of the issues why it never became aftermarket...

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what's the use, if it's that ugly ](*,) :-& =; ...
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Post by KR-1R »

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it IS different...
...but you wouldnt kick it out of your garage I'm sure. :wink:
...how collectible would THAT be though?

...I'm betting youre reaching for your Linear bearing catalog right now, YON - hint 8)
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Post by ScottaKR »

I gotta agree with Jan on this one.
It's freakin hideous :-& , dosn't stop [-o< ......... So what the heck was the point of it again??? :roll:

KR-1R..... If I had that in my garage, I'd be selling it and getting a nice zxr636 USD front! :mrgreen:
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...would that be piled up next to the shredded Bimota Tesi you didnt want as well?

I'll add that to the reasons it never went anywhere then...

1. Cost - of the custom lightweight wheel / hub.
2. Modifications to headstock - the stem size had to be beefed up for the asymetric loads.
3. Peformance - better road feedback, worse for braking
4. Appearance - breaking 100 years of telescopic tradition.

...at least they did it on a KR and not an RGV - thats enough for me to like it :!:

Yokohama 003's - they were the SHIZZLE ^^^^^^ man :P

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Post by mgtkr1 »

oh, theres no denying its not pretty but in a weird way, it looks kinda trick. maybe the wp shock/marchensini components sway my opinion but id love to have that and get it so it is actually BETTER all round than just better in a few areas. with todays braking tech ie radial this n that i think its possible. im sure the fact it only has a single 320mm disc isnt the only reasonm behind the ''poor'' braking ability. would definitly turn heads at a club race on a kr, why it turns heads is another matter!!
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Post by col »

i'm sure modern dics/radial calipers would improve the braking now.
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