Taximans project

[taximan]

What matters is what it's worth to you.
Totally agree mate, its worth a million £/$/E to me and that's all that matters.

I find the stiffener is a good one too, but it bereaves the stanchions of their protectors. Maybe you find a solution for this (if you care).
I care but TBH it never crossed my mind until now. On a standard yoke there is more than 50% of the stanchion which is un-protected at ride height anyway. My inner gap between bottom yoke and brace/stiffener is now 150mm (I guess 50mm more with standard yokes) and the protection height of the protector is 60mm. So technically I have only lost 10mm of protection. They don't protect 100% of the stanchions anyway, so in my case hardly anything to lose.    

[Andre]

What matters is what it's worth to you.
Totally agree mate, its worth a million £/$/E to me and that's all that matters.

I find the stiffener is a good one too, but it bereaves the stanchions of their protectors. Maybe you find a solution for this (if you care).
I care but TBH it never crossed my mind until now. On a standard yoke there is more than 50% of the stanchion which is un-protected at ride height anyway. My inner gap between bottom yoke and brace/stiffener is now 150mm (I guess 50mm more with standard yokes) and the protection height of the protector is 60mm. So technically I have only lost 10mm of protection. They don't protect 100% of the stanchions anyway, so in my case hardly anything to lose.    

Rider sag for me is 42mm (before adjusting it was 51mm). With the protector height of 60mm it adds up to 102mm (111mm). The total possible front suspension stroke is 130mm. This means that on the original only 28mm (19mm) are not protected where it counts. Getting dirt and chipping in the area that sees most of the gliding in normal use does reduce the live span of the fork's wearable parts. But than, it can all be replaced when needed 

[VladTepes]

Impressive.

[Red Biker]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Them yokes and "fork stiffener" -WOW

Did the frame check out ok?

Yes Andre, everything is all true/perfect now. Original handle bars were approx 5mm off to the left rear and local top mechanic diagnosed bottom yoke, TBH I was worried cuz Suzuki wanted £408 for a new bottom one. Went with the Billet USD top and bottom yokes drilled to fit standard forks for £430. Similar price but very chunky to suit the bike. The yokes are the first thing most bikers zoom in on lol. Im well proud.

Final jobs over winter is to spray the wheels in K4 B/W and the grab rail and calipers in blue. I know the bikes are worth more as standard but I go for looks and I love a lot of the after market stuff.

Nice work Taximan,
It's always interesting to hear people discuss mods versus standard, personally I looked for one that had the mods I liked therefore saving money, but I guess standard is a blank canvass and there is so much you can do to them to improve them and it doesn't cost a fortune.

One thing I really really couldn't live with are the standard bazookers 

Cheers
Red

[taximan]

One thing I really really couldn't live with are the standard bazookers 

Totally agree mate and for £90 a can they sound fantastic. I actually enjoyed the polishing too even though I was a virgin at it.

[Speedy1959]

Your lack of fork protectors is now solved..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSX1400-02-07-K2-K7-FORK-OIL-SEAL-AND-DUST-SEAL-WITH-PROTECTOR-KIT-/281262034207?hash=item417c860d1f:m:mDPt18vvmhJcxr38NtDWCIQ