Several assorted questions!

[sear]

Hi everyone,
Considering a few more upgrades to the revere so have a couple of Qs to ask everyone,


Firstly, are CBR600 fork lowers and Deauville fork lowers more or less the same except for the mudguard mounts, so the spindle size and distance is the same and the caliper mounts are the same (as in, F2 CBR forks and pre link deauvilles, so the brembo calipered deauvilles)

Would this mean that I could effectively mix and match with CBR forks and deauville brembo calipers on NTV stanchions with a CBR wheel?

My other option that I'm considering is early blade forks, when they still had the mechanical speedo drive, but Ill see about that. Potentially, 1992-1995 blade lowers (if they are 41mm stanchions, have a feeling they're 43mm) with a CBR600 front wheel (blade wheels were 16 inch) with nissin 4 pot solid mount calipers. I want to get away from sliding calipers really if I'm spending money on the upgrade but might make do, seeing as there are CBR600 lowers for £30 on the bay right now!

Just starting to realise how badly the forks twist with the single disk so the double disk front end really needs to be the next step! The bike tracks to the left under heavy braking which is pretty disconcerting.

My current shopping list is:

New fork lowers (deauville or CBR currently, but fireblade would be nice)
New calipers (If the deauville and CBR are interchangeable, I will go with early dvill brembos, if not then will try and perhaps get a set of Nissins of a vfr800, de link them and use them instead)
V600f2 front wheel, discs and rubber
Spindle and spacers from an f2

I already have a 14mm nissin MC which is just the job, will need one more braided hose, gonna be expensive!

Also, with fuel exhausts, can you still remove the rear wheel without taking the exhaust off?

Thanks!

[rj2para (Bisto)]

Hi Sear,

This may be worth a read, if you have not seen it yet.

www.hondantv.co.uk/nthatsawkwardsforks.php

[odie]

when lenghtening your wiring to the bars stagger it, don't have all the soldered joints at the same place, also solder the joints to lenghten don't use crimps and the cover the soldered joints with heat shrink of the right size for the wire, all of this is available at

www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/home/homepage.php

don't buy wire or any thing other than connectors and heat shrink from them as they are mega expensive on every thing else.
Rick

[sear]

Yeah I've read that, just trying to establish whether I can interchange calipers between the CBR forks and the Deauville fork lowers, they look the same, but I know that is likely to be deceiving so wondering if that's akward compared the two fork legs.

I won't be raising the bars, Im keeping the NTV stanchions so I don't have to lose the 2 piece bars, just slotting on new lowers with a new brake setup, so wiring will stay the same.

[odie]

the calipers and hanging brackets split, check to see if they are the same, odds on the main body of the caliper will be the same, will be just the hanging bracket that may be different, easy fix, swop the hanging braket!