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Forks from the donor bike, an '83 model, have a turned down section between upper and lower yokes which make fitting clip-ons problematic:
Problem fixed by finding later '85 model forks:
Which have the added advantage of having caliper mounting lugs with 83mm centres to enable fitting 4 piston calipers to replace the original single piston units.
The calipers are from the Japanese market only FZR250 but I managed to find some at a wreckers:
Both the calipers and the '85 forks will need a fair bit of refurbishment but it will be a worthwhile effort.
Crazy, this is one of those threads that I watch for the update constantly. I may not reply all the time, but your project does bring a smile to my face every time.
Glad you like it Rich - I was particularly lucky to find the calipers, I have never seen an FZR250 as they would have had to be brought to Oz as a grey import.
There was one here for sale about 4 months ago and I would have bought it had I the $$$. Grey market here as well. We are lucky that anything over 15 years old can be imported and registered. Nice build.
This is going to be one of those builds that is going to keep us captivated and come out superb at the end. I can tell already. Can't wait to see it progress
While waiting for to get frame, crankcase, and barrels back from the engineer making the chambers (he does beautiful work but slowly) I started on polishing some of the billet pieces.
The aim is for a satin finish just short of a mirror gloss.
Before:
and:
It will probably a while before the finished result!
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