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I cant wrench, and I don't try to pose like I do. my friends do my work for me and I take care of them. I want to know what I would get myself into with this, my buddy bought a 2016- 48 and is taking off the front end, forks ect... he said I can have them. my question is, if I just want the bigger forks, do I have to buy new triple trees? would I use his? will I have to make any mods for the tire setup I already have? whats going to be involved? should I make sure I just take the whole front end? & swap the parts I have on my 2014 to the new front end, handlebars, custom fork bolts, headlight ect...or can I just take the forks? I also have aftermarket rims, would I need new hubs?
any ideas?
You would need the whole front end off of his bike including triple trees. Your axle/hub should still be a 25mm unless you changed that when you went with your aftermarket wheel.
If he's willing to part with the whole front end I'd take it. It'll be a lot less of a headache than trying to piece what works and what doesn't.
I know when I looked at that for my bike at my work I pretty much had to replace everything. Even with my discount its still a crap ton of money.
ok thanks. that's what I thought. I don't want to go through having to figure out what fits and what don't. I also don't want the bike to be down for a month. I need the whole front end.
If you don't end up using it can he give it to me instead?!
Is he taking off everything including the triple trees? From what I understand the triple trees will still mount up to your bike and that will allow you to use the whole front end.
I'm going over to the shop today, we'll check out the little stuff which always keeps the bike down a lot longer than you thought. i'll see if I want to do it now or wait until sept.
so this looks like a September project. I don't want to deal with the downtime during the summer ride time. they are nice though...going to take the whole front end, switch out the handlebars, grips, headlight, ect...not sure if the front brake setup is going to have to be swapped over also, i'll find out in sept.
I think he's selling the rims also if anyone is interested, with the Michelins, he already has a set of spokes for the bike, has no use for the mags.
You would need the whole front end off of his bike including triple trees. Your axle/hub should still be a 25mm unless you changed that when you went with your aftermarket wheel.
If he's willing to part with the whole front end I'd take it. It'll be a lot less of a headache than trying to piece what works and what doesn't.
I know when I looked at that for my bike at my work I pretty much had to replace everything. Even with my discount its still a crap ton of money.
I'm curious because I would like to do this myself. What's a "ton of money"? $2000?, $3000?
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swapping a 2014 forty eight fork with a 2016?
