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Offline blackbandit

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Busa front forks on a Bandit
« on: April 06, 2007, 03:15:25 AM »
right fellas its been a while so hello to all you once again in 2007
 im putting a busa front end on my 98 b12 is there any way i can use the bandit front wheel to keep using the clocks as speedo is run of the front ???
and what if any one has used as lock stops cos the busa are so much wider on the bottom yolk ???
thanks im off to work now any advice/tips would be most welcome  :wink:
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Offline Red01

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Busa front forks on a Bandit
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2007, 11:23:52 AM »
Is your avatar from Joe Bar Team, or some other cartoon series?
Either way,  :bigok:

As to your question, one person here is doing the Busa FE swap and I don't think he's addressed that yet.

Click here and see gdavis2265's post at the bottom, he's done the Busa FE swap.

It is something that's been dealt with on GSXR FE swaps too, so here's some more reading material for you:

B4 Front End Swaps

Front End Swaps

(The above two are in the 400/250 section, but they use the same candidates for swapping as the bigger Bandits and have the same length steering stem, so what applies to them, applies to the bigger ones, too.)

This one has some pictures of the mods done to the triples to make the steering stops and ignition switch fit in a GSXR1100 set of triples.

Upside Down Forks and clipons who's done it

If you haven't bought the front end yet, you might want to consider the longer GSXR1100 fork. The Busa fork is quite a bit shorter than the B12 fork, where the GSXR1100 is about the same.
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Offline Banditofdoom

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Busa front forks on a Bandit
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2007, 03:32:25 PM »
I have a full swap on my '01, but im using rubber stops on the frame instead of extending the stop on the lower triple.

I have no advice on the wheel swap, as i swapped the entire bit. Let us know how it works out!  :beers:
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Offline blackbandit

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Busa front forks on a Bandit
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2007, 05:13:34 AM »
i also have the full busa front end it would of been good to use the clocks if possible looks like im gonna need to use a acewel or vapor clocks  
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