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Old 02-09-2008, 11:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Front Forks For 99 Legend

New Member Here, Will The Zzr1200 Forks Bolt On With-out Any Modifications To The Triump Neck.
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Old 02-10-2008, 06:47 AM   #2 (permalink)
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New Member Here, Will The Zzr1200 Forks Bolt On With-out Any Modifications To The Triump Neck.
They will fit to the Triumph neck, both 43 mm, but they are to short to fitt in a Tbird. I know for sure, a pair of ZZR forks eating dust in my garage . If the forks of a Legend are shorter, I don´t know, i dont think so, Legend height is less than Tbird but fare as I know it´s because the 17 inch frontwheel (Tbird 18) and the different subframe.
Is this question because you will use twin discs? See postings about the Trophy brakes overhere.
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Old 02-10-2008, 06:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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99 legend front forks

i like the way the heavily modified triumps are going and wanted to try something like that. double disc would be nice. the forks you got collecting dust are they in good shape and if you what are you asking for them. thanks for the first reply
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How much shorter Metisse? I fitter ZRX forks, they were shorter but worked fine.
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How much shorter Metisse? I fitter ZRX forks, they were shorter but worked fine.
Hi Mick,
ZZR 1100 forks are 30 mm shorter dan the ZRX ones,
so a bit too mutch in my opinion with original Tbird ones. (25 mm. longer then ZRX I thought)
Are you using the original ZRX springs?
How it all will work, don´t know before spring.
As you see on my picture in the brakestopic, still working on it, had to buy an other hub because i screwed the one you see on the picture
When it is arriving some work had to be done (has to be more careful) and then a specialist overhere in Holland will spoke it as well as the rear one (5.5 x 17)
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yah, sounds a bit short to me. I dont think I would want to go shorter than the ZRX without lowering the rear.

I have race-tech springs in mine - never tried the stockers, but I'm sure they would have been an improvement over the sponge-cake Triumph front end
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yah, sounds a bit short to me. I dont think I would want to go shorter than the ZRX without lowering the rear.

I have race-tech springs in mine - never tried the stockers, but I'm sure they would have been an improvement over the sponge-cake Triumph front end
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I will try first the original ones, beleve they are fitted, don´t know for sure.
The ZZR fork came with the bigger brakecilinder and the frontaxe for 100euro (beleave about 75 dollar) so it was cheap and will sale it once
ZRX forks was just the pare of it, so could use the axe and mastercilinder

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