Nathan's motorcycles.....

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[flyingbrick]

She ain't no custom bobber, but I still get a bit of satisfaction out of this.

Another KG saved off the front end. The factory top yoke is a two piece unit with a bottom plate that ties the forks together and then a top plate that holds the handlebars. The two items are bolted together with big bolts and isolation bushes (I don't seem to have pics of the bottom plate)

So that's now been replaced with the new billet aluminium item which is one piece so saves just over 1kg and looks cool too.

That's well over 2kg saved off the front when you include the CF bars.

The new top yoke also has another benefit. The factory setup does not allow any lowering of the bike by sliding the tubes upwards. The new yoke has relocated bar mounts and holes right through, so to increase steering response I have lowered the front of the bike 7mm. This moves weight to the front and steepens the fork angle.

Some guys lift the rear 1 or 2 inches to do the same thing, but I'd hate to increase the seat height and make it harder to handle with legs down.

Also fitted a hydraulic brake switch banjo bolt on the rear as I had no switch since doing the rearsets.

 

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Finally got the bike totally buttoned up and out for a test ride. HUGE difference to how willing it is to change direction- really impressive how a tiny alteration (I thought 7mm down up front was strangely specific) can change so much.

Also gave it a wash, clay bar (It pays not to get confused) and wax. 

 

 

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