Niehart
Pie Smuggler
What happens when your engineer friend has a 2015 FJR1300A but really likes the ES’s upside down forks?
Escapefjrtist really likes the idea and the looks of the ES upside down fork. So he priced out the parts he need to do the conversion. After reviewing the cost he decided the project was why too expensive.
You folks know what the 15A looks like but here is a picture of one anyway. This is my bike but George’s look about the same except his is much cleaner.
Our buddy, Curly Joe, Rich had a little problem with a nation forest road corner in Norther Oregon. All of a sudden the price of parts, one fork, break lines and all of the rest of the needed parts got a lot cheaper.
And yes that engine still purrs like a kitten. It took about 3 hours of work just to get stuff removed to get to this photo. Thanks George and Jimmy.
George, Jimmy and Rich started measuring parts just to see what was usable and what had to be, as my dad would say, shit canned. The complete left fork was not usable but the rest of the needed parts where so engineer George’s mind starts spinning. He went back to the parts site and came back with a smile. Parts are ordered, forks are rebuilt, steering heads are changed, break lines are changed and on and on. George had it all put together and took it for a test run last weekend. Ever thing worked, from what I have heard, a better than he expected.
It looks great and the man has some serious talent.
As my friend George would say, "It takes a village".
So Kevin, Rich, Jimmy and I were all a small part of this and it was just cool.
PS: George's talent just never ceases to amaze me.
Escapefjrtist really likes the idea and the looks of the ES upside down fork. So he priced out the parts he need to do the conversion. After reviewing the cost he decided the project was why too expensive.
You folks know what the 15A looks like but here is a picture of one anyway. This is my bike but George’s look about the same except his is much cleaner.
Our buddy, Curly Joe, Rich had a little problem with a nation forest road corner in Norther Oregon. All of a sudden the price of parts, one fork, break lines and all of the rest of the needed parts got a lot cheaper.
And yes that engine still purrs like a kitten. It took about 3 hours of work just to get stuff removed to get to this photo. Thanks George and Jimmy.
George, Jimmy and Rich started measuring parts just to see what was usable and what had to be, as my dad would say, shit canned. The complete left fork was not usable but the rest of the needed parts where so engineer George’s mind starts spinning. He went back to the parts site and came back with a smile. Parts are ordered, forks are rebuilt, steering heads are changed, break lines are changed and on and on. George had it all put together and took it for a test run last weekend. Ever thing worked, from what I have heard, a better than he expected.
It looks great and the man has some serious talent.
As my friend George would say, "It takes a village".
So Kevin, Rich, Jimmy and I were all a small part of this and it was just cool.
PS: George's talent just never ceases to amaze me.
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