12-05-15, 09:00 AM
After half a dozen unsuccessful bids I have finally got a set of R1 5PW forks for my front end conversion. They are gold, and black would have looked better but otherwise happy days.
Anyway, I am likely to be waiting a while for either a custom yoke set or for Devilsyam's steering stem so I am thinking of getting the forks sent off for set up. I know it would be best to wait until they are fitted but it would be great to have everything in place so I the bike is useable as soon as it is bolted together.
Has anyone running R1 forks done this? Did you need to go up or down from std springs? I have the std FZS forks set up with 9.5nm springs and weigh about 13 st with kit.