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    Front End Choices

    For my repair, I've got the choice of the 35mm forks and triples from an '82 750E and the 37mm forks and triples from an '80 1000.

    Obviously the 37mm forks are more desireable, but would that be counteracted by the older design on the '80 tripletrees?
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    #2
    Does this make sense? Am I being clear?

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      #3
      both will get you by, and since your little crash and burn you probly won't be scraping pegs any time soon, if the 82' 750 forks have preload adjustabily and rebound adjustment, then i would go with them, if not go with the 80' 1000 forks. are you a big man? 250+? if not stay with the smaller more adjustable forks, you really won't notice 2mm of differance in stiffness unless you are running the bike on the ragged edge or are a really big man. the 1000 used bigger forks cause it has a heavier motor is all really.
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        #4
        Originally posted by first timer View Post
        both will get you by, and since your little crash and burn you probly won't be scraping pegs any time soon, if the 82' 750 forks have preload adjustabily and rebound adjustment, then i would go with them, if not go with the 80' 1000 forks. are you a big man? 250+? if not stay with the smaller more adjustable forks, you really won't notice 2mm of differance in stiffness unless you are running the bike on the ragged edge or are a really big man. the 1000 used bigger forks cause it has a heavier motor is all really.
        I'm 6'4", 195lbs, no matter what I do, although I plan on scraping the pegs again as soon as I get her going again. We'll see if that's actually the case when I'm actually in the saddle though!

        The 1000 forks were still worth it, as they came with SS brakelines. Not too bad for $79.

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          #5
          That's a great price for the forks, especially with the stainless lines.
          I was thinking of adding a fork brace to my 1000, but I am considering the gxr swap. You might want to add a fork brace, I put one on my old Kawi a few years ago and it did help. Especially at high speeds.

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            #6
            be original, get a front end from a Yamaha GTS 1000!!

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