tooblekain
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Hey everybody,
I'm gauging interest in seeing how many of you would like a much better brake setup for the NC? Say....like a dual disk setup that you see in sportbikes?
The idea came to mind to do a complete front end swap off a sportbike (common mod you see for race track bikes for SV650s) so you can have better suspension, suspension adjustability, and better brakes.
I had the idea of maybe using Honda CBR600F3 front end for the NC. The CBR600F3 front end uses conventional forks, is the same diameter forks as the NC (41mm) and the CBR600F3 has a cartridge kit internals instead of a damper rod. The CBR600F3 forks also allow you to adjust preload and make adjustments to rebound. This woud translate to better suspension with adjustability.
The first problem I saw with this is that the NC forks are 30mm longer in length than the F3 forks. If we were to put the F3 forks straight into the triples of the NC, the bike's nose would be pitched forward. THis would cause the bike to be even more twitchy--so it would make turn ins a lot easier, but you sacrifice straight line stabillity at speed. As to how fast, that's hard to determine and wouldn't be able to until you do the mod. This would also require you to run the front wheel, calipers, and master cylinder from an F3
A second alternative would be to just have upgraded brakes---you would basically take the fork bottoms of the F3 and put the slider and internals of the NC back on. You would then just need the front wheel with discs, the front axle, calipers, new brake lines and a master cylinder. You can already upgrade the NC's oem suspension by installing Racetech Gold Valve Emulators.
I guess I am just speaking my mind, but I would like to hear your thoughts on how the OEM brakes feel? If others would like better suspension and adjustability? If the suspension or brakes should be higher on the mod/imrpove list.
I'm gauging interest in seeing how many of you would like a much better brake setup for the NC? Say....like a dual disk setup that you see in sportbikes?
The idea came to mind to do a complete front end swap off a sportbike (common mod you see for race track bikes for SV650s) so you can have better suspension, suspension adjustability, and better brakes.
I had the idea of maybe using Honda CBR600F3 front end for the NC. The CBR600F3 front end uses conventional forks, is the same diameter forks as the NC (41mm) and the CBR600F3 has a cartridge kit internals instead of a damper rod. The CBR600F3 forks also allow you to adjust preload and make adjustments to rebound. This woud translate to better suspension with adjustability.
The first problem I saw with this is that the NC forks are 30mm longer in length than the F3 forks. If we were to put the F3 forks straight into the triples of the NC, the bike's nose would be pitched forward. THis would cause the bike to be even more twitchy--so it would make turn ins a lot easier, but you sacrifice straight line stabillity at speed. As to how fast, that's hard to determine and wouldn't be able to until you do the mod. This would also require you to run the front wheel, calipers, and master cylinder from an F3
A second alternative would be to just have upgraded brakes---you would basically take the fork bottoms of the F3 and put the slider and internals of the NC back on. You would then just need the front wheel with discs, the front axle, calipers, new brake lines and a master cylinder. You can already upgrade the NC's oem suspension by installing Racetech Gold Valve Emulators.
I guess I am just speaking my mind, but I would like to hear your thoughts on how the OEM brakes feel? If others would like better suspension and adjustability? If the suspension or brakes should be higher on the mod/imrpove list.