First Generation Ascots > The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs
Dutch FT project
FT500R:
altered my top and bottom yoke today.
Got rid of the steering stops on the bottom yoke and the hole for the ignition switch in the top yoke.
Ill paint them later today.
triguyracer:
Question about the cb700sc shocks been looking on ebay and see there are quite a few for sale,most list them as 15 inches eyelet to eyelet.My stock ones are 13 inches,am I missing something when I look at ones to buy,did they use diff ones on some models that where shorter or longer ?
FT500R:
they are longer than the stock ones, don't know exactly how long. Ill measure them later.
I've finished painting the yokes!
WTF304:
It is possible..... the one's i put on mine were from a CB550 nighthawk same year as my FT .... fit fine just had to swap 1 bushing from the FT stockers to the CB's. If anything those should fit it and if there was any difference between the CB's it would have been due to position and weight, only sense i can make from that. Had to but some M16 washers from homedepot cause the width of the eye's were shorter to space the tops like they should be but the bottom eye's were exact.
ex119x:
The shocks from the 700 Nighthawk are substantially longer. The point is to change the steering head angle. Stock it is raked out too far and gives lazy handling. By raising the rear end and going to a slightly smaller front wheel you are rotating the entire bike and decreasing the steering head angle to a more sportbike like angle. I haven't measured mine, but I should. That in combination with the straight in line forks from a CBR instead of the stock leading axle forks makes the front end very responsive. I like a steering damper at that point because the bike can feel a little twitchy at times.
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