First Generation Ascots > The Thumper Years: Stock To Lightly Modified

modifications to stock muffler

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J6G1Z:
I forgot how original & clean your bike might be. If it's a cherry, you might consider keeping it close to being stock.

If the bike is showing its age & ready for a make over, the best bang for the buck, is a first generation Honda CBR600 Hurricane. I believe the year range is '87-'90. If you can find a CBR600 Hurricane roller or parts bike, you will have a much better set of forks that slide right into the original FT triple clamps. You will also have dual disk brakes up front & a 17" sport-bike wheel. The 17" CBR600 rear wheel fits right into the FT Ascot swing-arm like it was designed for it. You will have to fabricate a very simple rear brake caliper stop strap out of some steel or aluminum strap. This will dump the front of the bike about 2"-2.5" & reduce your ground clearance under the oil sump, so beware of speed bumps. This swap will also make your FT Ascot handle excellent & stop much like a sport-bike. It is an awesome swap. Here is what I did to my bike:
http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=79.0
http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=16.msg43#msg43

J.

WTF304:
She's clean and all there, but not a jem. Some areas got very little rust, by the battery tray mostly ...

I don't want to drop the ride height,  but i did find another honda model that used the same style front wheel and it did come with dual front disc. Same fork tube diameter and a bit taller i took a measurement a while back but I don't remember which honda model it was and year. I think the speedo gear was even the same.the P/O bought one of those trail tech gauge setups, claimed that the speedo stopped working properly. There was something wrong inside the factory unit so i left it the way he set it up, still don't like it all that much but it works for now till i find something i like better.

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