I rode the bike pictured above (hey Tom!) at the RWTW up in the north Ga mountains. what I came away with was that it was real easy to ride it fast - I've been trying to keep my bike "sleeper" but I'm starting to think about this zx9 conversion a bit harder... Steve
Steve, in addition to the 4-pots and 320mm rotors, your website says you have the following front suspension mods:
Front - Shortened stock springs, with Cartridge Emulators, 15 WT oil and Murph's fork brace. Currently an Avon Storm 110/70-18 tire is fitted on a stock 3" rim.
Is that where things stand today on Shoodaben?
Maybe similar to what Rick is asking, I'm curious to know the 'baseline' for your feeling that the ZX-9 suspension is maybe a worthwhile upgrade?
Given that you already have equivalent brakes, the areas of improvement left are the 17x3.5 wheel and the ZX-9 springing/damping above the emulator-equipped OEM fork (I shouldn't forget the previously mentioned reduction in trail).
From my reading of Gary's excellent posts/tech pages, the fork leg step involves the biggest set of challenges and likely incremental cost in this progression.
Any of y'all that have ridden these bikes care to offer an opinion .... if we slowly step-up to the springs/emulators, then caliper/rotors, then small wheel .... does that last BIG step to the ZX fork legs make that big a difference?
"Think and answer your own question, Alan: How close are aftermarket springs and emulators to a fork with designed-in separately adjustable compression and rebound damping? Doh " edit question - I'm understanding it is possible to put the ZX-9 forks on the late C10 while retaining the stock cable-drive speedo (maybe not a perfectly calibrated drive at the wheel, but reasonably close), correct?