YBR Forks fitting - apparently no, they don't fit

[Alpha-9]

Does anyone know if forks from a pre fuel injection YBR will fit a 2009 FI model?

They look the same to me, but I notice they make a point of putting what year they've come from so I don't know if they differ?

Someone must know
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Fzr-600 1999

[J.M.]

Measure them? Same diameter then yes, different diameter then no.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Alpha-9]

[J.M.]

The entire things aren't bent. You only need to measure one small part of the stanchion to get the diameter of the thing. Alternatively you could measure the size of the hole in your yokes!

Then just get the person you're buying off to measure as well.

Any stanchions with the same diameter should be fine to use so long as you can attatch your wheel and brake calliper to the fork bottoms.

I can't see why they wouldn't fit to be honest. Unless the bike got redesigned to make it heavier/lighter/faster then they would have had no need to redesign the front end.

The forks on my GS are about twice as old as the bike
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Alpha-9]

[J.M.]

You could email the seller asking the diameter of the stanchions just to be safe, but I would be fairly certain that those would fit purely by the fact that there's only 1 year difference between the bikes.

The most noteworthy change on the YBR happened post 2008 when it went FI, but both your bike and that bike are post 2008 so that accounts for the only real change the bike has ever had.

Other than that they introduced the more sporty/off road version in 2010 called the YBR 125 G. Although this change mentions no changes to the forks as a unit, just the mudguard and headlight, etc.

I can't garantee that they'll fit... but personally I'd buy those. On the small chance that they don't fit... put them back on eBay for what you bought them for.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Alpha-9]

[J.M.]

Nah I read your bike as being 2009 and presumed you were looking to buy the 2010 ones!

At the end of the day, if they don't fit, forks are very easy to sell as long as they're in good condition. In a crash they always get damaged so always need replacing. But obviously if they're always the damaged part in a crash... not many of the bikes being broken have them so they're always sought after

I'd risk it to be honest and if they don't fit just eBay them for a decent price.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Alpha-9]

Bah, don't seem to fit, is like the tiniest amount out but wont go in at all, can slip the old ones in and out easily

Has a different bolt on top too, is male rather than female
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Fzr-600 1999

[J.M.]

Do they fit if you put them in without the bottom-yoke?

Ask Paddy how much of a nightmare my forks were to get back in...

My forks are also more male then female as they were before. It's better though... the bolt on the top can be twisted to adjust the forks harder/softer depending on what you like.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Alpha-9]

[J.M.]

What you're saying makes sense, yes, but it seems very illogical that the forks on later YBR models would have decreased by 1mm on a bike that really hasn't changed.

Personally I would try prising them open a bit to see if that works. To get the gear lever off of my GS500 I have to hammer a flathead screwdriver the entire way down the gap to widen it enough to come off. Otherwise it gets stuck.

In the art of a bodge job I would do anything to make those forks fit if it really is only 1mm. Even widening the yoke holes.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Alpha-9]

I have widened one quite a lot, the old forks slip in and out super easily but the new don't at all

Will try and widen them a bit more and have another go, got my mate to help and we still couldn't
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Fzr-600 1999

[Alpha-9]

Pics

The bent forks
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00004_zpsd29c5942.jpg

Old forks on the left, clearly different
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00019_zps72b70ca3.jpg

Get it up a bit so I can pull them out easier, fucked up paint on the engine half scraped off to respray...
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00009_zps44bf5908.jpg
Counter balance with some wood and slabs just incase and for lulz

Whip front wheel off
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00012_zps0f688c17.jpg

Pulled insulation tape out of the front brake pads, wtf
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00014_zps31fe4831.jpg

Bent my spanner getting the brakes off the forks, were solid
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00016_zps080eac8f.jpg

Forks out, bent much, clearer here
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/a-friend-in-need/IMG-20121208-00017_zps8d8d5989.jpg

As far as I got, couldn't get new forks in
Looks like so little difference between the forks in size but wont go in for shit
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Fzr-600 1999

[N cee thirty]

Alpha, you are just unbelievable.
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[J.M.]

Personally I'd get a file/drill out and make those yokes slightly bigger to fit the forks.

Sod safety

I'd offer to come over and take a look... but alas... no bike And you're much further away than I thought because you moved you arse, and I'm lazy.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[barrkel]

[covent.gardens]

Name and shame that spanner.

[Fisty]

[MaybeGuy]

Those forks will straightrn with no drama. Failing that, buy a different yoke.
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[P.addy]

[Alpha-9]

[J.M.]