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UPSIDE DOWN FORKS FOR AN XJ550 SECA (1981)

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by oz_johnno, Jun 5, 2014.

  1. oz_johnno

    oz_johnno New Member

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    I was just wondering if there was a set of upside down forks that will bolt up to my 81 model xj550.

    Ideally it would be s straight swap, but if there is an adapter available for the conversion, that will be ok too

    thanks in advance

    Johnno
     
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    nuffin but crickets... *chirp chirp*
     
    oz_johnno, Jun 6, 2014
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    It would take pretty major surgery...

    USD forks have a much greater OD at the top, so you'd have to machine out the triples to fit. The problem that arises: not enough meat on the triples to machine out.

    Easiest way to do it would be to sourest some forks, like from an R6, and figure out a way to mount them. You need everything-wheel, brakes, fabricated mounts for the gauges, etc.

    Check out this guys thread, and you'll get an idea:
    http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=40332.html
     
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