tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148633116713145457.post618804945243505072..comments2020-02-02T08:40:37.706-08:00Comments on Restoring Two Motorcycles in Two Years.: Carlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05627276944888701769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148633116713145457.post-46938782715878226242011-06-16T23:00:32.407-07:002011-06-16T23:00:32.407-07:00To follow on from previous comments, I had a Yamah...To follow on from previous comments, I had a Yamaha SC500 fitted to my tomahawk 500 twin and it was very poor quality. In fact, the Yamaha SC500 front ends were universally known to be junk when they were new back in the 1970's. Why did a PO fit it to my Tom-y? No idea, but I curse that PO every day to this very day as I m still tweaking the front end trying to find origianl period 1956 parts. As for the Suzuki front end, I don't know if the Suzuki GT750 used the same front end as the GT380, but I had a GT380 and the front end was absolute crap. The point? Point is, I would not put older Japanese parts on a classic British bike for quality reasons, with harm to resale value being another reason. Again just my $.02 cents. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148633116713145457.post-61886357369455918922011-03-17T10:56:50.982-07:002011-03-17T10:56:50.982-07:00Carlo,
I'm not a purist at all, but it hardly ...Carlo,<br />I'm not a purist at all, but it hardly seems worth the effort to me to tart up the enfield with a water kettle disc front. I could see the merits of putting a 4LS on, heck I'm even considering if the Atlas should get a GT750 4LS, but it hardly seems to be worth it for those super heavy dual discs (not that the 4LS is light)!<br />If you do go this route, couldn't you simply press the stem out of the enfield lower triple and press in into the GT750 lower? Doing that and adapting to taper bearings should allow the Suzi triples to work? Perhaps similar to the FZR400-R6 Front end conversion posting up on BARF at the moment?<br />Whatever you decide, good luck, can't wait to see the results!evolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762597100174092803noreply@blogger.com