JUST for everyones info- i seen my fender moving and noticed my forks were loose at the bottoms on my 06 636, they werent leaking just wobbling. i checked my boys 04 636 forks when i got home and his wobbles slightly. check your forks by pushing the bike forwards and slightly squeeze the front brake and watch your fender, no ones safe

 

Yeah, a lot of people think it's an 03/04 thing, but the 05/06 forks do it too.

 

so pretty much we are all going to get fucked on day in a endo??

 

Right? thats fucked up, how bout the 07s lot of guys using those now i see, they better? never heard of anyone having a problem with 05 06's i know for a fact i'm changing mine out with something besides the 03-04s

 

well good thing i read this when i was picking up my stoppies i would here a clunk noise couldn't figure it out tore the whole front end apart. went a check it 10 mins ago and there is alot of movement on the fork lowers. sad thing is it only got 3000miles on it.

 

WOW! so now 05-06's arent safe like everyone thought either..........

Wonder about 10's... hmmmmm... this sucks!


Good looking out Brian

 

probably not going to hear of many problems if there are any on the 07 yet cause theres not many stunting them cause there so new. The 07 is suposed to be ******* boss for endos though. I've heard alot say its one of the best for endos.

& I still have not heard of 1 persons fork legs breaking on a 05/06 and I've heard of the 03/04 a few times.

 

yea like rocketkid said, i hear the 07 is killer. sucks about the 636 forks sucking, put a 600RR or 1000RR front end in them triples!

 

Are we talking about any bolts you need to remove to change a tire?

 

I'm pretty sure when the front wheel is off theres a bolt on the botom of the fork leg that needs to be tight. Its not a bolt that you touch when you change the wheel but I do think the front wheel needs to be off to get to it.

Not 100% on this.

 

the bolt on the bottom is for the damper rod not to hold the forks together and the 05 06 forks are made by a different company then the 03 04 so im surprised to here they have the same problem ,they are made by the same company that makes honda forks

 

cough *** honda *** cough

 

cough cough** the forks for the 05 06 636 are made by the same company that make honda forks** cough cough

 

post up some pics of your forks from the side i am curious if maybe you have 03 04 forks on you 05 06 ..

maybe the person who owned it before you switched them out for what ever reason

 

yea and chevy also makes a cobolt and an z06.....

 

 

well this sucks cause those sure look like 05 06 forks....................

i just put a set on my 03.

 

i could have got a set of gsxr forks and wheel for super cheap but i didn't

never heard of a gsxr fork breaking , frames yes but forks no...lol

 

actually even honda forks have problems. There was big recall in UK as all the 954 forks(and 929 too?) were recalled. they changed the fork bottoms(slider and the low part) for ALL the bikes in UK.

Problem was only in UK apparently as they drive on salty roads. Road salt goes between the crome and the bottom cast part. Corrosion makes the cast part to pop as the crome part expands when it corrodes.

With all bikes I have always used WD-40 for that crome/cast joint, keeps the corrosion out.

Here's link to fireblades.org, not sure can you see it without registering.
http://www.fireblades.org/forums/hon...ireblades.html

another link

http://forum.honda-forums.com/index....h=7585&start=0

JakeT.

 

suzuki forks don't break as the frame is so weak that it's always the first thing to go