R6 forks break just the same. ive seen guys go through 3 different forks collectively.

 

ok then all forks break...........

there is room inside the fork tubes to slide in some steel tubing and reinforce the bottom of the tube

 

when i decide to get motivated im gonna solve this problem and make a simple fix that any one can do ...........

 

This is what I have been thinking of doing.

 

Hmmmmmm... i have a spare set of 03-04's... might have to try that... get on it OMR... us guys up north will be working on it too...

I honestly thought about getting a set welded at the base but then realized it's two different kinds of metal and the inside slider is very thin walled...

 

It would probably just break right above the weld.

 

i hear ohlins makes a nice setup

 

what ?

 

I think MAGURA also was selling new fork bottoms for bikes that had regular brakes. You change those and then it's possible to use radial brakes.

Is it the cast part that cracks or is it the slider tube that breaks.?

Ohlins makes forks for basicly any bike. they are just costly. lot of ohlins have billet aluminium bottoms, so they are almoust impossible to break, at least compared to cast ones. Billet doesn't break like cast.

I think if some metal tube would go inside the slider and would have welded bottom with a hole, so the damper rod bolt would hold it at place. that would probably make is safe. even if the fork would break, it would hold it.->no crash.

-- crome and aluminium cast cannot be welded. It's possible to use locktite to keep it from loosening, but that's it.

one solution would be use some metallic clamps over the cast, that would be easy, not sure would it help if it cracks.

 

the chrome part is what breaks so the insert is the way to go i think...

omr fork inserts......lol

 

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and just so you don't think im stealing your idea

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

 

**** you can buy a whole new stunt bike for what they want for a set of forks.......lol

 

i kno i was just pointing it out....broken forks during a stoppie or a few g's u decide...ahaha omr u need to fab sumthing up

 

OMR fork inserts... fab em up, ill test them



Hey, looking at some of the broken fork pics, it seems that sometimes the lower leg simply separates from the foot... and doesnt break... do you tihnk inserts would help to keep them from not only breaking, but separating as well...

you do see what i mean right OMR? it looks like the whole bottom slider rips out of the base...

 

everyone shud just run f4i front ends

 

WELL WTF!!!! Scratch that idea. I guess run some gixxer forks, or 07 636 forks.
I looked at the r6 forks last night, they have that same set screw thing on the inside of the fork. Just like 03-04 636 forks.
So guess im fucked no matter what.

 

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the set screw has nothign to do with them breaking

 

correct ,it just keeps the tube from unscrewing