Ho_Hey

Okay guys I said F@ck it! I went and bought a set of 929 forks to install on my full faring F4i. I am trying to find out what I might have to do to keep the stock front end on so will I have to cut anything to make it work? Will I have to worry about my hands hitting anything since the 929 triple clams seen to be much wider than the stock F4i triple clamps? I would really like for some of you guys who have this set-up to please hook a brother up with some knowledge. I will greatly appreciate any information you can pass on to me and if you got pictures even better! Thanks guys :YEAH

Ho_Hey

meddling kid

dang - I've never done the conversion with the fairings on - I got no clue, bro

TongWoo

Somebody that knows please post up, I'm gettin ready to do this myself and was unaware of it being a problem.

Dano

TeamCLC has a 954 front end on his f4i and he was running full fairings for awhile, I believe all he had to ditch the ram air tubes. Where you at Tony?

meddling kid

ram air tubes should be fine - I kept them on my 'fighter

-Nasty-

the clip ons will hit the faring stay so either buy a 905 one or find out where its gona hit and cut a small knotch out, if ur running a hand brake this is a must for it to have clearence, hope this helps a lil bit

Ho_Hey

Thanks Ghost I have heard that from another guy so keep the information coming guys I have got to make sure I get this done with as much helpful knowledge as possible and PICTURES PLEASE that would be great! Keep it coming guys Thanks again! :YEAH

Dano

LOL ya bro but your rocking dirt bars, those wings will clear anything

Ho_Hey

Thanks Dano,
If anyone can take pictures with full fairings from the sitting position (showing top view) that would help out also, oh yeah and any cut required areas so if you are rocking a full fairing F4i with 929 or 954 fork set-up hook a brother up!
:YEAH

standy

Sorry it took so long, but here goes-
I have all the stock plastic, ram air tubes, covers and all. I did have to remove the resonance chamber on the top of each tube. I pulled the plastic ducts out of the upper, heated them up, and flattened them into a more oval shape to make more room for the fork legs and lower triple clamp on either side. I had to trim my upper a little on either side to make room for the bars, and I had to cut the air duct covers where they bend up to meet the upper fairing (the area that covers the resonance chambers). I made my own upper faining stay that bolts to the stock lower stay, because my bars kept hitting the stock one....no amount of notching was gonna cure that, mostly because I have a handbrake, and also because I run my bars almost straight out as opposed to angled back in the stock position. Because of my bar position, I also had to re-locate my gauges. I like to have them, so Hinks came up with a way to put them into the back of my headlight, which worked out pretty well. Its not too bad to do the conversion, it just gets irritating when everything hits. My bars still hit the upper at full lock, but if you don't run them out as far, you probably won't have much of a problem.

-Nasty-

i was gona mention that u made one, seen the one u hooked schwartz up with but i didnt wanna throw it out there, just in case u know maine

standy

here's a couple pic of the way I made mine...

Ho_Hey

Thanks Standy for the pictures so are you rocking the factory 929/954 bars? I thought you or someone mentioned something about positioning the bars to make it work is that the case? Can I just go with the factory bars stop location? When I say bar stop location I mean normally where you install the bars under the top tree not any further in or out.

I take it Standy that your stay is custom made right? Does anyone know if the 905 aftermarket stay will work????????

-Nasty-

my only Q on this is does the scotts dampner MOUNT kit fit the f4i/929/954 converion or do u have to buy a type specific? IE: mount kit for the 929 or 954

standy

I run 954 bars because you can swing them out a little further due to the thinner casting, but the 929 bars work fine too. If you run either the 929 or 954 bars in the stock location, they won't hit the upper nearly as much.

As far as the Scotts mount kit goes, The F4i kit is what you want. I have a 954 kit on mine, but I had to put spacers under the tank mount bracket, because the 954 frame is taller than the F4i. The stem nut and bracket are the same.

-Nasty-

thats the exact answer i was looking for thanks standy

Ho_Hey

Man you really answered allot of questions for me Standy thanks allot bro. I have a question about bearings so are the F4i ones fine to use or do I need to stay with the 929 bearings? top tree? and bottom tree? You have been a great help thanks again Standy :YEAH

Thanks allot to all of you guys for helping me get the information I so desperately needed to complete this swap.

Hit us back with that bearing info :YEAH

Ho_Hey

Okay guys here are a few very clear top view shots of another great fork swap complements of teamclc red flamed F4i

standy

Glad to help out. As far as the bearings go, they're the same part number, so you can use either one.