750 W forks, blue vs silver

[Upshotknothole]

I can’t remember anymore if there was any difference in the front ends that came with the blue forks. It wasn’t just an SP thing right? I’ve got a US N model with pretty tired forks and was thinking about seeing if I could find a decent set of the blue anodized ones mainly because I like how they look. Also there are a lot more W forks out there than oil cooled forks at this point. 

[Evilston3r]

You could always get the outer tubes coloured anodised to suit , there are a few company's that offer this now, abe engineering in London for one mate

[Upshotknothole]

Yeah, even the blue forks that I've seen on that site are pretty faded at this point and could definitely benefit from being redone. Also any forks I get I plan on having fully rebuilt.

[TJS]

Blue came on all '94 GSXR 750. The blue one on the '94 gsxr 750 SP were special built and thinner walled to be lighter.

There were blue one on some 1100's, but were bigger diameter and heavy!

[Upshotknothole]

6 hours ago, TJS said:

Blue came on all '94 GSXR 750. The blue one on the '94 gsxr 750 SP were special built and thinner walled to be lighter.

There were blue one on some 1100's, but were bigger diameter and heavy!

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.

[Physician]

Is there a quick way to spot sp forks from standard blue ones?

[TJS]

No, they look the same. Try Simon Francis and Simon Turner garage in the UK and on FB. He just restored one last year.

 

Edited May 31, 2022 by TJS

[Joseph]

On 5/5/2022 at 9:34 PM, Upshotknothole said:

Yeah, even the blue forks that I've seen on that site are pretty faded at this point and could definitely benefit from being redone. Also any forks I get I plan on having fully rebuilt.

A nice "factory" touch would be to use modern radial USD forks that you have reanodized in the 94 blue, and keeping the stock W rim

Lots of work for something "nobody" would realise you'd done but still 

Thats the sort of headache i enjoy giving myself 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Joseph

[Upshotknothole]

Honestly the only reason I’d run W forks is because I want to keep the stock gauges. It’s a 750N, that was still oil in the states, but same purple paint job you guys got on the 92 Ws. All my other GSXRs get modern suspension, and I like the idea of doing some GSXR K forks in blue, but this stupid bike I want to keep period correct. 

[Joseph]

Yep i get it. K forks do fit in some oilcooled triples so it would be possible to retain the dashboard another time

[Physician]

Sorry for the noob question, are early k fork (00 to 03 1000) really better? I though they were similar in design

04+ would obviously allow radial caliper and i think slightly lighter with better damping (not that i would really notice it)

[Madb]

On 6/6/2022 at 7:30 PM, Physician said:

Sorry for the noob question, are early k fork (00 to 03 1000) really better? I though they were similar in design

04+ would obviously allow radial caliper and i think slightly lighter with better damping (not that i would really notice it)

yes, K1 forks are lighter and better internals.. Brake callipers are better and lighter too All round better as are the wheels.