W vs SRAD forks.

[Upshotknothole]

I was looking online at rebuild parts for 95 750W parts, then looked up the parts for 99 SRAD 750 forks, and I saw a lot of overlap. I know the SRAD forks are slightly shorter, but is there any reason you couldn't put 750W lowers into SRAD uppers with SRAD internals and get the benefits of slightly newer internals? Or SRAD internals in W forks? There very well may be something that I'm missing that's totally incompatible, but the only thing I'm really seeing that's different in the parts diagrams are the lowers and the damper rod. Also not even sure if SRAD forks are a real upgrade over W forks, so I'm open to any input. Thanks

[clivegto]

750 srad mk1 busa and tl wheels are the same so maybe the forks are. 

[Upshotknothole]

4 hours ago, clivegto said:

750 srad mk1 busa and tl wheels are the same so maybe the forks are. 

Yeah, I noticed a lot of parts overlap between them. Axles, wheels, etc. Feel like Suzuki was using the same basic Showa forks in everything except the 1100s back then.

Gonna hold off for now, but I think I'll grab a cheap used set of SRAD forks in the future and take them apart and see how they compare. I was comparing upgrade parts on Race Tech between the W and SRADs and the cartridges are different, but everything else was using the same rebuild parts. Maybe get some nicer aftermarket SRAD cartridges and swap them into W lowers and get some higher quality forks that still look period correct.

[TJS]

if you can find the article; this bike used SRAD forks. I think for extra stiffness in structure and performance.

https://pin.it/OeDrmbmxu

[Upshotknothole]

15 hours ago, TJS said:

if you can find the article; this bike used SRAD forks. I think for extra stiffness in structure and performance.

https://pin.it/OeDrmbmxu

Cool, I've already got a 95 W fork with stripped axle threads, figure it's worth it to buy a cheap SRAD fork and see if I can combine them. SRAD uppers and internals and keep the W lower and stock speedo drive. If it works I'll buy a nice set of SRAD forks and upgraded internals. Need to finish my current projects first though.