Are Bandit fork legs longer than GSXR

[Tony H]

Evening. I have 43mm GSXR 750 forks in my EFE but want a bit more height. Are bandit MK1 longer in stanchion length?

[fatblokeonbandit]

Yes

[vizman]

yes but I can't remember by how much

[snoorder]

Should be around 5 cm as I remember correctley

[bluedog59]

Just measured my spare Bandit 12 Mk1 forks. They're are 778mm, spindle centre to stanchion top, fully extended. 

[fatblokeonbandit]

1100 slingy are 760-750mm ish depending on year, 750 slingy are 740-725mm ish  ive got a set of 735mm 750 l/m ones on my bandit and they were fine until I fitted a fatter cooler and went on a track, at full compression at the hairpin at Pembray with a fat bloke hard ( panicking) on the brakes the mudguard touched the cooler, if you are a small sized child and have a standard thickness cooler that should be OK.

I got over the problem by welding 2 top yokes together to gain back 20mm or so, of course there was a lot of Tut Tut'ing, and head shacking and " that will never last"  " It will snap off and you will die""

 

How much height do you need is 20mm enough?? could weld a couple together?? ive got a couple of 43mm sling/bandit top yokes in the big box of bits I think

 

Funny old thing that was in 2008 and I think I can safely say it don't handle bad and its never snapped off and killed me

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2015 by fatblokeonbandit

[Fula28]

That's a pearl of a yoke mod love it.

[Tony H]

Thanks. The forks I have are roughly 750 just need new seals so I'll see how they go and watch out for some Bandit ones at the right price.