Hey.
So I find myself the proud owner of a low KM's Hornet, paperwork says 2008 but I am sure it was just late to first registration, or re registered, I don't care tbh. Its my daily rider so the T120 is our weekend joy ride bike.
Previous owner bought it from Picton as it was, and was new to road motorcycles, he thought she was perfect but I have a bit more experience and knew it needed some shit sorted, however the price was great for a good bike that was suitable and repairable without taking a mortgage. It was an obvious crash repair, had a shitty dual headlight setup that had been done badly, wiring behind headlight was clusterfuck of epic proportions, had serious handling issues, but I knew it was only suspension tuning or re-work needed (was proven right). It had mis-matching tyres, crash knobs, renthal bars, shit mirrors, idling at 1500rpm which robbed it of engine braking, all fixable issues, and they're now well sorted.
The reason I have come to this section of the forum, to leverage your collective wisdom.
I would like to convert to upside down forks that fit on this bike without overly lowering the posture.
I like how it handles already, and for me this is more about the look as I am not that great as a rider that this mod will win me any races, but I do like to pop the odd power wheelie and the forks on it are maybe not so good for my nasty hard landings
And it just looks good.
I've done some quick reading on some Hornet forums and it was a rabbit hole, with a tea party to boot.
SO, any suggestions?
Aftermarket pipes will follow but the forks are first. Happy with the power, no need for much more, just an upside down front end that has all 3 setting ranges to play with. Thats important to me, I had some nice looking upside downs on my SS750 but they were cheap, no adjustment bar the oil you put in em, looking for better than that. I do not mind putting my coin into decent upgrades
I am no bike mechanic, once sourced will get my mates at RS to do the fitting, with shit my life depends on I pay professionals. My skills start and end at fitting the mirrors and checking tyre pressures.
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