Hey Bro, OK so to let you know what im running and what i think of it;

Mine's a '21R and I've got an Ohlins shock at the back and RVF400 forks up front with CBR929 'Blade calipers, HEL braided hoses from Andy and some pattern discs off Tyga. The Ohlins shock set me back
£400, so about $1000NZ and the forks (well it was a complete front end off an RVF400) cost £700 from a breakers in the UK. They just needed the steering spindle thing pressing out the NSR bottom yoke and welding into the RVF yoke and the upside downers slid straight into the NSR frame. But it was a very dear way to do it and im not sure the upside down forks are any better than the standard ones - they just look more modern.

I'm 75kg and the bike weighs much less than standard as the airbox, 2T pump and tanks, standard plastics, subframe, kickstand and standard wiring are all gone. I'm also running a magtek at the back with my dry weather tyres. The RVF standard fork springs seem to be about the right stiffness - i've been told they're roughly the same stiffness as RS250 springs. I've used a cable tie wrapped around a stanchion tube to measure fork dive under heavy braking and it doesn't bottom out but uses most of the available travel so im happy with that.

The Ohlins shock though has seemed too soft to me - i think a stiffer spring from Rob at Crown Kiwi in New Plymouth will be on the shopping list in the near future.

What did your slicks cost you bro and where did you get them from?
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