As title, looking for FG43 forks for my 916. Would consider any Ohlins upgrade but these ideally. I guess I may be looking a while....
There is a guy from Derby on Facebook selling a set of Ohlins that would fit but they are radial brakes comes with the calipers £1550. I think that a week or so ago he was selling another set forks only for a grand
I have sourced some forks, so now im after a nice 56mm lower billet yoke. Also some 40mm caliper brackets but believe these are pretty much unobtainable now and have been given a cad file to have some made up.
@Dougie durrand What forks did you get? If anybody else is looking for FG43, I might have a set for sale soon. As I am buying a 95 916 SP which comes with: FG43, CF fairings, brakes, rotors, alu tank, but also all original fairings, tank, brakes, rotors, exhaust and Showa forks. I plan to restore the bike back to original. What is a fair price for FG43 incl. lower yoke? (new condition)
It was some years ago but when I fitted Ohlins to my 916, I found that Harris had quite a few Ohlins billet 56mm yokes in stock. Turns out they used to stock an upgrade kit for the forks which came complete with the yoke but many didn't need it so they had a surplus. Now it was many years ago so it's unlikely they've any left but can't hurt to ask. Alternatively, I understand the OEM Ducati 56mm yoke is just the standard 53mm yoke bored out, so there's plenty of metal on the 53mm to enlarge it.
If you have the 6 bolt 40mm or 65mm caliper brackets and want to go radial with 100mm 6 bolt, good luck. Ive been looking for years and years. Ive got 108mm on mine. Anyone who has 6bolt 100mm and they want to sell. dm me.
You may also need the two semicircular blocks if you source a billet lower as they dont come with the stem. The stems are a bugger to remove. It stripped the thread off my old lower. The semicircular blocks are used to hold the stem whilst you bash the fuck out of your old lower to undo it. Might be easier to buy a new stem.
Good point, I got the blocks with the yoke and I don't think I'd have got the stem out without them as it's tight in there and the stem's fairly thin-walled so there's a good chance you'd knacker it if you try using just a vice. Not too difficult to make if you have access to the right machinery but although they are stated as 33mm, the actual measurement when fully closed is more like 31mm presumably, to get sufficient clamping force.
